My Nonprofit Reviews

I STARTED MY RELATIONSHIP WITH SAVE THE HORSES IN 2013 AS A VOLUNTEER. MY LIFE CHANGED FOR EVER FROM THOSE AMAZING TIMES. I WOULD GET UP EARLY WHEN IT WAS STILL DARK, COFFEE IN HAD…. SOMETIMES 20 DEGREE WEATHER. IT DIDN’T MATTER…. TRUDY DEPENDED ON ME. AFTER ALL I WERE HER EYES. TRUDY WAS BLIND. MY RIDE TO GET TO THE FARM WAS AROUND 40 MINUTES. MY PRIZE WAS FEEDING THE HORSES, MUCKING THE STALLS AND THEN TAKING TRUDY OUT FOR HER WALK. I WAS SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO ENTERACT WITH HER. SHE WAS MY JOY, MY HEART, MY PURPOSE. EVERDAY LIFE HAD BECOME OVERWELMING FOR ME AND THE FARM HELPED ME TREMDOUSLY THROUGH TOUGH TIMES. I WOULD PUT ON MY BOOTS AND WALK THE LONG DRIVEWAY TO SEE MY PRIZE…MS TRUDY. I WOULD GENTLY SAY “GOOD MORNING MY FRIEND”. SHE WOULD NAY. AT FIRST TRUDY WAS NOT SURE OF ME BUT AFTER A FEW WEEKS WE WERE FRIENDS. I THINK SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO HER SATURDAY MORNING APPLES. WHEN THE LEAD, TOM SCOTT SAID I COULD TAKE HER FOR A WALK I WAS SO EXCITED AND SCARED AT THE SAME TIME. YOU SEE IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD THIS MASSIVE ANIMAL IN MY CARE. I WAS HER EYES. THAT HORSE LED ME. SHE KNEW I WAS THERE FOR HER. SHE WALKED OUT OF THE STALL, HEAD HELD HIGH. SHE WAS HELPING ME TO SEE. TRUDY WAS MY EYES. I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO SAVE THE HORSES FOR MY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES AT THE FARM, WHICH I CONTINUE TO THIS DAY.

Donna Hughes