Thank you Felicity and Paul Beech from West Newbury for donating two 12 x 12 run-in sheds to Windrush. Our builder Butch Coffey master-mind behind this exciting delivery and they are now in the back field. We are thrilled about having shelter for the horses in the field! They looks awesome!

We are sad to announce that next week, two of our handsome horses, Cody and Spike will be retiring from Windrush Farm.  Although this is sad news, we are happy to know that these two pony pals will be together grazing and enjoy life on the island of Nantucket.

Thank you to our lovely volunteer Jen Eddy for donating Spike to us back in June 2011. We also want to thank Mickey Perry for donating Cody to us in March 2014. Both horses will be living together on Mickey’s farm!

Cody and Spike were dedicated to the program and were amazing additions to the Windrush family. We love you both and we will miss you!

How do we begin to thank our dear friend, Quinn Anderson?

Quinn, a junior at Pingree School is not only a multi sport athlete, but also a person with a huge heart. As a member of the Charitable Giving Committee, she took the time to write a proposal to her school to donate some well-needed supplies to Windrush. She managed to receive the donations needed to purchase us, 4 sets of reinbow reins and 10 matching feed buckets!

Quinn, you are wonderful!

Love,

Windrush Farm

Things have been melancholy at Windrush Farm this week. For those of you that don’t know, it is Megan Piermarini, our Barn Manager, last week.

Megan has been Windrush’s Barn Manager for the past eight years. She started as an intern during her time at Endicott College and we have been graced with Megan’s presence ever since.

 Megan has been an absolute gift to Windrush Farm.  We will be forever thankful for Megan’s dedication to the horses, clients and volunteers. If you know Megan, you likely understand that her presence alone will be impossible to replace. She is one of a kind and forever a friend to Windrush Farm.

Megan, thank you for everything! Good luck with your next big adventure! We love you!

Love,
The Windrush Family

Spring Session is in full effect here at Windrush Farm! The midweek thaw brought melting of the snow-capped arena, which came with quite a boom! The 40 degrees brought a natural buzz of excitement to the barn, office and team. We are thrilled to have had a successful first week of lessons. Thank you to all the volunteers and clients for making each day better than the last.

Special thanks to the donors that popped by with goodies, supplies and items this week! You continue to warm our heart with all your help.

Spring has sprung!

Love,

Windrush Farm

Windrush is pleased to announce that we have received a grant from PATH Intl. to build an outdoor trail and obstacle course for our veterans!

Our veterans enjoy working with our horses both on the ground and mounted, and will be able to use this obstacle course in both instances.

The course will bring horses through “basic training” elements such as a balance beam, teeter totter, chutes, logs, bridges, and steps. The outdoor elements bring a real sense of adventure to our programming, providing a much more fulfilling experience for the veterans as they tackle each part of the course.

Trail obstacles of this nature, challenge both the horse and veteran (and sometimes their families!) to build their trust in one another, problem solve and become a real team in order to successfully complete the course.

There are few locations for these types of courses on the east coast so we are thrilled to be able to develop one here! We believe this will truly help our veterans’ program, Horsemanship for Heroes, excel.

Happy Friday! From a very happy Windrush Team!