Winslow comes most to life when the warm weather hits! It’s the best time of year to complete projects, spend time with friends, grow some new veggies in the garden, and spend time out on our beautiful trails! At Winslow, the summer sun brings…SUMMER ADVENTURES! With limited spots available each week this year due to [...]
On February 11th, 2021, members from Winslow’s Incredible Teen Helpers (W.I.T.H.) joined the Orange County Youth Bureau’s staff and Advisory Board, by visiting and participating in an open discussion with Orange County’s (OC) state representatives! This virtual meet and greet is hosted each year by the Association of New York State Youth Bureau on Annual [...]
2020 has been the most interesting and challenging of years that we have seen in a long time. As the world shifted to a complete virtual environment, Winslow had to find a way to keep up. Each year, we host our Summer Youth Leadership Academy funded by the Orange County Youth Bureau. This leadership course [...]
Winslow was recently provided with the opportunity to offer free horsemanship lessons to military veterans through a grant received from the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship Intl. (PATH Intl.). Through this grant, a number of veterans who so bravely dedicated their lives to serving our country, were each offered 10 free horsemanship lessons. These lessons [...]
Meet Omnivore, or "Omni" as we call him here at Winslow. Omni is the newest member of our herd, coming to Winslow just before March of 2020, he is a 23 year-old, off-the-track thoroughbred with the sweetest temperament you will ever see. He also has experience as a fox hunter and in the pony club! [...]
This year marked the 30th year of Winslow’s Annual Duck Derby. Due to COVID-19, the Duck Derby was postponed from of its original date of May 17th to September 12th. Because of social distancing regulations, the event went virtual! Raffle ticket sales continued through the summer, and on September 12th, SEVEN lucky winners won one [...]
For staff, participants, and volunteers alike, the temporary closure of Winslow was difficult for all. As we slowly began to reopen our facility, our volunteers and participants were so excited to have the opportunity to return and begin helping out around the barn and seeing all of our animals again. Staff worked diligently to restore [...]
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world and forced all of us in to some sort of quarantine. Winslow had to suspend programming and volunteer opportunities for the safety of our participants, volunteers, and staff. Two of our three major fundraisers of the year, Sunset at Winslow and our "Healing with Horses" Golf Outing [...]
In March of 2020, a pandemic took over the world and all were forced into some type of isolation in order to stay safe. For Winslow and our participants, this meant that our facility had to close and no one but staff were allowed to enter. Understandably so, a lot of people were upset by [...]
As COVID-19 restrictions began to lift throughout the world an New York State, Winslow was able to begin inviting volunteers and lesson participants back to our facility. We were so excited to see faces and smiles again, and to see everyone so happy to interact with each other and the animals! Since we decided to [...]
