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 [...]
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 [...]
At the beginning of 2020, former Miss Teen New Jersey and Miss New Jersey USA Ambassador 2020, Brooke Niemic, found that Winslow was in need of some uplifting in our garden. She took time to manage a community service project to build new garden beds for Winslow. With the help of her family, she was [...]
Once again our logo store is open for business for a LIMITED TIME! It's a great place to find your favorite Winslow hoodies, jackets, t-shirts, beanies, and more just in time for the holidays! Place your order before the store closes on 12/4/19. Orders can be expected to arrive the week of 12/20/19. This is [...]
