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Fast Facts

Helping Horses, Helping People

What do these two have in common?

Both need our help!

Brook Hill is unique as it combines horse rescue and rehabilitation with a therapeutic riding program. As a fully accredited member of the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries, we have rescued and rehabilitated over 450 horses since our inception in 2001. More than half of those rescued and rehabilitated horses are thoroughbreds, and we are one of only a few organizations in the US to be fully accredited by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, providing the best possible care for our retired thoroughbred athletes. Along the way, Brook Hill discovered the magic of the combination of horses and people; how they inspire and enrich the human spirit, healing both the body and the mind. As a Member Center of the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH), Brook Hill Farm provides equine assisted activities for youth and adults. Through hard work and love the participants care for and heal their rescue horses, and very often find healing themselves.

Our signature program, United Neigh, addresses the high school graduation rate of At-Risk youth in the Lynchburg area. Participants follow a program that instills self-confidence, a strong sense of personal responsibility, recognition of the value of teamwork, civic responsibility, and real-life workplace skills. This is accomplished through a bond of trust with a horse whose background is, too often, just as painful as their own. Tutors are available each session to work with the youth on their schoolwork. A rule of the program is that horse work always comes second to school work. To date we have a 100% high school graduation rate among its participants, and most impressive a 100% rate of the participants continuing their education.

Our programs are growing, as there is a great need for both horse rescue and therapeutic riding opportunities. It is because of you that we are successful! Please take the time to look through our website to see all the things we are doing! If you want to support us and become a part of the Brook Hill Family, click here to find out how you can help us continue to help both horses and people!

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Brook Hill would like to thank

Special thanks to our Accreditating Partners:

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and the racing industry for their combined support of Brook Hill Farm based on meeting the code of standards for operations, education, horses health care management, facility standards and services, and adoption policies and protocols.

Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries for full accreditation of our facility, management, and finances for our rescue work with horses.

PATH Premier Center, meaning Brook Hill has met the accreditation requirements based on the administrative, facility, program, and applicable special interest standards

Guidestar Platinum Level Member - Brook Hill has earned this leading symbol of our commitment to nonprofit transparency and accountability from the premier source of nonprofit information.

Supporters

AEP
Areva
AAEP
Aylors
ASPCA
Al Stroobants Foundation
Amy Saulter Memorial Scholarship
Auditronics
Bedford Community Health Foundation
Bedford County Pest Control
Bedford Women's Club
Bedford BPW
Bernau Family Foundation
Blue Ridge Equine
Brennan Animal Welfare
Build a Bear
Carrington Foundation
Central Fidelity Charitable Giving
Clark Charitable Trust
Cobbs Mountain Farm
Cosby Charitable Trust
Danny's Welding
Dover Saddlery
Dr. Dixon
Dr. Fessler
Dr. Moses
Dr. Seigler
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Easley Foundation
Easy Boots, Inc
Eliza Mount Thomas Foundation
Epiphany Bay Farm
Equus Foundation
Ferguson Enterprises
Fidelity Charitable Gifts
Forest Primary Care
Foster Fuels
Genworth
Hamco, Inc
The Hearing Aid Shop
Humane Society of the United States
Intervet Vaccines
J&J Weatherization
Johnson's Wine Festival
Kitchen and Bath Ideas, Inc
Kroger
Langley Properties
Laura J Niles Foundation
Leeps Foundation
Lynchburg Community Trust
Lynchburg Homebuilders Association
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
McManus Foundation
M.F. Moorman Foundation
Moneta Lions Club
Moneta Ruritan
Montaque-Betts Company
Old Dominion Box Foundation
Peakland Baptist Church
Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church
Red Lion Foundation
Retail Merchants Association
Rockcliffe Farm
Rotary Clubs of Bedford, Lynchburg and Philadelphia
Southern Air, Inc
Southern States
Southside Electric Co-op
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Swimmer Family Foundation
Taylor Brothers
Thoroughbred Charities
Tractor Supply
Travel Lovers
United Way
United Health Care Foundation
Virginia Tech
Walmart
Western Ways
William Charlotte Parks Foundation
Windhaven Equine Clinic
Woman of Epihany
Wrightson Ramsing Foundation

And all the individuals that have supported us this year!