Mission Possible - July 9

We had a fantastic day together today!

This morning we visited SPIRIT Open Equestrian Program at Frying Pan Park in Herndon (www.spiritequestrian.org.)  They use horses and horsemanship to enhance the lives of everyone with a focus on people with disabilities.  After orientation we spent time cleaning up the yard and mucking out the stalls of the inevitable gifts that the horses had left behind, moving some tarps and cleaning saddles.  It was a very rewarding trip; the yard looked a lot cleaner and tidier than when we started.

If you're interested in volunteering with horses check out their website or drop them an email.  They have volunteer opportunities and riding lessons!!!

After lunch we provided over 120 sandwiches to Embry Rucker Community Shelter in Reston (http://www.restoninterfaith.org/services/housing/shelter/.)  One of the staff at Embry Rucker also talked to us about the work they do to support people in our community and answered our questions.  An interesting statistic that she mentioned is that the fastest growing demographic that they're seeing are single mothers with one or two children.  They are also looking for volunteer support, St. Anne's is one of the founding organizations of Reston Interfaith who run Embry Rucker and we have several programs in which we work closely with them.