Willow Farm Therapeutic Riding
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With months of planning, organization, and legal filing for our non-profit
status behind us, we continue to move ahead in expanding our program to
meet the “special needs” of our riders.  We are grateful to Julie Frazier who
has graciously allowed us to descend on her beautiful facility each week in
order to lease arena time and provide programs to our youth (ages 4-26)
with disabilities in Marquette County.

We continue to have a waiting list of approximately 15 students.  This
indicates that we need to continue to work to expand our program in an
effort to support the present riding population as well as those waiting for
services.  Therefore, additional funding will continue to be a part of our
future planning.  In addition to adding new funding resources, we hope to
continue working with those local foundations and agencies that have so
generously supported us in the past in the hope that they will continue to
see the unique benefits we promote to a “special needs” population with
our community based instruction.  These are opportunities provided to
children who are offered very limited options for recreation within our
community.

We also recognize that it will be necessary to continue to ask our
participants to assume responsibility for partial payment of their riding
experiences.  To date we have been able to provide full payment
scholarships to Bay Cliff students who participate in a four week riding
program each summer and partial payment scholarships to the remainder
of our riders.  In addition, we see a need to seek financial support outside
of our community as our expansion efforts grow and mature.  

We are sincerely grateful to the YMCA of Marquette for their generous
support of our program.  They have graciously provided our insurance
coverage each year.  The following is a list of both past and present
financial support received in the past five years.  This is a wonderful tribute
to the example we set forth as a caring community.  Thank you Marquette.   
In an effort to support our “caring community” philosophy, Willow Farm
Therapeutic Riding donates a four week group riding session for children
at Bay Cliff Health Camp and provides a full scholarship for each rider.

FUNDING SUPPORT  
                                                
2000                                        
                                              
Kellogg Foundation Grant     

2001

Frazier Foundation
Kellogg Foundation Grant
Marquette Community
Foundation
"Put the YOU in Youth"

2002

Dr. James Lovell
Dr. Michael Nidiffer
Dr. Steve Morris
Frazier Foundation
Hirvonen Foundation
Joe Berry Memorial Fund
Marquett Community
Foundation
M.Davenport Foundation
Paschal Memorial Fund
Reynolds Foundation
Upper Peninsula
Rehavilitation Center
2003   

Frazier Foundation
Hirvonen Foundation                     
Kaufman Foundation
Marquette Community Foundation
M. Davenport Foundation
Paschal Memorial Fund
Reynolds Foundation

2004

Bart and Kris Bartkowiak
Nancy Bradbury
Barbara Coleman
Bryan and Jennifer Havemeier
Hiawathaland Farm Bureau
Hirvonen Foundation
Kaufman Foundation
Marquette County Horse Club
M. Davenport Foundation
Molly Noland
Paschal Memroial Fund
Reynolds Foundation
June Schaefer