Bit of Hope Ranch

12/07/2025

Is Hope on the Naughty or Nice list this year? 👀✨

Our tiniest teammate may be small in size, but she brings BIG energy to our mental health sessions. Hope helps our counselors and clients explore emotions, build confidence, and practice healthy coping skills—all while adding a little extra s***k and sparkle to every moment. 🐴💛

Why equine-assisted mental health works:
🐴Horses mirror emotions, helping clients gain insight into their thoughts and behaviors in real time
🫂Interacting with horses can reduce anxiety, build trust, and support emotional regulation

So tell us—naughty or nice? 🎁
If you think Hope deserves a spot on the Nice List, click the link below and grab something from our Amazon Wishlist! Your gifts directly support the tools and supplies used in our mental health sessions, helping clients continue their growth and healing journeys. 💚

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2GNG4UFXZ4O19?ref_=wl_share

12/02/2025

✨ A Bit of Christmas Hope ✨
This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking our community to join us in changing lives—both human and equine.

💚 87% of participants experience reduced PTSD symptoms, anxiety, flashbacks, and panic attacks within just 6 weeks of equine-assisted therapy.
💚 82% show improved motor function, stronger social communication, and better adaptive behaviors through therapeutic riding.
💚 And every year, 20,000 horses are inhumanely slaughtered across the border. At Bit of Hope Ranch, we provide rescued horses a safe sanctuary and a peaceful, love-filled life.

When you give today, you’re supporting healing, hope, and second chances—creating life-changing moments for children, adults, and the horses who serve them.

🎁 Your donation truly makes a difference.
Help us continue this mission of Trauma Care and Recovery.
👉 Give today. Change a life.
GIVE HERE⬇️
http://www.bitofhoperanch.org/donate

11/27/2025

🍁 Happy Thanksgiving from Bit of Hope Ranch 🍁

As the sun sets on another year of healing, hope, and connection, our hearts are overflowing with gratitude.

To our incredible sponsors — your generosity keeps our mission alive and opens the gate for so many to find peace and restoration.

To our dedicated volunteers — every hour you give, every stall you clean, every smile you share truly makes this ranch a place of welcome and warmth.

To our amazing staff — thank you for pouring your hearts into every session, every program, and every individual who steps onto this property. Your compassion is the soul of this ranch.

And to our beloved herd — the gentle giants who do the quiet, powerful work of healing. You remind us daily what patience, presence, and unconditional acceptance look like.

From our ranch family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving. 🧡
May your day be filled with peace, gratitude, and a little bit of hope.

11/25/2025

There’s something truly magical that happens when horses and humans come together 🐴💛

From confidence-building to emotional regulation, therapeutic riding creates space for growth, connection, and pure JOY.

Just look at these smiles — this is what healing in motion looks like.
Whether it’s building trust, finding balance, or simply enjoying the peaceful rhythm of a ride through the woods, every session is a step forward.

At Bit of Hope Ranch, our horses meet each rider exactly where they are… and help them go a little farther than they imagined. ✨

Curious if therapeutic riding could change your life or someone you know? Reach out!
http://www.bitofhoperanch.org/therapeuticriding


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11/25/2025

THE RANCH IS HIRING!
We are looking for a part time Riding Instructor/Equine Professional for Wed and Saturday hours.
Must have teaching experience!

Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/243133225879157

Equine assisted therapy for mind, body and spirit

11/24/2025

This season, every gift you give has the power to touch a life far beyond the wrapping paper. 🎁❤️

When you shop our Amazon Wishlist, you’re filling the barns with joy for the animals who help carry the hard stories of our riders. And when you visit our Christmas Gift Guide (in our Story) you’ll find meaningful ways to give — like sponsoring a therapy animal, gifting riding lessons or services, or choosing merch that helps fund healing.

Every gift you choose doesn’t just brighten the ranch… it reaches someone in our community who desperately needs a reason to believe in hope again. ✨

11/21/2025

This Christmas, you can give more than a present — you can give A Bit of Christmas Hope. ✨

Your purchase helps provide the sessions where 87% of clients see reduced PTSD and anxiety…
The therapeutic riding lessons that boost communication and confidence for 82% of riders…
And the sanctuary that gives rescued horses a peaceful, protected life.

Shop with purpose. Heal with us. ❤️

🔗Go to our website to shop our merch, purchase a gift card, or sponsor a horse 🎁

11/17/2025

Shorter days. Longer nights. Heavier moods.
Seasonal changes can take a real toll on our energy and emotions.
If you’re noticing more sadness, fatigue, or isolation, you’re not alone — and support is available.
Reach out now to start feeling brighter through the darker months. ☀️

http://www.bitofhoperanch.org/counseling-1

11/13/2025

Rocket says she’s definitely on the Nice List… even if she occasionally pretends she can’t hear us when we ask her to walk on during sessions. 🤭🎅

But we’ll give it to her — in both mental health and riding sessions, she shows up with patience, heart, and that steady, calming presence our clients adore.

Think she’s earned her halo? ✨

Show Rocket some Christmas love by gifting her new fly boots or her favorite banana treats — just click the link to head straight to her Amazon Christmas Wishlist! 🎄💛

Amazon wishlist⬇️
https://bit.ly/47WHmRF

11/11/2025

🇺🇸 Honoring Our Veterans Today and Every Day 🇺🇸

Today we pause to honor the men and women who have served our country—and to recognize the invisible wounds many carry long after their service ends.

At Bit of Hope Ranch, we’re deeply grateful to walk alongside our veterans in their healing journeys through programs like equine-assisted therapy, ART, MEM, and more. These services are just one small way we can be here for those who have given so much.

From all of us—thank you for your courage, sacrifice, and service. ❤️🐴

11/08/2025

Our final Stories of Hope tour for the season wrapped up today — and what a gift it was to welcome new faces and reconnect with familiar ones. 🩵

Thank you for showing up, listening, and leaning into the healing work happening here!

If you left today feeling stirred, inspired, or curious… we’d love to have you join us more often. Volunteer sign-ups are open on our website — your presence truly makes a difference 🐴✨