TRICK OR TREAT AT A HORSE FARM
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue to host 2nd annual Halloween event for kids
DOVER PLAINS, NY (October 18, 2017) — Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue’s 2nd Annual Trick or Treat event will take place on Saturday, October 28 from10 AM – 12 PM at their farm located at 2699 Route 22, Dover Plains, NY.
The event provides a unique and different Halloween experience for children to have fun trick or treating, meeting the horses, hearing about their stories and seeing the forever home that Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue (LOHR) has made for these 50 rescued horses. In addition to trick or treating throughout the different paddock areas, there will be crafts and games as well. The event is free, open to the public, and will be held rain or shine. Costumes are encouraged.
Located in the hamlet of Dover Plains in eastern Dutchess—the county that is home to the largest population of horses in New York—getting to LOHR is an easy drive from throughout the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and even New York City.
For further information about this event call 845-877-0685,
or visit the website: http://luckyorphanshorserescue.org
or Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LuckyOrphans.
About LOHR:
Since Lucky Orphans opened their barn doors in 2008, they have helped many horses, along with some sheep and goats, find a more promising and meaningful future. It is the goal of LOHR to not only save these wonderful animals, rehabilitating them and rebuilding their trust in people, but also to use their stories of struggle, overcoming adversity, building trust, leadership, and teamwork to create an understanding and inspiration in children, young adults and the community. Today, LOHR is dedicated to not only providing a forever home for these magnificent animals, but also to educating the community and focusing on strengthening the relationship between children and animals to build a more compassionate future.
The founder of LOHR, Deanna Mancuso, is a well-established member of the local professional equine community. Starting out as an exercise rider for various farms from Westchester to Columbia Counties, she successfully moved up to barn management, eventually transitioning to business-owner of Equine Escape Stable. Within a few years of opening Equine Escape, Deanna began to recognize a disturbing trend within the community. She was receiving a growing number of inquiries regarding unwanted horses and how to report abuse and neglect. This problem was only exacerbated by requests from the SPCA to foster seized horses which had begun to outnumber available spaces at their own facilities. Determined to be part of the solution, Deanna established Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue to offer a permanent sanctuary to these otherwise unwanted, abused or neglected animals and provide them with a safe haven where they would never again experience the situations that led them to LOHR in the first place.
Valerie Hovasapian
Vice President
