Fall Support Drive
The Fall Support Drive (FSD) is a 6-week campaign focused on growing the Red Horse Giving Circle and sharing about our herd & our mission to hold space for healing transformation. Opens World Mental Health Day, October 10, and runs through Giving Tuesday, December 2.
WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT
The Artful Auction includes local and regional art, artful bundles, and other experiences ranging from health and wellness retreats to winery tastings, restaurant gift cards, lodging, and more. These items are donated by generous supporters of Red Horse Center, and help us raise funds and awareness for mental health and wellness services incorporating horses
Red Horse is working year-round to contribute to equitable access to programming for equine assisted mental health, wellness and workplace culture. This work is supported from ongoing giving through grants, donations and sponsorships.
- One time or recurring
- Donor advised Funds, Stock Transfers & Crypto
Employer Matching Search Benevity or other matching programs for Red Horse Center this “Giving Season.”
Milestone DonorReach out if you’d like to help us reach and celebrate a milestones with a gift of $500 or more!
Would you like to creatively contribute to the support drive with a fun experience or hands-on project? You could host a garage sale, car wash, dinner party or poetry reading.
The options are endless! Invite your friends to spend time together, and chip in for a cause you believe in.
We’ll post a helpful guide here, and you can send us your event via the form below, so we can share it far and wide!
Horse Sponsorships Follow this link to support our herd through horse sponsorships to cover care & feed annualy.
Event Sponsorships Support any or all of our events by signing up as a 2026 sponsor now!
Program Sponsorships Do you want to help sustain a particular program and connect with your organization? Program Sponsorships start at $500 per program.
Community Sponsors Sponsor at $1,500 or more annually and be identified as a Red Horse Community Sponsor
Sharing your time and talents is so valuable to our community-led mission. If you have services or items to share, we’d love to collaborate! The lists below show some of our needs and opportunities. Whether they act like a registry, if you’d like to buy items, or perhaps you have something you’d like to move on down the line – either way, we’d be grateful for the support!
The first list is a general Red Horse List, and the second is for Juniper’s Retreat House, which we’re in the process of outfitting for the Spring opening!
- Red Horse Wish List
- Juniper’s Retreat House (Info and Wish List)
October 25 – Halloween Parade in Douglas, MI
October 29 – Allyship Series: Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally
November 8 – Giving Circle Roundtable
November 15-16 – Volunteer Farm Days
November 20 – Allyship Series: LGBTQ+ Listening Circle (All-in!)
December 2 – Giving Tuesday & Fall Support Drive Gratitude
We’d love for you to join our herd. Subscribe for e-bulletins, and follow our social media pages, including Facebook, Instagram, and our FB Group, “Friends of Red Horse.” We’re planning a replacement to our online learning center, which will be another opportunity to join, connect, and learn, and we hope to have it ready for you by Spring.
Interested in being a beta tester? Drop us a line!
We’re refreshing our store with some cool new items throughout the Fall Support Drive. We’ll put the latest and greatest below as they roll in, but check out the link to our store for the full selection!
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Equine Collaboarators’ Bill of Rights (Poster with 4 options) Portrait
Price range: $35.00 through $95.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Peace and Love | Horse Art by Ulla | Pack of 10 Folded Cards (white envelopes) (US & CA)
$25.00 Add to cart -
Let it Look Different – Aluminum Print Wall Art by Ulla
Price range: $40.00 through $70.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Red Horse Carhartt Apron
$65.00 Add to cart
Horses Empowering Youth (HEY)
HEY benefits youth aged 10 – 18, as well as the faculty and staff who support them. All of the experiences within H.E.Y. support positive or improved mental health, personal growth, and leadership development through facilitated experiences. Cohorts are structured so that youth can be seen and heard, and make intentional change.
H.E.Y. engages the insightful and healing power of horses, natural communicators whose herd dynamics are an essential structure for safety and well-being. Their innate sensitivity and expression naturally engage people deeply; wordlessly inviting us to explore and develop our untold stories with fresh perspectives and meaningful insights. Facilitated sessions are combined with therapeutic art, leadership, and social skills, and grounding activities.
Funding helps provide no-cost services to youth in Allegan County through partnerships with school districts and youth organizations. Entering our fourth successful year of bringing H.E.Y. to Fennville Public Schools (FPS), Red Horse Center is seeking funding towards sustaining the program at FPS and expanding the successful program to other districts and organizations within Allegan County.
Successful outcomes include improving students’ Early Warning Indicator scores, positive mental health, potential for thriving in school and other pursuits, self-confidence and self-reliance, and awareness of support and resources available to them. We believe these programs increase positive outlook and contribute to increasing attendance, engagement, and graduation rates.
Mental Health & Wellness:
Red Horse facilitates mental health and wellness services, including licensed psychotherapy.
Our approach incorporates horses, and nature and is an evidence-based model of care that is especially effective with rural populations. Our farm-based, animal-assisted sessions are trauma-informed and culturally relevant to our community, but they also come with extra costs.
Red Horse Center works through a variable pricing model, to reduce the stigma around financial assistance and allow clients to pay for services within a sliding scale structure. This approach to reducing or eliminating fees creates opportunities that directly address cost as a barrier to care. Funding this project enables Red Horse to increase the amount of no-cost sessions and partial-cost sessions for clients.
Pride & Ally Community Wellness
The Pride and Ally program consists of facilitated sessions integrating equine-assisted experiential learning, mental health supports, licensed therapy, professional development, therapeutic art, workshops and listening circles in a natural, peaceful setting while engaging horses, dogs, and nature.
Red Horse Center is committed to removing barriers to personal and community wellness, fostering allyship, and contributing to emotionally and physically safe spaces where all are welcome and respected.
Pride & Ally Community Wellness
The Pride and Ally program consists of facilitated sessions integrating equine-assisted experiential learning, mental health supports, licensed therapy, professional development, therapeutic art, workshops and listening circles in a natural, peaceful setting while engaging horses, dogs, and nature.
Red Horse Center is committed to removing barriers to personal and community wellness, fostering allyship, and contributing to emotionally and physically safe spaces where all are welcome and respected.
Workplace Culture
Our professional development ranges from educational workshops and coaching to team-based retreats, shaped around specific objectives and current issues.
Getting leadership together, offsite in an engaging and psychologically safe environment, is a remedy for stress and burnout while also serves as a catalyst for positive change.
Community Organizations and advocates often struggle to find the time and funding to refresh and restore their vision and relationships, which can be instrumental in retaining talent, improving morale, and clarifying strategic vision.
This program holds space for industry support groups, team retreats, and workshops supporting workplace culture, shaped by a trauma-informed lens.
Herd Support
Red Horse is committed to providing whole-horse care in support of our herd of specialists, who hold space for human healing and transformation. We work to recognize their needs as specialists, aging horses, and sometimes rescues with unique obstacles and trauma to move through, and provide the best care we can.
Herd Support and horse sponsorships directly impact our ability to provide their essential care, including feed, supplements, hoof trimming, veterinary, chiropractic, and holistic care.
Capacity Building
Red Horse is working year-round to contribute to equitable access to programming for mental health, wellness, and workplace culture. This work is supported by ongoing giving through grants, donations, and sponsorships.
Capacity Building is our default program for unrestricted gifts, which help us spread the love to all programs and everything we do.
Juniper’s Retreat House
In 2025, we received amazing community support that brought Juniper’s Retreat House into our world. It’s a building that sits on the hill overlooking the Treehouse, as well as Blackjack’s Field, Pride Pasture, and the rolling approach to entering the peaceful space of Red Horse.
We are incredibly grateful, and also have some work in front of us! We are working on the vision and setup to be ready to offer space to the public by Spring of 2026. We envision it as a beautiful space to expand our offerings for team retreats, overnight lodging, meeting space, fellowships, events, and even sharing community art, gallery-style.
Support for this program will help us furnish, staff, and prepare the space to offer it to the community.
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