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Green Meadow Farm offers individualized mentoring opportunities free of charge to children and teens struggling with trauma or emotional difficulties. Our hope is that through the interaction with horses and farm life they can experience healing in God’s love.

To sign up for lessons or to help us continue to provide these opportunities to families, please click the links above.

Stay in touch with all that’s going on at Green Meadow Farm by reading (and subscribing) to our monthly “Meadow Memory”

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Help us continue to offer lessons free of charge by donating to support our work here at Green Meadow Farm

Today is December 2nd which means it is also Day 2

Today is December 2nd which means it is also Day 2 of Green Meadow Farm's 'Month of Joyful Giving'! Throughout this December, we invite you to spread the news about Green Meadow Farm with friends and family! Our goal this month is to raise $55,000 to continue to provide lessons to kids affected by childhood trauma free-of-charge! If you feel led to partner with our ministry this month, please visit our website: wwww.greenmeadowfarm.org to make an online donation!

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November Meadow Memory! When I explain that Green

November Meadow Memory!

When I explain that Green Meadow Farm is an equine-assisted mentorship program, I'm often met with a blank stare. Eyes glaze over as one tries to envision how horses can help mentor children! They smile and nod, but a question seems to linger in the air - "Why Horses? Sure, they are cool, but how are they helpful?" It is my delight to explain the true impact our horses bring to our ministry. But yes, they are pretty cool!

In the wild, horses are constantly scanning their environment for threats, assessing if they need to flee as they have fairly few methods of defense. They are prey animals. A horse's brain naturally
functions in survival mode.

For kids who have endured trauma, their brains have experienced that same survival mode to varying degrees. Often, the survival behaviors that enabled them to go through trauma, stick with them far beyond the initial incident. The behaviors that might have enabled them to survive at one point become behaviors that inhibit the way they interact in healthy relationships and situations. Pairing these two, hurting children and wary horses, opens a window of opportunities to process together
and learn healthy ways of being!

The holidays are right around the corner and as December approaches we hope you'll think of us during Green Meadow Farm's "Month of Joyful Giving". During the month of December, we invite you to partner with our ministry to kids affected by childhood trauma. Any donations received during this month will further our ministry so we can continue providing lessons free of charge to families in the new year! Thank you!

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Thankful for our amazing volunteers!! #greenmead

Thankful for our amazing volunteers!!

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Today concludes the 2024 lesson season! What a gif

Today concludes the 2024 lesson season! What a gift it was to have been a part of each of these student's lives. God brought each student to Green Meadow Farm with their own unique story and it was such a blessing to be able to meet them in their stories and share Jesus and horses with them!

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Ready to ride! #greenmeadowfarm #equineassistedm

Ready to ride!

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We are excited to share that our October Family Su

We are excited to share that our October Family Support Spotlight is Grace Stinchcomb!

Grace is one of our family support team members, who greets our families with a heart of caring and interest in how they are doing. She is a welcoming presence and actively engages in conversation with them. And when someone needs a listening ear, Grace is there! Supportive. Encouraging. Whether sitting and talking with mom/dad in Pasture Peace or walking about the farm while their child’s lesson is taking place, she is praying; inviting the One who cares for each one of us to come in a special way. - Betty

Grace is a wonderful person. She has been so dedicated as she listens and cares for the families she supports. She has followed through with families even after their session is over. When parents have alone time after she checks in with them, I often see her finding some chore that needs doing around the farm and pitching right in. What a gem. She may be little but she IS mighty! Thank you Grace! - Beckie

Thank you so much, Grace!!

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The last two weeks of fall lessons have snuck up o

The last two weeks of fall lessons have snuck up on us! It's bittersweet as we approach the end of lessons for this year, but we are so thankful for the time we have with these students.

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Just a Paint getting painted 😉 #greenmeadowfarm

Just a Paint getting painted 😉

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It's looking a lot like Autumn!✨ Volunteer Group

It's looking a lot like Autumn!✨
Volunteer Groups and our students/instructors have been a huge help in keeping up after the deluge of leaves, walnuts, and acorns!

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We have a sign that hangs on one of the barn doors

We have a sign that hangs on one of the barn doors that says, "If animals could talk, the world would lose its best listeners." This quote reminds us of our sweet horses. They have heard a lot of stories from students. Some of hurt and abandonment - others of restoration and joy. We are forever grateful for the gentle, fluffy listening ears of our equines!

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