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        <ExplanationTxt>PART III - PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE EAGLES NEST RANCH PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY A PLACE TO RENEW HOPE, BUILD TRUST AND EXPERIENCE GROWTH FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF ADVERSITY AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDS THROUGH THEIR INTERACTION WITH HORSES AND A LOVING AND WELCOMING STAFF. INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SESSIONS TAKE PLACE AT A PEACEFUL RANCH ENVIRONMENT AND IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE. WE BELIEVE THAT NO MATTER HOW DARK THE DAY, THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE THROUGH GODS STEADFAST LOVE AND FORGIVENESS.ADDITIONALLY, ENR IS A PLACE FOR UNWANTED, ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED HORSES/EQUINES IN THE COMMUNITY. THESE EQUINES WILL BE TAKEN IN AND CARED FOR THROUGH FEEDING, NOURISHING, VETTING AND TRAINING IN ORDER TO FIND THEM NEW LOVING AND CARING HOMES. THE HORSES IN HARDSHIP THAT BECOME PART OF THE PROGRAM CAN THEN BE (CONT.) PART III - EXEMPT PURPOSE (CONT.) MATCHED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED HARDSHIPS AND ADVERSITY. TOGETHER HUMAN AND ANIMAL, THROUGH THE MENTORING GUIDANCE OF A STAFF PERSON, CAN START REBUILDING HOPE AND TRUST FOR THE FUTURE BASED ON GODS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE. IT IS OUR DESIRE THAT EAGLES NEST RANCH BE A PLACE OF HOPE AND HEALING TO THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO. LINE 28 - HEALING HORSES FOR ARMED FORCES PROGRAM SERVES ACTIVE DUTY AND VETERAN SERVICE MEMBERS AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS BY OFFERING INTERACTIVE SESSIONS WITH HORSES IN ORDER TO INCREASE HOPE, TRUST AND GROWTH. WE SERVED 24 PARTICIPANTS, IN 38 SESSIONS DURING 2023. A GROUP OF ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIERS CAME OUT FROM FORT CARSON. THEY WERE PART OF THE PROGRAM CALLED BOSS (BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SINGLE SOLDIERS), AND THEY PLAN TO COME AGAIN IN 2024. LINE 29 THE SOARING PROGRAM CONTINUED WITH FOR THOSE WHO CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE BY OFFERING INTERACTIVE SESSIONS WITH HORSES IN ORDER TO INCREASE HOPE, TRUST AND GROWTH. THEY LEARN ABOUT CARING FOR HORSES AND THE VALUE OF WORK AS EVERYONE DOES CHORES AROUND THE RANCH BEFORE EACH SESSION. THROUGH THE HORSES, CHILDREN AND ADULTS LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, ASSERTIVENESS, HOW TO KEEP BOUNDARIES, PATIENCE AND KINDNESS. WE SERVED 19 INDIVIDUALS IN THE SOARING PROGRAM THAT CAME SEEKING HELP DUE TO DEPRESSION, GRIEF, ANXIETY AND STRESS AMONG OTHER CHALLENGES. A TOTAL OF 42 SESSIONS, GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL, WERE OFFERED IN THE SOARING PROGRAM. (CONT.) LINE 29 (CONT) - ADDITIONALLY, IN 2023 WE HOSTED KINGODM COWGIRLS, A PROGRAM FOR YOUNG GIRLS CONSISTING OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE, HORSEMANSHIP, AND DISCIPLESHIP LESSONS. THERE WERE 12 PARTICIPANTS WITH A TOTAL OF 11 CLASSES. LINE 30 - FIRST RESPONDERS PROGRAM: DURING THE SUMMER OF 2023 WE OFFERED THREE FIRST RESPONDER FAMILIES BUCKAROO DAYS WHEREBY WE INVITED FAMILIES OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS OUT TO THE RANCH FOR A DAY OF FUN AND ENCOURAGEMENT. KNOWING THE UNIQUE AND STRESSFUL CHALLENGES THAT FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE FACING, WE WANTED TO OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN HAYRIDES, GAMES, CRAFTS, A DEVOTIONAL AS WELL AS HORSE TIME, FREE OF CHARGE. IT WAS OUR WAY OF HONORING THESE FAMILIES WHO SELFLESSLY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. IN TOTAL 35 FIRST RESPONDER FAMILIES PARTICIPATED WITH A TOTAL OF 142 ADULTS AND CHILDREN. ADDITIONALLY, WE SERVED 10 PARTICIPANTS (CONT.) LINE 30 - FIRST RESPONDERS PROGRAM (CONT.): WITH A TOTAL OF 18 SESSIONS TO HELP A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS STRUGGLING WITH ADVERSITY. LINE 31 - OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES - CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR THE TROOPS</ExplanationTxt>
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