SonRise Equestrian Foundation

East Bay Real Estate: Wine & Equine Event – Wente Winery Supports SonRise Equestrian!

This Friday night, September 16^th, enjoy a fabulous three course dinner from the award winning Wente Restaurant at the “Wine & Equine Event” at Wente Vineyards. There will also be dancing under the stars to the Jack Pollard Band, and a very fun auction.

The “Wine & Equine Event” is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Sonrise Equestrian Foundation, a non-profit 501(C)(3) community program. They need your help to make this event a success and to continue to provide these children with help and hope through the Sonrise community. Click on this link for ticket information. This important annual event provides about half of their yearly operating budget and enables SonRise Equestrian to put children with social, emotional and physical handicaps together with gentle therapy horses at no cost to the families. Their participants learn that they can overcome fears, build relationships, and ultimately discover their full potential. Read more

SonRise Equestrian Foundation

East Bay Equestrian Update: SonRise Equestrian Foundation Changing Kids Lives!

If you love horses can you imagine the impact a horse could make in the life a child at risk or who is disabled in some way?  Well, that dream is coming true every day for some very special kids in the East Bay everyday!  Melanie Buerke had this idea several years ago and the dream is now a realty – SonRise Equestrian Foundation at Charles Wilhelm’s horse training center on Crow Canyon Road.  Here is their mission statement:

“SonRise Equestrian Foundation is a non-profit organization making a positive difference for children and youth living with social, emotional, or physical challenges including terminal illness. Participating children develop confidence, integrity and responsibility through mentoring and peer relationships centered around the care and enjoyment of horses.” Read more