Boots and Spurs for veterans

By News Staff on Saturday, September 26, 2020

Scurry County Spotlight

  • Participants (l-r) Joe Juare, Maria Gonzalez, Kathryn Melby, Bella Nelles, Mark Arista, Jeremy Blont, James Alexander, Louis Fathree, Matt Mason and Bella Mason posed together before embarking on their trail ride.
    Participants (l-r) Joe Juare, Maria Gonzalez, Kathryn Melby, Bella Nelles, Mark Arista, Jeremy Blont, James Alexander, Louis Fathree, Matt Mason and Bella Mason posed together before embarking on their trail ride.
  • Veterans and volunteers (l-r) Maria Gonzalez, Terri Myrick and Janna Knoll went on a trail ride on the Fuller Family Farms and Ranch.
    Veterans and volunteers (l-r) Maria Gonzalez, Terri Myrick and Janna Knoll went on a trail ride on the Fuller Family Farms and Ranch.
  • Texas Tech Therapeutic Riding Center employee Deanna Davila assisted veteran Joe Jaure in learning riding basics at the Boots and Spurs event.
    Texas Tech Therapeutic Riding Center employee Deanna Davila assisted veteran Joe Jaure in learning riding basics at the Boots and Spurs event.
Military Veteran Peer Network (MVPN) held its second annual Boots and Spurs veteran equine event on Saturday at the Fuller Family Farms and Ranch near Dunn. The event was conceived by MVPN employee Nanette Yanez, who is a veteran herself. “It was just an idea I had because I love equine therapy and I know from being a veteran how much it helps me to get on a horse,” she said. “I thought that…

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