Hands & Hearts for Horses Veterans Day 5K & 1-mile Fun Run/Walk

Hands & Hearts for Horses is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization located in Thomasville, Ga.  We provide therapeutic horseback riding services to all people over the age of 4 with any degree of cognitive, physical, behavioral or emotional disability or special need.  We have been serving our community since 2000 and currently serve about 100 clients a week from Thomas, Grady, Colquitt, Mitchell and Lee Counties and Leon County in Florida. 

We will be hosting our 1st Annual HHH Veterans Day 5k Run and 1-mile Fun Run/Walk on Nov. 10, 2018 with the 5K Race starting at 8:15 am, followed by the 1-mile Fun Run/Walk at 8:30 am.  The routes will start and end at our facility on Lower Cairo Road, and run past some of the most beautiful plantations of South Georgia. 

The proceeds of this race with go to support therapeutic riding activities at Hands & Hearts for Horses, and in honor of Veterans Day, 10% of the proceeds with be donated back to a local Veterans support organization. 

For the race, we will be giving all participants a red poppy with a yellow ribbon.  The red poppy honors America’s soldiers who have died in battle, while the yellow ribbon signifies remembrance and love of a service member.