October’s volunteer of the month is Lauren Obermeyer! Lauren is a long-time student of the Winton Woods Riding Center, riding in both the English and Western disciplines. She is currently riding cross rails, contesting and working on her horsemanship in our conversation equus class. When Lauren turned 14 she became a volunteer and is happy […]

Joanne Tindall is June’s Volunteer of the Month! Joanne has been volunteering at Winton Woods Riding Center (WWRC) since early spring. She’s been a huge help to the Tuesday night Special Olympics class and has also assisted with the jump crew at the open schooling horse shows. Joanne is a dedicated helper and always ready […]

Welcome back, fellow cachers! In February, you learned about the game of geocaching. In April, you picked up some pointers about finding your first geocache. In June, you learned about geocaching etiquette. Now it’s time for you to hide your own geocache! You are probably asking yourself, “Why do I want to hide a cache? […]

Welcome back, fellow cachers! In April, you learned about the game of geocaching. In May, you picked up some pointers about finding your first geocache. I hope you’ve had a chance to try this fun hobby and have checked out some of the 150+ caches hidden in the Great Parks. Now, it’s time for some […]

Congratulations to Del Pickett, Volunteer of the Month for May! Del has been volunteering with the Winton Woods Riding Center (WWRC) for almost 2½ years and is happy to jump in where ever he is needed. Del has been very dedicated to the Special Riders Program (SRP) and has made a great connection with his […]

April’s Volunteer of the Month is Katie Dietsch. Katie has been a long-time student of the Winton Woods Riding Center (WWRC). Currently, Katie has been focusing on Contesting and competes at the schooling horse shows in the Open Division. As soon as Katie was old enough, she signed up to be a volunteer. She now […]

Congratulations Nicholas Gartland, for being chosen as volunteer of the month for March. Nick and his two siblings have recently joined our ranks of volunteers and have made themselves huge assets to the program. Nick can be found in the barns Monday evenings helping out with groom and tack, cleaning stalls and teaching low-level students […]

Jake began taking lessons at the Winton Woods Riding Center just a short while ago, but immediately got hooked. Jake can be found in the barns several days per week, helping clean stalls, groom horses and give a friendly pat to some of his new friends. Jake is pictured here with his super-favorite pony, Dumplin. […]