Walk for Horses and Trees

event

Walk for Horses and Trees

Where

Urban Forest
6711 Ellis Avenue,
Huntington Beach, CA 92648

When

October 12, 2024    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

HB Trees is pleased and proud to partner with our neighbors, Free Rein Foundation, on this community walk to support the rescue of horses in need for equine-assisted programs for at-promise youth, and to plant much-needed trees in Huntington Central Park West.

1 of a Kind 3K Walk in the Park

THANK YOU, SPONSORS:

Titan Industrial Metal Corp.

David’s Tree Service

First Team Real Estate – Barbara Adams

Republic Services

THANK YOU, SUPPORTERS:

Boot Barn®

City of Huntington Beach

Express Tees

Huntington Central Park Equestrian Center

HB Urban Forest Birders

Ingardia Brothers Produce Inc.

Seven Gables Real Estate / Robin Gray-Hite

Tree of Life Nursery

More than 150 walkers and 30 volunteers came out for the Saturday morning, Oct. 12, 3K Walk for Rescued Horses & Trees. Started off by HB Police Department Police Officer Tyler Boswell and his mount, Drifter, walkers traversed a course strolling down newly forested trails, and into the neighboring rescued-horse pasture. Back at the Start/Finish, walkers collected their Walk medallion, enjoyed the country western songs performed by the New Frontier Cowboys band, received complimentary refreshments, had fun with balloon art and games, and purchased Walk T-shirts and merchandise or made donations.

A big thank you to all who stepped up to donate to the Walk for Rescued Horses and Trees co-presenters – local non-profits HB Tree Society and Free Rein Foundation.

Since moving to Huntington Beach more than 30 years ago, Sheila Holliday has been an avid fan of the city’s prolific parks, and especially Huntington Central Park, the largest municipal park in Orange County, CA. Sheila has given back to her community via the Huntington Beach Tree Society (HBTS) since 2014, both in the parks and online. Along with adding content to this website, she provides the community with updates about HBTS’s local forestation, and the fruit of those efforts, through facebook.com/HBTreeSociety. She also assists with grant writing and fund raising to continue reforestation and beautification of the city’s parks and the Shipley to Shore Trail.

Sheila and her fellow HBTS volunteers are not only passionate about planting and maintaining trees, but also increasing awareness of their importance, with an added emphasis on teaching the next generation how and why to plant trees. To that end, she helps the Tree Society host community-wide special events, including bird-a-thons, walks, and annual California Arbor Day tree planting celebrations.

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