End of the Trail Ranch in Perris owned by former longtime Lake Elsinore residents Rex and Lenore Tuggle is offering the Horses4Heroes program.
From the Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Patch website:
A ranch in Perris owned by a former Lake Elsinore couple is offering a new program that gives families of those who serve a chance to experience the equestrian lifestyle for a song.
“Horses4Heroes is a non-profit organization established to say ‘thank you’ to the men and women who risk their lives for us,” said Horses4Heroes founder Sydney Knott, who started the non-profit program in 2006 at age 16 in Las Vegas. “Our organization, through a network of participating facilities, is making horseback riding affordable and accessible to the heroes in our communities.”
End of the Trail Ranch in Perris is one of those facilities. Owned by former longtime Lake Elsinore residents Rex and Lenore Tuggle, the multi-acre ranch features about 30 horses, although many are owned by boarders and are not part of Horses4Heroes, according Jon Muir, who helped bring the program to End of the Trail last year. He said he has been a ranch volunteer and regular boarder at the facility for some time, but during a business trip to Las Vegas last year everything came together.
“I met Sydney and was very impressed,” Muir explained. “She came up with the idea of Horses4Heroes when she was still in high school. I think she was pretty moved by 9/11 and wanted to do something for first-responders.”
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