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A Silver Celebration
Written By: Sue Blair - Carpe Diem Farms | Issue: 2017/01 - Winter
Happy New Year!
2017 is an auspicious year for Carpe Diem Farms! January 27 marks our twenty-fifth anniversary of becoming a 501©3 educational foundation. It’s also the start of our fourth year marketing Easy’s Slipper, the therapeutic glue-on slipper developed, created and manufactured at the farm. Because of the horses of Carpe Diem, the slippers are now helping horses around the world!
It is hard to imagine that 25 years have passed since an idea, a vision, “to empower individuals through life changes to see the opportunities and possibilities that abound,” would become such a reality. Through experiential programs “enhancing the human potential through equines,” more than 4,000 participants of all ages, 3-83 have benefited. Time and time again the horses have been instrumental in changing lives; teaching life lessons, communication skills, and leadership techniques in their unique way.
We are blessed to have such a place as Carpe Diem Farms in our little piece of heaven in the mountains. There have been 23 horses that have spirited our programs. Thirteen completed their magical work and their lives and have been laid to rest in our St. Francis Cemetery. Nine continue to bring joy and hope to everyone who spends time with them. They are the backbone of everything we do.
2017 promises to be another exciting year as the horses of CDF and their stories take to the world stage, introducing more to the healing qualities of Easy’s Slipper. The only patented product of its kind, with science to prove its shock absorption and shock dissipation, the glue-on slipper is worn by horses ranging from mini’s to size nine Clydesdales. From Australia, South Africa, Canada, and the UK, all across the US, Easy’s Slipper is helping to make healthier happier horses.
Visitors and participants are welcome to meet the horses or see the slippers being made. Call (828) 526-2854 to make an appointment. Follow us on Facebook or go to our web site, carpediemfarms.org. Carpe Diem Farms is a 501©3 non-profit educational foundation located in Highlands, NC.
