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NCMT Super Troopers Program is looking for volunteers ages 14 and up for our Spring Therapeutic Program. Volunteer Orientation will be on March 5th, 7th and 9th. For more information and to register email volunteer@newcanaanmountedtroop.org or find us on our website newcanaanmountedtroop.org
We would love to have you join us at the barn!
This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Felicia Gray Alford, the volunteer, community outreach and special projects director at New Canaan Mounted Troop. Those interested in volunteering at the Carter Street organization can email the Mounted Troop at volunteer@newcanaanmountedtroop.org.
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Come join us at the farm for our HOCUS POCUS PARADE, CARNIVAL, SILENT AUCTION,FOOD and DRINKS. FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ALL, ARE WELCOME.
Dear Friend of NCMT,
New Canaan Mounted Troop (NCMT) would like to invite you to become a sponsor of our
80th Anniversary Fall Gala, on Saturday, November 9, 2019 from 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM at
Wee Burn Country Club, Darien, Connecticut. The gala theme is “JUMPING THROUGH THE YEARS” honoring NCMT’s history and current programs.
Building on last year’s success, we will present another elegant evening of directed philanthropy with exquisite food, fabulous music and unique live & silent auction items.
Brian Williams, NBC News will be our Emcee and Allan Lamberti from radio 95.9 the FOX will be our Auctioneer. We look forward to you joining as an event sponsor. NCMT is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to building leadership, responsibility and confidence in youth through sound horsemanship and enriching the lives of individuals with special needs through equine assisted activities. We have two programs: “Super Troopers,” providing therapeutic programs for children and adults with special needs and “Troopers,” a youth development program where older children mentor younger children through equine care, riding and barn management.
Three well-known local nonprofit organizations this year will mark 80 years in operation. The New Canaan Chapter of the League of Women Voters, New Canaan Mounted Troop and the New Canaan Beautification League are united by their focus on community engagement and service. The League of Women Voters is the local chapter of a national organization that helps register citizens to vote, and provides voter education about candidates and issues, according to LOWV Chapter President Miki Porta.
“We’re really all about civic engagement,” she said. “A lot of us are just history and civics and government geeks who really believe that the more of us who volunteer and get involved, the better life is.” Porta said that running the candidates’ debate prior to Election Day is the LOWV event that makes the biggest difference in the lives of New Canaan residents.
“Because the League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization…I think that the candidates themselves and also the people coming to the debate feel that it’s going to be fair, it’s going to be substantive, and it’s going to be balanced,” she said.