Christmas Giving

Wow, it is almost Christmas!  A day to celebrate the birth of Jesus!  A time for giving and receiving gifts.  A time of year that we seem to be most vulnerable.  We hurry to get our shopping done and we hurry to bake and get cards sent out and we just hurry, hurry, hurry in fear that there is not enough time to get it all done!

Pause for a moment!  As I was taking a walk on the beach with my grandson one day during the Thanksgiving Holiday I found myself relishing in the beauty that we had before us.  The sun was setting and on the lake and there were so many beautiful colors.  I said to Kameron, "What colors do you see?"  Purple, Blue, White, Pink and listen, "What do you hear?"  "I hear the water, and the geese" he said.   What an awesome time to just stop and pause and gather in God's beauty.

On this Christmas I challenge you to pause and relish in the God's beauty and take time to share, give and enjoy the time we have together.

On this Christmas it is time to pause and decide what or who will receive our wonderful gifts.   I challenge you to think about giving a portion of your giving to ASPIRE. Christmas is about celebrating and giving.   Give from your heart, think about giving to this program.  Do you need so many things or can you give up one thing and give back to our community?   As you decide where your Christmas giving goes I hope you will consider making a difference in the lives that ASPIRE serves.  2012 ASPIRE served over 800 people with benefits that surpassed all our goals and dreams.  The program met all of its goal for the year.   We are making a difference one person at a time.  In order for us to continue to grow and expand it is with great hope that you will consider giving to ASPIRE through a check, credit card, or online.

ASPIRE has set its sights on a 5 year plan and that includes an indoor facility.   ASPIRE is looking for 10-20 acres of land.   You see as I paint this picture it is with my heart that we continue to grow and expand.  ASPIRE has run out of space to grow the program further as we only have so much land and it does not afford us to expand our herd of horses and will not allow us to grow the programming or build our indoor facility here.  ASPIRE has it sights on growing with a veterans and veterans family program, expanding our women's group, doing more therapeutic riding groups, expanding our outreach programs and creating new programs to serve the youth and adults of our community.  You see ladies and gentlemen that is not possible without land and a bigger facility!  So that we can serve individuals year around and we can provide the much needed services to a broader scope of people we need to grow and find that land.   The lives of the people we touch with partnerships with our beautiful horses are in fact healing and beautiful and the impact we have on their lives is amazing.  Lives are being transformed everyday and with your help we can continue to provide more healing and transform more lives.  PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING A PORTION OF YOUR CHRISTMAS GIVING TO ASPIRE.  AGAIN YOU CAN GIVE BY CHECK, CREDIT CARD OR ONLINE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE WWW.ASPIRETRP.ORG.  If you are interested in donating land, please contact us directly at the ASPIRE office (319)296-0964.  I wish you a very blessed Christmas and wonderful New Year.