Hands & Hearts for Horses Veterans Day 5K & 1-mile Fun Run/Walk

Hands & Hearts for Horses is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization located in Thomasville, Ga.  We provide therapeutic horseback riding services to all people over the age of 4 with any degree of cognitive, physical, behavioral or emotional disability or special need.  We have been serving our community since 2000 and currently serve about 100 clients a week from Thomas, Grady, Colquitt, Mitchell and Lee Counties and Leon County in Florida. 

Hands & Hearts for Horses will be hosting our 5th Annual HHH Veterans and Military Families Appreciation 5K and 1-mile Fun Run/Walk on Sunday, April 30th, 2023.

The 5K starts at 1:00 pm and the Fun Run starting at 1:30 pm. The off-road, cross country routes will start and end at our facility on Lower Cairo Road, and run by some the beautiful plantations of South Georgia.

We encourage all race participants to fund raise for this event! The proceeds of this race with go to support therapeutic riding activities at Hands & Hearts for Horses, and in honor of Veterans Day, 10% of the proceeds with be donated to a local veteran support organization.

All registrants receive a T-SHIRT if they register prior to April 15th, 2023.

Participants under 8 run for free!  Please note, for participants under 8 to receive a t-shirt you will have to pay the t-shirt fee. Please contact Susie at [email protected] for any questions!

The proceeds of this race with go to support therapeutic riding activities at Hands & Hearts for Horses.  Last year, we were able to donate funds to the local VFW Chapter to help them place American Flags on the graves of local veterans.  We will continue this tradition in honor of Veterans Day and 10% of the proceeds with be donated back to a local Veterans support organization.