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Gentle Carousel Inc.

P.O. Box 1672

High Springs, FL  32655

Phone: 352-226-9009

How You Can Help Gentle Carousel

"This program benefits so many different population bases. You can reach the elderly, the terminally sick, children with developmental disabilities, children with needs in reading, there are just so many opportunities to reach so many people in need and it’s done through all volunteers. So you know that your charitable dollars are going to be maximized. You’re not going to have to worry about administrative costs or things that don’t really reach the people in need so it’s a great program. "

Lance Block
Chairman for the Governors Commission on Disabilities

Support 2010 PONY UP!

 Help make a magical memory this year.  A tax deductible donation of just 10 dollars buys a stuffed toy horse (like the ones pictured above) delivered to a child by our therapy horses during a hospital or hospice visit.

Give the gift of a pony and a memory.  2010 PONY UP!

"And then as I learned more about the wonderful things that they were doing in the community, every opportunity I get to tell somebody about the horses and what they do in terms of improving the lives of children and families....

   As long as we can keep them going through our donations they touch so many other programs in our community. They make a significant difference in the lives of the people in this community with their work. And not just this community, everywhere that they go they have a big impact. "

Ester Tibbs

District III Administrator, Department of Children and Families

Sponsor a horse or program.   Be A Gentle Carousel Hero!

 "I just can’t say enough nice things about what they do in our community. We’re so thankful that we have them in our community.

 It has been a very tough year so SunTrust bank, along with the other banking institutions, has been very cautious about where they place their money. So when someone comes and asks for a donation we are certainly scrutinizing that and making sure that our money is being used to the best resources possible and this is one. Reading is Magic. The Ronald McDonald House. The horse therapy. It’s just something that we’re very, very honored to be a part of. "

Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses touch the lives of people of all ages.

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  "First of all, there’s no charge for what they do. They feed the horses and prepare them and get them ready. They don’t ask for anything in return except to do good, and there is no price on that.

 We can support what they’re doing, we can find our way.

If they don’t do it. Who would? That’s the magic."

Ilene Silverman of The Ilene Silverman Show

Donate the cost for one year (or one month) of Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horse visits for children staying at the Ronald McDonald House of Gainesville.  Children from all over Florida and beyond who are being treated for serious, often life-threatening illnesses at Shands Hospital stay at the Ronald McDonald House of Gainesville.

Donate the cost of books, bookmarks, certificates, posters and educational coloring books for Gentle Carousel's Reading Is Magic program. 

Donate a much needed second horse trailer or van!

"There’s not a word to even describe it. It’s more of a feeling when you see them interact. It just can bring tears to your eyes.

  We had a resident who did not speak. And the horses came in and for the first time she spoke words. Everybody cried. It was just the most touching, heartfelt experience I ever had. You can’t even put a word on it. When you see something like that happen, somebody who has not spoken in years, and this horse, this beautiful creature comes in, and the residents petting and holding and hugging and then speaks words. Everybody cried. It was wonderful.

They’re the bridge. They connect our residents with maybe a memory, a feeling, something that they’ve done in their life. It’s just such an experience. There’s no words to describe it.

 That was a miracle...

They donate their time, their expense, their volunteers to come and share with us and change the lives of the residents that live here.

They spread a little bit of Magic in everyone’s lives when they come and it’s donated."

Magic arriving at a private home for a hospice visit.