Helping Horses Help Kids & Others 2022
Follow the Virtual Therapy Horse Derby and find out who is in 1st Place! The excitement builds to the conclusion at our in person event on September 1st.
Join us for the 15th Annual Helping Horses Help Kids & Others Charity Event on Thursday, September 1st, 2022.
Purchase Tickets Here
If you can’t wait to sponsor, reach out to our Development Director, Nichelle Atkinson, at Nichelle@PBJConnections.org to secure your support today.
Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors!
PRESENTING SPONSOR
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
Bremen Banking Center – Pataskala
Licking Memorial Health Systems
Joy and Ed Medlock
Terri and Ralph Napeltana
The Ohio State University College of Social Work
Ruth Tippett
The Energy CooperativeWeiler Financial Inc.
BRONZE SPONSORS
William and Jeannemarie Baker
2021 Therapy Horse Derby
Results
Thank you to our sponsors, donors, team captains, therapy animals and supporters of all kinds for helping us exceed our Helping Horses Help Kids & Others goal.
With individual donations and event sponsors we raised nearly $100,000 to support our mission!
Hitting this goal was critical to our mission, as this event normally funds about a quarter of our annual budget. Our 14th Annual Helping Horses Help Kids Charity Event embodied our ‘new normal’ of fundraising virtually and hosting an outdoor in person event in the aftermath of a pandemic that increased the need for our mental health services.
Where the Money Goes
PBJ Connections provides professional behavioral health therapy to children, adults and families through horses, counseling and nature. We commit to serving all who need mental health services, regardless of their ability to pay. As a locally operated non-profit, nearly all funds raised go directly to providing programming. The teams are named for our therapy animals to generate a fun “horse race” atmosphere but the animals themselves do not receive the funding as they are already cared for by private owners!