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(35% of our riders) and cerebral palsy (16%). Between our two ranches, Ride On now serves over 250 riders each week and volunteers donated over 14,000 hours of service in support of Ride On. We have grown to become one of the top dozen or so largest therapeutic riding centers in the United States. In addition to nearly 3,100 lessons given at WGE, other programming highlights include: • Partnered with CRPD Therapeutics for summer day camp one day each week • Provided 2 weeks of day camp for children of all abilities; • Provided six trainings to new volunteers educating the community in horse handling, safety protocols and disability awareness. • Provided service projects for Girl and Boy Scouts. Provided a Veterans Program in partnership with Wounded Warriors. • Took riders with disabilities to open horse shows in the community, competing against typical riders. • Ride On manages the CALNET State Championship horse show at the LA Equestrian Center benefitting a dozen therapeutic riding centers, over 130 disabled riders including 20 riders from the Conejo Valley; • Mounted demonstrations at the ETI Corral 37's "Day of the Horse" • Each week over 90 volunteers help our riders, amounting to over 7,000 hours of community service. We simply could not operate without this support; • Ride On holds annual instructor certification workshops. These workshops teach new professionals the skills needed to teach disabled riders and certify them to the standards of the national association. In October, we will host a four-day workshop for PATH International Instructor Certification and Testing. • In January, Ride On convenes a free networking day for therapeutic riding professionals — over 40 attended. In January we take over 70 of our riders to Paramount Ranch for a trail ride at that beautiful park and a family BBQ catered by the Kiwanis Club of Thousand Oaks. Provided field trips for other nonprofits such as Children of the Night and for USG's International Occupational Therapy Students. Special Olympics World Games Equestrian Competition Ride On was selected to manage the equestrian portion of the World Games. This involved 10 days of horse operations at the LA Equestrian Center where 123 athletes with intellectual disabilities from 35 countries were matched to 85 horses from all over California and Arizona. Ride On staff spent months recruiting the horses and built a team of 125 experienced volunteers to ensure a safe, world-class competition for these extraordinary athletes. Walnut Grove Capital Improvements Going forward, we have also identified two capital improvement projects. The highest priority is to renovate the arena footing. The WGE arena, approximately 20,000 square feet, was built in the 1970's and never properly refurbished when Ride On began operating in 2001. The arena needs to be re -graded and then re -built from the base up. The now 40 -year old arena railing