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This year we will be walking Kit Carson Park to DreamTree,

where we will have an Open House celebration & lunch,

with music, food, and the raffle drawing for the

1939 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe Sedan.

Come walk with us this year.

Runners welcome too!

Starting place for the walk is DreamTree Project,

with check in begins at 8:30 a.m. for registration.

Participants will be shuttled to Kit Carson Park

to start the walk back to DreamTree.

Start time from Kit Carson Park is 9:30 a.m.

There will also be a Ride-A-Thon

for those with horses, starting at the Casa de Caballos

on Hondo Seco Road in Lower Des Montes.

Please BYOH (Bring Your Own Horse!)

Check in time is at 9 a.m., start time is 10 a.m.

Rides are 2 hours, or you may choose shorter rides.

We are asking all walkers & riders to contribute $25

or more in sponsorships. All walking & riding participants

will receive a free T- shirt, and our Top Sponsors

will receive FABULOUS PRIZES!

Homelessness has always been a difficult concept to understand and it doesn't seem to be getting any easier. DreamTree has come up with a way to educate and inform our community while raising funds for much needed youth services in the Taos community. We hope you will join us this year.

Our goal is to continue to provide services for youth, both in our current long term transitional living program, for youth ages 16 - 24, and also to open an emergency shelter for youth in crisis, ages 13 - 17.

Many see Taos as a small town with gorgeous vistas and light that has inspired artists for over a century. And this is true. But, as in any community, there are a number of youth who are homeless because they have aged out of foster care, don't have the skills to live independently, have been recently released from juvenile detention facilities or come from unsafe and abusive home environments. DreamTree's transitional living program is a place for these youth- A safe place for them to live for up to two years, while they heal from past traumas and learn the skills they need to go on to a future of independent living.

Currently, there is no emergency youth shelter in the region. In addition to suicide prevention, the Tree House shelter will provide shelter for up to 14 days, individual, group and family therapy, referrals to other services and assistance with health concerns.