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We are doing a Six Mile walk from Monte Bello RV Park,

Hwy 64, (Gorge Road) to The Gorge Bridge.

Runners welcome too!

New this year, 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.

Start time for both events is 9 AM,

check-in 8-9 AM

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.

The walkathon is a symbolic reclaiming of the bridge. Many teens and adults have chosen the bridge for suicide and 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.