Hope View Haven

10/20/2026

Our awesome mini crew. 😎 We couldn’t do this work without them!
Friday, Blue, & Daisy

10/19/2026

Our teen participants have to work a little harder to get on Daisy’s level to give her a hug, but that smile makes it clear that it’s all worth it. 🩵🐴🩵

10/13/2026

We had a beautiful day of EAL filled with laughter and learning today thanks to these two cuties. We are so grateful for our Mini-Van, which helps us better manage the rising costs of traveling to our students thanks to its much more efficient gas mileage than a truck and trailer.

We still have an urgent need to put new tires on our “Mini”Van that will cost about $800 to be installed and aligned. If you’d like to contribute to the fund for the heavy duty tires we need to transport this crew safely, you can donate via our PayPal or Venmo (check the comments for the links to those profiles) or mail a check to PO Box 461, Ellendale, DE 19941.

10/02/2026

We had such a great week with our Capital School District friends! Whether they were building new things for the minis to check out, practicing deep breaths, learning how to groom their equine parters, or working on all the pieces that come with successfully navigating obstacles with their mini partner…they were learning and having fun in this gorgeous fall weather. And that’s what it’s all about. 🥰

10/02/2026

When we pulled in to our school site this morning, we realized the large rolls and generators being rolled out into the adjacent field were bouncy houses about to be set up. This is why we spend so much time training and exposing our herd to as many things as we can…because the bouncy houses got blown up, the generators were humming, and Blue and Daisy carried on about their duties to the soundtrack of happy squeals and chatter without batting an eyelash.

Our minis are the BEST. We literally couldn’t do this without them, and they give it their all.

09/18/2026

Miniature horses can have a huge impact. We love our minis and are so grateful for all the ways they help humans. 🩵🐴

Miniature horses and donkeys can serve as therapy animals — and petting or scratching them for just three minutes made teenagers feel less anxious, sad and lonely, according to a new study. https://wapo.st/4yHQ3ee

09/02/2026

So many of our HVH friends are back to school this week and next! We cannot wait to see you all soon! HVH has not only continued some of our existing partnerships, but have also added another site within Capital School District and will be on the road 4 days a week this year!

Our minis will be cruising to schools in Kent and Sussex counties, so we are seeking corporate sponsors to keep our van in tip-top shape. We are especially in need of new tires at the moment. Reach out if you know a local business who would like to help us out with an in kind donation or discount! Donations of $500 or more will get a corporate sponsor ad with their logo on our van!

08/21/2026

As students advance through our programming, they continue to build resilience, but also get some other essential skills…all while also benefiting from the joy of working with horses.

08/18/2026

We see this over and over again in our work with youth. It is so exciting to see our work supported by scientific research!

Hope View Haven’s partnerships with schools and residential settings, particularly our mobile services, help our youth maximize their instructional time and helps those who work with our youth to see and reinforce all the social emotional learning the youth do with their horse partners the rest of the week. This increases the likelihood of the generalization of those skills to other settings and can maximize positive outcomes for our kids!

Background Amid the youth mental health crisis, schools are uniquely positioned to help build social-emotional competencies in students, which may protect again...

07/30/2026

We are so excited to announce that Daisy is an officially official member of the HVH herd! We spent the last 90 days exposing her to all sorts of new experiences and challenges, to which she replied, “Was this supposed to be scary or overwhelming? This is fun!”

We are so grateful to Winbak Farm for the donation of Daisy, who now gets to spend her days helping youth find hope through horses and annoying her half-brother, Blue, in the ways only a little sister can. 😉