The Langley Good Times Cruise-In donated $16,000 to the Valley Therapeutic Equestrian Association (VTEA) in 2024.
To put that in perspective, that's a lot of hay.
"Our hay bill runs around $20,000 a year,… and it goes up every year," explained Robin Woodbridge.
He is one of the many volunteers who keep the therapeutic riding program going by mucking in and doing the work that needs to be done.
"I started just cleaning out stalls," he said. "And I gradually worked onto the board and then I eventually became the vice president, manager of operations because we just couldn't pay the big dollars an outsider would expect to receive for performing the role."
The equine therapy program has some part-time people – instructors who must have Equine Canada certification and a skeleton barn crew