{"id":12710,"date":"2025-11-12T18:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=12710"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:12:07","slug":"h-o-o-v-e-s-sanctuary-celebrates-facility-upgrades-with-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-november-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/h-o-o-v-e-s-sanctuary-celebrates-facility-upgrades-with-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-november-17\/","title":{"rendered":"H.O.O.V.E.S. Sanctuary Celebrates Facility Upgrades with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony November 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12711 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<strong>Swanton, Ohio, \u00a0November 4, 2025<\/strong>: Healing Of Our Veterans Equine\u00a0Services (H.O.O.V.E.S.) will host a\u00a0<strong>Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Monday, November 17, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0at the H.O.O.V.E.S. Sanctuary and Healing Center located at 4055 Wilkins Road, Swanton, Ohio. The event celebrates major facility upgrades made possible through generous support from\u00a0<strong>Window World<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Ohio Contractors Association.<\/strong>\u00a0Thanks to these partners, the Sanctuary now features\u00a0<strong>new energy-efficient windows, a newly paved parking lot and driveway, and refreshed landscaping,<\/strong>\u00a0creating a more welcoming and accessible environment for veterans and their families who attend H.O.O.V.E.S.\u2019s five-day healing intensives and community programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese upgrades ensure our veterans and guests experience the comfort, dignity, and peace they deserve the moment they arrive,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Amanda Held<\/strong>, Founder and CEO of H.O.O.V.E.S. \u201cWe are deeply grateful to Window World and the Ohio Contractors Association for helping us continue our mission of transforming pain into purpose through the power of horses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The public is invited to attend the ribbon cutting and tour the Sanctuary grounds. Light refreshments will be provided, and attendees will have the opportunity to meet staff, volunteers, and alumni veterans whose lives have been changed by the H.O.O.V.E.S. program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About H.O.O.V.E.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>H.O.O.V.E.S. is a nonprofit organization that empowers veterans to heal from trauma, regain control, and return to the lives they fought to protect\u2014through equine-assisted programs, cycling initiatives, and peer-to-peer support. Since its founding, H.O.O.V.E.S. has helped hundreds of veterans nationwide through its transformative healing intensives and alumni network.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit www.hoovesforvets.wixsite.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Swanton, Ohio, \u00a0November 4, 2025: Healing Of Our Veterans Equine\u00a0Services (H.O.O.V.E.S.) will host a\u00a0Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Monday, November 17, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.\u00a0at the H.O.O.V.E.S. Sanctuary and Healing Center located at 4055 Wilkins Road, Swanton, Ohio. The event celebrates major facility upgrades made possible through generous support from\u00a0Window World\u00a0and the\u00a0Ohio Contractors Association.\u00a0Thanks to these<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[285],"class_list":["post-12710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves.jpg",700,467,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves.jpg",700,467,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves.jpg",700,467,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"large":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves.jpg",640,427,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves.jpg",700,467,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves.jpg",700,467,false],"rtcl-gallery":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves-700x462.jpg",700,462,true],"rtcl-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves-320x240.jpg",320,240,true],"rtcl-gallery-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves-150x105.jpg",150,105,true],"psacp-medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves-500x467.jpg",500,467,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hooves-45x45.jpg",45,45,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"LaPrensa Newspaper","author_link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/author\/laprensa\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"\u00a0Swanton, Ohio, \u00a0November 4, 2025: Healing Of Our Veterans Equine\u00a0Services (H.O.O.V.E.S.) will host a\u00a0Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Monday, November 17, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.\u00a0at the H.O.O.V.E.S. 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