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| May/June 2016
MY DAVEY
Davey's Fort Collins R/C crew volunteered to care for the trees of a local non-profit, Hearts and
Horses. Pictured from left to right: Mike Campbell, Shawn Anderson, Evan Krogh and Kyle Pike.
Hearts and Horses sits upon countless acres
of beautiful, winding horseback trails.
VOLUNTEERS WITH BIG HEARTS
Davey's Fort Collins, Colorado, crew
helped beloved client and local
non-profit Hearts and Horses after a
powerful windstorm damaged trees
at its riding therapy center.
Loveland, Colorado's Hearts and Horses
is an equestrian therapeutic riding
center that serves children and adults
with physical and cognitive disabilities,
at-risk youth, veterans and seniors
with Alzheimer's.
More than 1,500
volunteers work
annually to
keep this
organization
running, including
Davey's Natalie
McNeill, district manager of the Fort
Collins R/C office, and her crews.
"Many of our crewmembers and clients
volunteer with Hearts and Horses,"
McNeill says. "You feel like you are a
part of the community when you help
out with projects like this."
In December, a wind storm damaged
trees at the ranch. McNeill
volunteered her office to
complete an entire day of
tree care at no cost.
Her big-hearted crew included
Shawn Anderson, trimmer
trainee; Mike Campbell,
plant health care
technician; Evan
Krogh; and Kyle
Pike.
Safety was a
definite concern. Davey em-
ployees needed to be aware
of and manage people, horses and
large structures within or near the job
site.
After 42-hours of volunteer tree
work, McNeill's crew removed seven
Siberian Elm trees either damaged by
the storm, infected by pests or too
close to a new indoor riding facility.
"I cannot begin to thank you enough,"
says Hearts and Horses Executive
Director Jan Pollema.
Through Davey's charitable act,
Hearts and Horses' grounds will be a
safer area for volunteers and attendees
to enjoy and to ride the non-profit's
20 beautiful horses.
"You can't do large volunteer projects
like this all the time," says McNeill,
who was very proud of the hard work
completed by her crew. "But when
you can it's a great feeling."
