New Faces at SOHYR

You may have noticed new faces at the ranch lately, so please allow us to introduce you to the newest additions of our program:

Lindsey Silver is our barn manager and took her first riding lesson at age 5.  By the time she was 10, her family built Fork Tree Farm and was raising and showing Quarter Horses. As a youth, she was involved in Pony Club and the American Quarter Horse Association, and competed in AQHA in both state and national levels. She continued her riding career throughout high school, and kept working with horses while in college at Auburn, earning her degree in Agricultural Economics. Post college, she learned the power of faith and the importance of family and friends while recovering from an eating disorder. Throughout her life, she’s found comfort and grace in horses, and hopes to share those gifts with others.

Angela Carlton is our social worker.  She first began volunteering with SOHYR for several months as part of her internship with DHR.  She has a degree in psychology from UAB, and a second degree in social work from UA.  She is currently working towards my MSW (Master of Social Work) at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.  Her career interests surround adolescents, but she is open to any direction God leads her. 

Jerelyn Tiller is our office manager.  A Montgomery native, she grew up riding horses and also began as a volunteer at SOHYR on what we affectionately refer to as “gravel day” when we unloaded 4 dump trucks of gravel by hand since it was too muddy for the truck to drive where we needed it!  Jerelyn has a degree in Marketing and has recently returned to college to pursue a nursing degree.  She loves everything about SOHYR!

All three of these ladies started working part-time at the ranch to help us with our busiest season and recently became certified in equine assisted therapy thru Greg Kersten’s OK Corral program.  With the help of numerous volunteers, we’ve already served over 200 kids just in 2010!

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