In 2008 the Valley Mounted Volunteers started
out with our yearly certifications. The first was held on
March 15th, and the second certification was held on March
30th. We hold two certifications each year in the spring so
we are ready for any call out that might happen.
On April 13th members of our group traveled
to Mt. Calvary for a grand opening of a new Fire station
there. We were asked to come there to put on a short
demonstration for them with our horses. We were also able to
do a little training with our horses there because we were
able to have our horses exposed to the landing of a
helicopter, something we never had the opportunity to do
until that day. You can see by the
pictures they all handled it very well. We were all
proud of our mounts that day.
We had two mock searches set up this Spring
but Mother Nature did not want us to practice and both were
canceled because of the weather.
We are looking at getting one going this fall
before deer hunting starts.
In July we once again patrolled at Lifefest
for Security and we enjoyed that also. Lifefest is a
Christian rock festival held annually in Oshkosh, WI. It is
great exposure for our horses to work on the grounds with so
many people.
Aug 1 and 2 we will be patrolling in
Greeenville. WI at their concert with our horses. We hope to
ride in the Greenville parade at the end of August as well.
We hold monthly meeting at 5 Corners Supper
Club in their basement at 7:00pm on the second Tuesday night
of every month. This is located about 10 miles north of
Appleton, WI. Please email for more info on the meetings.
