For 67 years, the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show has drawn equestrian legends from across America and around the world to compete in Houston and raise money for local charities. This year, Pin Oak's two-week-long equi-spectacular benefits the Texas Children's Hospital, the Ronald McDonald House, and the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance. However, in continuing to step up and step out for children, the members of this top ten horse show have also extended the events beyond the arenas, beyond the showgrounds, and into the community. That gives everyone a chance to make a difference at Pin Oak, including me - and you!This winter, I was honored to learn that Pin Oak had selected?The Literary Horse: When Legends Come to Life Exhibit?to be one of their main community events,?presented "to inspire reading through the majesty of the horse." A fifty piece exhibit at the Houston Public Library and a fourteen piece exhibit at the Texas Children's Hospital Main and West Campus Libraries opened on February 18th and will be on display through the show's conclusion - with books, movies, and other media from and beyond the exhibit?available for visitors to borrow and trot on home!
Last week, I also had the pleasure of trotting on down to Houston to participate in some of the show's exciting events. I photographed riders and horses who have helped make the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show possible, including Lynn Walsh and the Periwen family, as well as children who were visited at the Ronald McDonald House by Kay O'Conner and the ponies of Personal Ponies of Louisiana, and the Texas Children's Hospital by Jim Wenman and Carla Erickson and their horses, Shadow and Thor. I had the privilege of reading horse stories to patient-families at the Ronald McDonald House and the Texas Children's Hospital, lending a helping hoof during Pin Oak's Education Days, and teaching classes on creative writing about pets, horses, and wildlife at the Houston Public Library, too.
It was all-out gallop of a trip, but they were some the most inspiring and energizing days I've ever had. Pin Oak captures and shares the blue-ribbon purpose of great stories and time spent with horses: to "place hope in the hands and hearts of children."
You can be part of the Pin Oak story, too. Attend the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show at the Great Southwest in Katy, Texas, which runs through March 31st, and browse their website to find out how you can contribute to the Pin Oak community. And of course, don't forget to visit The Literary Horse Exhibit at the Houston Public Library and take out books to share with, inspire, and delight your favorite kids!
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