We attended Equine Affaire at the Eastern States Exposition in November 2025 for the first Donkey Extravaganza event at the Expo. Margaret, several volunteers, along with Pepper and Pimpernel spent two days talking to visitors about all things donkey and the work RTI does in our communities. Margaret also gave an educational presentation during the event. For more information regarding this event, check out this article in Horse Illustrated, https://www.horseillustrated.com/e

Dear RTI Friends, With the start of 2026, we want to share with you a recap of last year’s events and visits. 2025 was a very busy year for both the Farm Program sessions and On the Road Visits. We had 74 Farm Program sessions at our Newport location, totaling 116 hours of direct service with 21 different participants. We traveled for 75 On the Road Visits, with 1042 hours of direct service. We visited 7 schools, 3 colleges, 2 hospitals, 16 Assisted Living Care Centers, 3 lib

Join us at the Piggy Bank! Rockingham Brewing West is hosting Donktoberfest to benefit RTI programs on Saturday and Sunday, October 25 & 26. The donkeys will be there both days from 1:30-3:30. $1 per beer sold will be donated to Road To Independence! We hope to see you there!