Colors of Hope Equine Restoration

09/24/2026

09/21/2026

Our fundraiser, TX 2 Step to Freedom by Spirit Led Life is a wrap on its 7th year! This has been the biggest year for us yet, with the largest turn out of people, and the most raised!

Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts to all of the sponsors, donors, volunteers, every single person & blue collar family who donated even a little bit of their hard earned money, or time. We couldn’t do what we do without you!

No child left behind. Ever.

08/29/2026

Check out this message from Zach Watson!

This interview with Zach Watson, founder of Spirit-led Life Ministr...

08/26/2026

One very important Colors of Hope sponsor is our farrier Royce Tout, who not only trims our therapy mustangs for free, but also donated his time to teach a bunch of kids at camp this summer too! We use him to shoe our personal ranch and rodeo horses too, he is very talented! Royce Tout Farrier services

08/07/2026

An estimated 328,000 to 331,000 children are in the US foster care system. The average age of a child in the system is 8 years old, with children ages 1 to 5 making up nearly 29% of the population.

Neglect accounts for roughly 62% to 76% of placements, while parental substance drug abuse contributes to about 33% to 38% of cases.

Approximately 15,000 to 20,000 youth age out of the foster care system every year without finding a permanent home or family.

Youth who age out face severe systemic hurtles; and estimated 20% experience immediate homelessness at age 18, and roughly 25% to 33% of the overall adult homelessness population report a history in foster care.

Between 19% and 40% of homeless and runaway youth are victims of human trafficking. Roughly 20% (1 in 5 homeless youth) experience human trafficking with includes both s*x & labor trafficking.

The issues begin at home, then trickle down. The system forgets about the teens who don’t get a family, they end up on the streets & fall victim to these heinous traffickers.

08/06/2026

Let’s get real for a second, talk about things that make us uncomfortable, that we don’t want to acknowledge is actually happening because how could somebody do this to children?

National data shows about 5.3% to 6% of US children experience foster care placement at some point during childhood, while roughly 700,000 are confirmed victims of abuse or neglect annually.

Neglect is the primary reason for removal from the home, accounting for 55% of cases, followed by caretaker drug abuse (29%), & physical abuse (13%).

Research shows that children placed in the foster care system face a heightened risk of subsequent maltreatment, with estimates suggesting up to 40% experience some form of abuse while in care.

The system is meant to PROTECT children, take care of them, but more times than not children are harmed in some form by the people in the system who are supposed to be protecting them. We see it all the time.

HEALING starts at HOME. Parents who are not taking care of themselves cannot take care of children & they end up in the system.

This is real. Numbers don’t lie. We work with these children all the time. Their stories are unimaginable.