Our Vision for Hacienda de los Milagros
Hacienda De Los Milagros, a non-profit sanctuary, was founded in 1996 by a group of people who stand united in our concern for the welfare of the animals of this planet. It is our belief that we DO make a difference to those creatures to which we share time and love at our modest sanctuary.
Animal Sanctuary:
It is our goal to provide abused, neglected and displaced animals with compassion and respect by providing them a nurturing environment in which to thrive and blossom as they live out their lives in peace. Hacienda de Los Milagros is a place where they are encouraged to be themselves and in return we honor them, in every moment they are with us in body and spirit.
The Vision:
Over time, the task of simply providing animals with a home has expanded. People are drawn here to these special beings. Sometimes people are aware of this and other times they are not. We have seen wonderful bonds formed between two-legged and four-legged, even some amazing healings. People comment on the inexplicable feelings they have with these animals and always a "sense of peace" and total acceptance on their behalf. Many describe a remembrance of something deep inside of each one of us, something that has been lost or at best stuffed away is restored simply by their presence.
The vision for Hacienda De Los Milagros remains first and foremost to provide animals with a loving-lifetime home. The vision continues to blossom; and is more mature, conscious and futuristic in scope. We envision a huge parcel of land to provide these animals with the ultimate natural and healthy environment possible. Our goal is give the wild ones back a little of their wildness, and to give the domestic animals a little taste of something long forgotten.
Personal Growth Programs:
We see a day when we can offer programs to allow two-leggeds who come and visit as well the same opportunities we afford our animal friends. Whether sanctuary residents or wild animals that share their homeland with us, we feel this is a huge step in the healing process of humankind, allowing reconnection with nature and all its inhabitants. Always being respectful that this is the animals' home, we allow the animals to decide if they would like human contact or not.
We aim to then take the human-animal bond a step further and offer workshops and seminars in animal welfare and communication, and alternative therapies. We feel this offering is limitless, including programs to further foster the human-non-human animal bond via education vehicles such as human/animal hiking, and other special "on the ground programs" that facilitate healing for differently-abled folks.
Children's Programs:
HDLM is setting the ground work by planning the development of a residential day-school for children of all persuasions. We will be licensed by appropriate authorities, offer "required" courses, and integrated experiential learning agendas beyond mainstream education. Our focus will be to expand educational programs to envelope many cultures from around the world, and to ultimately teach respect and understanding of multiple paths. Our emphasis will be on the value of small class size, close relationships between students and educators (two and four footed) with a true sense of community and growth and expansion of knowledge. We will offer basics in as many of the world's spiritual ways as possible, and as often as possible from people who live those spiritual ways. Our intent will be to "turn out" students who are open and respectful to all the cultures of the earth, human and otherwise, and will still be able to function as contributing members of whatever society they ultimately reside.
Hospice Programs:
We envision a formal program which offers assistance for hospice individuals who entered the final states of this leg of their journey and have companion animals they do not want to leave. Their companion animals will come with them, and be provided lifetime sanctuary as well.
All this will require significant funding and staffing, and the timing of it will depend on funding and staffing.
In Summary:
We are very excited about the future of Hacienda De Los Milagros. It is not just two-leggeds that would like to offer the world a place to find peace and healing for all living things, but our four legged residents, as well.
Thank you for letting us share this vision with you. Won't you please participate in this journey with us?
For the love of all creatures,
Wynne
Our Large Needs
Things that would make the Sanctuary a better place
funds for operations and building projects
good used tractor with bucket and PTO
cutting torch and tank for metal work
good quality bermuda grass hay
hot walker for 6 horses
fly masks of all sizes (call us)
funds for purchase of land
good used/new quad
dump trailer for manure
round pen
928-636-5348
or e-mail milagro@commspeed.net
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