TVT President Barbara Hoffman (far right) with Treasurer Michelle Rosenberg hand a check to Hoofprints on the Heart Adaptive Riding Center Program directors Barbara Soules and Peggy James. Dave West and Katy Kempton in background. (Nov. 2008).

This $700 check represents the profits from the Trailblazer Poker Ride held Oct. 5, 2008, an annual fund raiser for the club members who are actve trail riders and advocates based in the Livermore area.

The Hoofprints on the Heart (HOTH) Adaptive Riding Center is a non-profit founded by three women with various life experiences having a common dream of pairing horses with special gifts to people with special needs. Many disabled people are not able to participate in traditional receational or sports activites. Horseback riding offers a chance to be successful in a unique activity while receiving education and theraputice benefits.

The Tri Valley Trailblazers is a non profit recreational equestrian group with approximately 60 members primarily from the San Francisco East Bay area. The organization has been in existence since the late 1960's, when it was begun as a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employee club. The organization is now open to the public and has not been directly affiliated with LLNL since the early 1980's, although several original members still belong.

The Trailblazers meet monthly on the first Wednesday of each month at a member's home, at the Livermore Farm Bureau or at the Livermore Library. Monthly Club rides are scheduled, along with several weekend campouts during the year. Other events provided have been play days, safety clinics, participation in local parades, educational speakers and educational clinics. The Trailblazers host an annual Poker ride, usually in October, to raise funds toward various local equestrian-related projects supporting parks and trails. The organization serves to stimulate interest in all matters that pertain to the use, enjoyment, care of or improvement of horses, safety and horsemanship, preservation of and enhancement of trails.