When Taylor Sandoval returned to Paris in 2016 after working in an equine therapy center in San Diego, California, her mom and stepdad had land and at least one horse appropriate for therapeutic riding.
She now has six therapeutic horses, and Tailored Rides Equine Assisted Therapy, a nonprofit corporation, as an extension of Weybap Farm, located north of Reno and the Cowboy Church in the Camp on CR 42520. Situated on 8 acres with a 60-foot round pen and large lighted sand arena, the property has various gardens, a sensory trail for riding and walking, and a large flock of chickens and guineas.
On the annual East Texas Giving Day event, donors gifted more than $2.7 million to area nonprofits, with Lamar County seeing part of the helping hand.
âI am encouraged and humbled by the way this community serves one another and shows up for one another, and it was very obvious with the way PJC was supported during giving day,â said Baleigh McCoin, Paris Junior College Director of Institutional Advancement and Alumni Affairs. âA big, sincere thank you to everyone who donated.â
Seven Lamar organizations participated and raised $44,918 for local foundations through 156 donations on Tuesday, many with matching funds. The organizations were PJC Memorial Foundation, Northeast Texas Trail Coalition, CitySquare Paris, St. Josephâs Community Foundation, United Way of Lamar County, Tailored Rides Equine Assisted Therapy Inc and the The Wesley Center at PJC.
East Texas Giving Day kicked off at 6 a.m. today with seven participating Lamar County nonprofits hoping to benefit from the generosity of donors from across the region.
East Texas Giving Day, powered by East Texas Communities Foundation, is an 18-hour giving event that takes place virtually at www.EastTexasGivingDay.org . Donors can participate by going online and donating $10 or more from any device that can access the internet including; desktop computers, mobile phones or tablets.
âGiving Day is happening at a critical time for the nonprofit community,â said Holly McFarlin, Public Relations Director of East Texas Communities Foundation. âNonprofits are responding to an increased demand for services meanwhile, donations have slowed due to the postponement of public fundraising events due to the pandemic. Giving Day could be a bridge to help fill some of those funding gaps many nonprofits are experiencing.â
She has been described as a âkind and generous mentor,â âa mighty force in a small package,â and âa woman with elegance, generosity, selflessness, grit and integrity.â
Paris lost a true community servant when Pat Cochran left this Earth last week after a four-month battle with complications of the deadly novel coronavirus that has taken so many of our friends and loved ones.
My heart goes out to her husband, Dr. Ernest Cochran, of Texas Oncology Center, and to their sons, James Paul, Trace and Matthew. And, I lament the loss of one of Godâs true servants, who gave so much back to the community she loved.
On April 18, Pat Cochran was united with her mother, Bernadette, in Heaven, ending her gallant four-month battle with COVID complications. She will be greatly missed by her family and her many friends.
Her journey in this life began on Nov. 24, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York. In her adolescence, her family moved to New Fairfield, Connecticut where she graduated from Immaculate High School. She then pursued a Bachelor of Science degree from State University of New York at Albany, graduating Magna Cum Laude. She then moved to Galveston, Texas where she was initially a staff surgery nurse at UTMB while ultimately progressing to head nurse on the renal transplant unit for several years. In her spare time, she obtained a Master of Science in Nursing from UTMB. While in Galveston she met her soulmate Dr. Ernest Cochran, and they were married in 1982.