On Oct. 22, 2022, sponsors, volunteers, and mission families came together to support Greystone Manor Therapeutic Riding Center (GMTRC) at its 10th annual "Mane" Event Dinner and Auction presented by Garman Builders at Bent Creek Country Club. The event raised $70,000 to carry out GMTRC's mission to enhance the lives of individuals with special needs and other diagnoses through equine-assisted activities.

Other event sponsors included Bobby Rahal Lexus of Lancaster County, Lancaster Toyota, and Thrivent.

The event's mission ambassador was 44-year-old Nathan Buckwalter, an Ephrata native, who is celebrating 40 years of therapeutic riding with the organization. Nathan, who was born with cerebral palsy, started riding at GMTRC in 1982 at the age of 4. His parents, Ray and Nancy Buckwalter, shared that therapeutic riding enables Nathan to strengthen his core and loosen his tight muscles in a nontraditional therapeutic setting without causing pain.

During the "Mane" Event, Nathan was able to reunite with one of his former volunteers from the early 1990s, Harold Troupe, who is the father of GMTRC's executive director, Jennifer Troupe Rummel.

Since 1981, GMTRC has provided therapeutic equine-assisted activities to children and adults with special needs and other diagnoses. The $70,000 raised at the fundraiser will be used to ensure that low-income disabled community members will be able to continue to receive services regardless of their ability to pay. GMTRC has also created customized programming for special interest groups of people who share a common interest but do not have a disability or diagnoses. To learn more, visit http://www.greystonemanortrc.org or call 717-844-3941.