STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK
There are still some tickets remaining for Swiftsure Ranch’s livestream version of the Cowboy Ball.
The 30th annual in-person ball on July 8 is sold out. But the virtual option remains with tickets available at swiftsureranch.org/CB2021 or 208-578-9111.
Online auction items include a six-day river trip on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River with Far & Away Adventures, clay shooting and lunch at Willow Creek with world champion women’s sporting clay shooter Mari McStay, two nights at Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch, a season ski pass courtesy of Sun Valley Co., gear from First Lite, a round of golf for four, courtesy of Sun Valley Co., a DECKED truck package, a week in Hawaii and a bottle of Macallan Estate Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
The Cowboy Ball will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 8 at the ranch south of Bellevue and will include a DJ, line dancing and picnic-style meal from The Smoky Bone.
Swiftsure provides therapeutic horseback riding free of charge to more than 300 individuals of all ages and abilities. Many are from area nonprofits, such as Camp Rainbow Gold, Higher Ground and NAMI, as well as students in the Blaine County School District and the Idaho School of the Deaf and Blind.