Mission & Vision

Our mis­sion:

To offer effec­tive and cre­ative equine-assisted ther­apy to chil­dren with spe­cial needs;
To pro­vide a pos­i­tive, non-judgmental envi­ron­ment for rid­ers and their fam­i­lies;
To encour­age the devel­op­ment of human-animal rela­tion­ships;
To use our rid­ing activ­i­ties in sup­port of the goals from other ther­a­pies, schools, etc.

Our vision:

To offer equine-assisted ther­apy to chil­dren with spe­cial needs for as long as those needs exist in our world.

Our val­ues:

[As stated by one of our parents]

• Confidence – to develop a rela­tion­ship and respect with the horses and humans
• Empathy – the under­stand­ing and accep­tance of one’s own lim­i­ta­tions, and the car­ing of oth­ers with more needs than our own
• Love – the need to care for and respect ani­mals and people
• Volunteering – for all involved to wit­ness that the pro­gram could not exist with­out peo­ple giv­ing their time and energy
• Concentration –  the art of prac­tic­ing focus and con­cen­tra­tion to achieve all types of goals
• Unconditional Acceptance – by all horses and humans within the pro­gram and beyond