Kids & Horses
Therapeutic
Riding Center
Serving Individuals with Physical and Emotional
Disabilities (a non-profit corporation)
NARHA (North American
Riding for the Handicapped Association) Premier Accredited.
This educational
program offers horsemanship as a means of therapy used to improve coordination
and self-esteem. It has benefited those who are faced with blindness, paralysis
, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome, autism, emotional issues, amputation and
many other impairments.
Kids & Horses is supported by private donations, service clubs, corporate
contributions and grants.
Most people working with Kids & Horses are volunteers from local communities.
All instructors are certified and have endured serious training through NARHA, a
national organization which provides leadership for therapeutic riding centers
system wide.
Contact NARHA
http://www.narha.org for a center nearest
you.
Kids & Horses provides riding to Northern Nevada to Northern California.
However, students from any area are welcome.
We can always use help. You can contribute with gifts of time, talent or money.
If you are interested in becoming a student, volunteer or benefactor of Kids &
Horses, please contact us at:
Kids & Horses
2869 Esaw Street
Minden, NV 89423
(775)-267-1775
kidsnhorses@msn.com
www.kidsandhorses.org
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