Natural Horsemanship Program for Children with Autism

Equestrian Bridges at Twin Springs is a nonprofit program for children with autism using natural horsemanship skills.
Shanna Meyers, program director explains how the horses have a bridge to communicating with the children.
Equestrian Bridges HELPS CHILDREN USING EQUINE THERAPY, Twin Springs is
a BOARDING AND RIDING FACILITY. We help each other, and lean on each other.
With out one another the other would not exist. Equestrian Bridges is a
(pending) Non Profit program, we completely depend on Donations and
Fund-raising to survive, right now while the economy is very scary we need
everyone's support more than ever!!! Regardless of hard times though we are
pushing forward and helping families and children and basking in the JOY of
horses. . That is our reward!!!!

My vow to myself and to this organization is to grow the facility, help
as many children as possible, and be smart in fund-raising. I can only do
so much, so I am leaning on my great volunteers like yourself to help me.
With out you we would not have Equestrian Bridges!

Our circumstance:

We have no money, WE NEED TO RAISE MONEY!! Heating the facility alone to
have our Tuesday Night Social Skills Group for children with Autism is a
fortune, also the cost to care for our precious Therapy Mini's is not
cheap!!

My goal is to get to therapeutic riding for the kids, and we will need to
purchase riding helmets.

This is our FIRST year starting out as a very NEW PENDING NON PROFIT, we
are leaning on NW AR for support!

**Our mission is to help Children using Equine Therapy. Equestrian
Bridges is not a English thing, a Western Thing, a Dressage thing, a
Hunting/Jumping thing, a rich or poor thing, a Parelli thing, a miniature
horse thing, an Arabian thing, and I could go on and on.

WHAT WE ARE is people coming together that LOVE HORSES and want to HELP
CHILDREN using the horses natural MAGIC!!! Simple as that.

So I hope that helps any one that has questions and makes it more clear
for you to express our goals and needs to others!! The more you talk to
others about us and our program the more we will grow:)

Thank you all for your support and prayers!
Please call me if you are interested in helping in any of the upcoming
events.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• autism
• miniature
• horses
• natural
• horsemanship

[FairytaleMiniHorses]

Keep the good work going. Natural Horsemanship is the way.

[LosRingosOnAir]

We do therapy with Natural Horsemanship, Parelli and Resnick. Good luck for your work! Great when you said "teh horses actually do the work". I have seen many therapies, where the therapist uses the horses just as a vehicle, and they can do SO much more.

[ridendurance]

Thank you for posting this. I am working on a similar program to offer in our area to pair with our therapeutic riding. AWESOME!

[unicornljf]

fantastic keep up the good work.

Lisa

[Shetlandponyclub]

wonderful work keep it up. Shetland Pony Club in England