By Nicole Budden | Executive Director
Happy Trails Riding Center is getting ready for a great year full of therapeutic riding and social opportunities. We are excited to launch a new support & social group called, “Real Life”.
Three years ago we incorporated Nate Asby who had Cerebral Palsy as an assistant instructor with our teaching staff for horse lessons. He attended many of our social opportunities. In the process, we started a weekly mentoring program to touch base on issues he was struggling with - issues that are common to people with disabilities and special needs. This is how the idea of, "Real Life" came to be. Nate sadly recently passed away but the idea of helping people to see what makes them different - makes them beautiful will live on in this new program.
"I went to happy trails and helped volunteer it was a good time we were standing and watching the lesson and one of the horses named Tex came over to me like wanted to be with me he put his head on my chest, another horse named Coby did the same thing. It helps me relax when I go there….I wish I could go there more often." – Nate Asby (from Facebook postings).
Other great things we have planned through August 2015 include:
Thank you to all of you at Global Giving who support our programs for people with disabilities and special needs - together we are doing great things!
Happy Trails Riding Center
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