PRAIRIE MEADOWS Grant for $5000 for Youth Sponsorship!We would like to thank Prairie Meadows for their grant of $5000 for youth sponsorship. This will allow children to continue to access our programs for FREE! Any child wishing a horse experience that cannot afford one can come and learn all about how to own a horse! From cleaning the hooves, to feeding, training […]
(read more) DAY CAMPWe are having our first day camp June 23-27,2008. From the response so far, we will soon have another! This is a great fundraiser for our programs. Thanks to all the volunteers who made this happen!
(read more) Neglected Horses Help Heal At-Risk TeensDes Moines Register
By Jennifer Jacobs
June 26, 2007
Jordan, 15, bonds with a horse named Flicka as part of an activity for at-risk youth taking part in the Healing Hearts with Horses program at Deb Hoyt’s ranch in rural Runnells. Walking a horse at left is Cody, 16. Some teens identify with horses with problems like theirs. […]
(read more) Lessons Have Started!Fall Learning Lessons have begun! These lessons are open to the public ($25 per hour, discounts for siblings and NO charge for parents to attend).
We do not charge group homes, foster or at risk children for services. We are in desperate need of donations to fund the program. Click on Donations to find out how […]
Healing Hearts with HorsesFoster/adoptive children present with many special needs, the utmost is having attachment problems. All of these children have been removed from their birth families, which causes significant psychological damage. Many were removed due to mental illness, abuse, neglect and or drug/alcohol use in the home. This further impacts the trauma they experience. Children with attachment […]
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