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ABOUT US

HEALTHY LIVING WITH HORSES

Horses4Heroes is a Las Vegas-based, national non-profit organization dedicated to empowering youth, adults and families and enriching their lives through deeply discounted recreational, instructional and morale-boosting health and wellness programs that emphasize fun and safe activities with horses.

Our large and growing national network includes more than 300 facilities in 45 states plus Canada. Through programs link Operation Free Ride, we have given thousands of free horseback rides and we are introducing a brand new audience to the world of horses.

MISSION

Affordable recreational and instructional equestrian activities for local heroes and their families.

VISION

Strengthening communities with programs that use horses to promote healthy living and lifestyles.

CORE VALUES

We use horses to emphasize 4 core values – Responsibility, Independence, Discipline and Empathy.

Membership is free for all active duty service members, Veterans, caregivers, survivors, First Responders and their families. Use the drop-down menu and select FIRST RESPONDERS for the free membership (if you qualify if any of the free categories listed above). Other heroes (nurses, special education school teachers, etc..) pay just $25 for a family membership. In addition, we serve at-risk youth, foster children and teens, victims of domestic abuse and violence, Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress and other in our communities who need a hand up, not a hand out.

please email us at:

events@horses4heroes.org

and follow us on Facebook.

OPERATION FREE RIDE

Since 2012, thousands throughout the country have ridden a horse for free, either by appointment at

one of our Ride Hosts or at open houses held in conjunction with equestrian events including horse

shows and rodeos: Pinto World Championship Show, Cheyenne Frontier Days, River City Rodeo in

Omaha, Senior National Finals Rodeo and the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Las Vegas.

Operation Free ride was launched on May 19, 2012, in Las Vegas, to celebrate Armed Forces Day.

In 2014 and 2016, Horses4Heroes won the American Horse Council’s Time to Ride

100-Day Challenge for introducing the most newcomers to horses!

Its what we do best.

Our Founder

Our thoughts and prayers go to all who are in the path of Hurricane Florence. We are all worried about our own affiliate Little Boro Farm, Shari and Eric Walker, who are “sheltering-in-place” in Swansboro, NC, with their 30 rescue horses and farm animals. Eric is a Marine and just as he believed during his service in “no man left behind,” he and Shari believe in “no animals left
behind.” Please support Shari and Eric as they will be needing food, hay, and supplies. You can donate via PayPal either via our DONATE button or, more direct, littleborofarm@gmail.com. As long as their phones and power holds up, they can access these life-saving funds directly! Thank you!”