Horses, Hearts, & Heroes

Thank you the the Oshkosh Corporation Foundation for sponsoring our Horses and Heroes riders in May and June, 2011.

Thanks to our generous donors, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and an anonymous donation in honor of Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Kenneth Stumpf  the 2010 Horses, Hearts, and Heroes  program was a resounding success. Volunteers worked hundreds of hours and we have nothing but good comments to report.

 Please contact us if you can help as a sidewalker for our vets or can provide a monetary donation to suppor the program so that we can continue to provide the program at no charge to the vets.

Read more: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20101107/APC04/101105101/Veterans-get-physical-emotional-therapy-in-Neenah-horse-riding-program

Horses, Hearts, and Heroes Brochure

Started in the summer of 2010, BEAMING now offers the first program for disabled military veterans called Horses, Hearts, for Heroes“. Riders, as well as side-walkers and horse handlers are veterans.

The goals of the program include improving self-esteem, coping with civilian life and stressors, and improving physical, social, and behavioral skills through therapeutic horseback riding. Riders may have diagnoses including but not limited to amputations, burns, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, other traumatic injuries, stroke, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. All ages are welcome and encouraged to apply.