Inspiration for Horses for the Spirit: Mustang Bella and the Co-Founder's Nephew Robbie

Horses for the Spirit is a 501(c)3 public charity dedicated to offering Equine Assisted Learning programs to youth in Washoe County.

Our programs have been developed to teach positive life and social skills to kids generally between the ages 12 and 19. Although our target audience is primarily kids at risk of failing in traditional settings, it is our dream to serve all kids in our community who have a desire to or need to be in one of our programs.

Horses are an essential part of the teaching team and natural horsemanship is the vehicle for teaching. The desired end result is that the graduates of our programs have acquired skills in areas such as leadership, teamwork, problem solving, managing behavior and more.

Click here to read some great feedback we received regarding one of our Spring 2010 programs.