Trinity - Adaptive Riding: Walk alongside a horse and rider

What to Expect:

1. Volunteers walk alongside the horse and rider to give them physical stability and verbal encouragement.
2. No horse experience required. Trinity provides a 2-hour beginner training and continued support!
3. Sign up one month at a time for at least 1 hour per week.

How to Get Started:

1. Apply to become a volunteer at https://www.trinity-ec.com/giveback
2. Email me to request an orientation & ask questions! volunteer@trinity-ec.com

Open Opportunities:

• 1 hour, once a week minimum. Scheduled one month at a time.
• Tuesdays 4pm or 5pm
• Thursdays 4pm or 5pm
• Saturdays 9am or 10am

What is Adaptive Riding:

The Adaptive Riding program invites youth who have a unique physical or mental health diagnosis. Youth build core strength, communication skills, and social skills as well as benefit from emotional enrichment of therapeutic riding and equine-assisted learning.

What is Expected:

• Be emotionally aware and situationally aware of their surroundings to contribute to a healthy and safe therapeutic environment.
• Walk for 50 minutes in deep sand, and jog/run for short periods of time
• Pass a background check (free)
• Manage your own schedule, online
• Be at least 18 years of age or be age 14 and accompanied by an adult. Both need volunteer training.
• Keep an arm extended from their side for 50 minutes
• Contribute to a healthy and safe therapeutic environment
• Be a reliable, consistent contributor
• Follow directions, be flexible and responsive to changes in schedules, be patient, kind, and caring

Complete an Application!