Walk Alongside a Horse and Rider: Adaptive Riding Volunteer Team

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 to Expect:

Volunteers walk alongside the horse and rider to give them physical stability and verbal encouragement.

• ·Gain an understanding of the horse-human connection and the benefit of adaptive riding.
• ·Gain comfort in relating to others with special needs.
• ·Experience the benefit of encouraging others and see progress in their rider.
• ·Learn individual roles and responsibilities within the team.
• ·Practice healthy boundaries, self-awareness, and situational awareness.

No horse experience required. Trinity provides a 2-hour beginner training prior to participating in sessions. Apply to become a volunteer at https://www.trinity-ec.com/giveback

Volunteers must be able to:

• 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
• ·Lift 50lbs
• ·Pass a background check
• Be at least 18 years of age
• ·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

https://www.trinity-ec.com/giveback

1 shift available:

• Choose 2-4 days of service each week, Mon-Thurs, for 4 weeks at a time or more: Tuesday August 05, 2025 - 15:45 to 16:45 CST