Horse Leader for therapeutic riding lessons

🐴💙 Volunteer Opportunity: Be Part of Life-Changing Moments at Loving Thunder 💙🐴

At Loving Thunder Therapeutic Riding, you’ll help children and adults with developmental delays and disabilities experience the joy of learning to ride a horse.

These incredible individuals face daily challenges — but when they’re in the saddle, you’ll see the biggest smiles, hear the happiest giggles, and watch confidence grow right before your eyes.

Therapeutic riding helps riders:

✨ Build self-esteem and self-confidence

💪 Increase muscle strength and balance

🌟 Improve focus, coordination, and emotional well-being

🐎 Horse Leader Volunteer

As a Horse Leader, you partner directly with one of our gentle therapy horses to provide the safe, rhythmic movement and interaction that creates meaningful change in a rider’s life.

This role requires some previous horse experience and sidewalker experience — but don’t worry, these skills can absolutely be learned at Loving Thunder. We provide thorough training to help you feel confident and prepared.

🤝 Start as a Sidewalker — Grow Into Leadership

If you don’t have horse experience, you can begin as a Sidewalker. Sidewalkers walk alongside the rider, offering physical and emotional support during lessons. We provide all necessary training to ensure you are safe and effective around both horses and riders.

Once you have mastered your sidewalker skills, you may advance into the Horse Leader role. This creates a clear pathway for growth and deeper involvement in our program.

There truly is a place for everyone who wants to serve.

If you’re ready to be part of something meaningful and help create moments that change lives, we would love to connect with you.

🔗 Learn more at: http://www.lovingthunder.org/volunteer/

Come join the smiles, the strength, and the transformation. 💙