Marybeth Conley featured WarHorses for Heroes on her "Make a Difference Monday" segment on Live@9 on WREG Channel 3. Jeb and Rocky got a bath, a pedicure, a shave and a haircut, and Trey and Billy brought them out to the studio for the interview. Rocky made lots of friends with the crew and other […]
Horse Nation is a national equestrian news site with a readership of over 30,00 people per day! Each Friday, Horse Nation teams up with Ovation Riding to spotlight an individual or organization doing good work in the horse world. On May 13, they recognized Warhorses for Heroes, an equine program for service men and women. They interviewed […]
We are so excited about our new mounting block! It still needs to be stained, but it's already helping our veterans mount and dismount more easily and safely. Thank you to Sheila Oles for finding it, to our donor for donating it, and to Doug Enright for his carpentry skills transforming it from stairs to […]
Amelia from Channel News 5 came out to Oak View to interview our instructors and veterans last week! We are so excited to be gaining some notice in the community. Thanks Amelia for your interest and support! You can read the article here: http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/31584456/military-veterans-receive-healing-from-mid-south-horses
While our instructors are working with our horses and teaching our veterans, our behind the scenes team has been working on our website, facebook page and online donation page. We will be continually adding to them so that we can provide you with all the news and information you need to help us improve the rehabilitation of veterans through […]
After a few successful weeks with the veterans, we have added another weekly session! Another therapist saw value in the equine activities that WarHorses for Heroes is hosting, and has begun to bring new patients out for a 6 week equine program. We are teaching the veterans to groom, lead, and interact with our horses, […]
We have recently connected with the VA, and through a wonderful new partnership, we were able to invite our first veterans out to the farm to meet our eager warhorses! They got to groom a horse, then we put a western saddle on Jeb and led a few of them around our indoor arena. Thank […]
