RIDE ON ST. LOUIS
Love, Strength & Joy
About Us
SHARING LOVE, STRENGTH AND JOY SINCE 1998
Ride On St. Louis is a comprehensive conditioning and learning non-profit organization serving veterans, children and adults with health complications, as well as, the retired equine-assisted service horses who partner in our programs. Ride On St. Louis offers services that incorporate the equine environment and horse-human interaction, to support wellness, integration, and the achievement of functional goals. Our programs, for both humans and horses, improve quality of life through individualized treatment and or activity plans.
Explore our site to learn more about all that we’re doing to make positive health changes, and how you can get involved as a participant, volunteer, donor or Crusader.
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Our Mission & Values
SERVING YOU, YOUR LOVED ONES & THE COMMUNITY
To promote health and enrich lives through love, joy & holistic healing.
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Ride On St. Louis was founded in 1998 to serve all for the greater glory, honor, and love of God. We value the use of prayer and recognize our dependence on God. The center promotes volunteer-ism, the willing spirit of service, the offering of good works and the duty of caring and the giving of love with an openness of heart to receive and know God’s peace and joy in return.
Our Services
We work tirelessly to provide quality long-term improvements for each person that comes through our barn doors. Our services are designed to reach each person individually to achieve the greatest results. Ride On St. Louis’s licensed and or credentialed professionals approach equine-assisted services through customized procedures tailored to empower people of all ages and abilities to pursue wellness objectives within an innovative, supportive, and outcome-producing environment.
ALWAYS HOME
Our horses, who have given so much to humans in need, are loved and cared for beyond their specialized careers as equine-assisted service horses. When retirement comes, this program allows our horses to retire on site and in our care for the remainder of their lives.
BARN BUDDIES
A vocational skills, equine-assisted learning program providing in-depth equine education, hands-on application and accountability for people with disabilities, health-related obstacles or hardships.
EQUINE SERVICES
FOR HEROES
Accommodates service members who have been injured and strives to nurture the mind and body through both the physically healing movement of the horse and emotional interaction.
HELPING HANDS
Helping Hands empowers participants to contribute meaningfully to their community while experiencing the benefits of purposeful work, social connection, and personal growth.
OUTREACH
Our outreach invites discovery—whether through on or offsite visits, our equine ambassadors and interactive presentations feature horse tack, cadaver limbs and bones, and more—opening a window into horses, disability inclusion, and equine-assisted services.
R.I.S.E.
An expansion of Equine Services for Heroes, offering rest, reflection, and renewal for first responders and veterans who serve in the
MO Department of Corrections.
