Causes: Animal-Related, Animals, Eating Disorders & Addictions, Equestrian, Mental Health, Sports

Mission: EQUI-KIDS serves more than 80 special needs individuals each week who have mental, physical, emotional, social or learning disabling conditions, including but not limited to; Down syndrome, autism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, amputation, mental and physical disabilities, attention deficit disorder, and more.

Target demographics: With thousands of special needs individuals residing in Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, EQUI-KIDS remains steadfast in our resolve to expand our therapeutic riding program within the disabled community. We have successfully increased ridership 15-25% each 8-week session with a goal to offer services to more than 100 riders per session.

Programs: The mission of equi-kids therapeutic riding program and its sister program, equi-vets service program, is to provide, promote, and support equine assisted activities for individuals who have mental, physical, emotional, social, or learning disabling conditions.