Tag: Heads Up Special Riders

  • Special needs horseback riding program seeks volunteers

    Special needs horseback riding program seeks volunteers

    Heads Up Special Riders offers horse riding to children with special needs. The program is located at Hasty Acres, 121 Laurel Ave., Kingston. Volunteers are needed to assist the children, handle and saddle the horses and walk with the horse and rider during lessons on Monday and Friday afternoons. No experience is necessary. Training will…

  • Heads Up Special Riders offers ‘safe’ environment between horses, those with special needs

    Heads Up Special Riders offers ‘safe’ environment between horses, those with special needs

    KINGSTON – Harrison Huguenin is not very verbal, but one phrase he repeats on Fridays is “horseback riding.” The 16-year-old Franklin resident has autism and various autoimmune disorders, so he looks forward to his horseback riding lesson through Heads Up Special Riders each week. “He benefits a lot,” his mother Lisa said. “One, he likes…

  • Horse riding program for children with special needs seeks volunteers

    Horse riding program for children with special needs seeks volunteers

    Heads Up Special Riders is a small non-profit that has offered horse riding to children with special needs since 1990. Volunteers are needed to assist the children, handle and saddle the horses and walk with the horse and rider during lessons on Monday and Friday afternoons. No experience necessary. Training will be provided. For an…

  • Riding program seeks volunteers to help with horses, children

    Riding program seeks volunteers to help with horses, children

    Heads Up Special Riders is a non-profit that offers horse riding to children with special needs. Volunteers are needed to assist the children, handle and saddle the horses and walk with the horse and rider during lessons. The program runs on Monday and Friday afternoons. No experience is necessary. Training will be provided. Heads Up…