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ORGANIZATION: Bridges Crossings

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 11 people are interested

To help out with daily tasks taking care of the horses. Stalls, grooming, walking horses.

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About Bridges Crossings

Location:

3158 Midland Road, Midland, VA 22728, US

Mission Statement

Introduction Bridges Crossings is dedicated to transforming lives of scared and wounded Veterans, Active Duty and their Family Members through equine interaction, therapeutic riding and providing long term job opportunities. Bridges Crossings is also willing to provide services to Government, public and corporate agency personnel affected by stress from daily life. Everyone has challenges such as High stress, high burn out rates, in private sector employment. Our team is unique as they are Veterans, have been to war, and have lost fellow military members. They can relate to those with scars and wounds from serving our country.

Description

Vision Statement
Bridges Crossings programs are dedicated to help Veterans, Active Duty and their Family Members through physical and therapeutic interactions with horses. All our programs will provide a positive environment for Veterans, Active Duty, and their Family Members, government, public, and corporate agencies, as well. Bridges Crossings encourages all organizations to utilize our services for team building and lowering stress levels. Equine Therapeutic Riding has been proven to show a positive health benefit by lowering risk of heart attacks, stress and increase one’s quality of life.
Bridges Crossings, goal is to help and heal wounds and scars Veterans, Active Duty, and their Family Members have incurred while serving and protecting our country. Our hope is to accomplished this through equine therapeutic riding. Programs like our have shown to reduce the risk of suicide among Veterans, Active Duty and their Family Members. Our program give all participants a place to belong and can talk about their experiences. Our team has benefitted from our program, and our team members can relate, as they have served our country and are Veterans.
Our farm is available to the government, public and corporate agency personnel who need therapeutic riding or stress release. We do not discriminate against anyone regardless of whether they have served our country or not. Everyone in our community can benefit by having less stress in their lives.

CAUSE AREAS

Animals
Sports & Recreation
Veterans & Military Families
Animals, Sports & Recreation, Veterans & Military Families

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

3158 Midland RoadMidland, VA 22728

(38.53098,-77.63393)
 

SKILLS

  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Mental Health
  • Equestrian
  • Counseling / Mental Health

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 15

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