Who We Are
Rainier Therapeutic Riding provides basic horsemanship lessons to injured military personnel at 3 arenas in the Yelm, WA area. We have operated for nearly 2 years and are already the largest provider of equine therapy to military personnel in the country. We are currently serving 48 soldiers weekly, and have over 50 active volunteers and 3 certified instructors, along with 14 privately owned/leased horses.
We work directly with medical military personnel attached to the Army Warrior Transition Battalion and Air Force Medical Flight at Joint Base Lewis McChord to select active duty soldiers suffering from Suicidal tendencies, Post Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury, as well as a host of other injuries. These soldiers come to us from a very dark mental place, and the relationship they build with “their” horse leads them back to a joy for living. We get to see the “spark” come back into their eyes as well as the smiles on their faces. Without that “spark”, their future will be very bleak.
Please explore our website as well as our Facebook Page to learn more about what we do, and then consider helping our effort. These soldiers need our help.
