Her nonprofit, Saddle Up and Read, is aimed at improving literacy rates. A self-described "Black cowgirl" is combining her love of horses and books to inspire kids to read more. Caitlin Gooch, 28, ...

On her 25-acre Horse 'n' Feathers Ranch in Alvin, Gayle Mauzey is up every day at 5 a.m. She goes to bed at dark, and works hard in between. She's helping young lives. Horses for Kids at Risk, founded ...

When people think of teachers they rarely think of horses when, in fact, horses are first-rate educators who can teach young children and teens a variety of useful skills that promote lifelong ...

Where there are horses and kids — there is hope. There are also experiences only equines can provide. Those experiences and more are offered by Hope, Horses & Kids, a nonprofit group founded 10 years ...

NEWS ... OUR YEAR-LONG INITIATIVE AIMED AT COVERING THE PROGRAMS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE BRINGING OUR CENTRAL COAST COMMUNITY TOGETHER. IN SALINAS A NON- PROFIT NAMED ...

NEWCASTLE -- Horseback riding is a form of therapy at Horses for Healing in Newcastle. It has been helping people with special needs since 1997. Sedona Welsh, 17, could not walk when she first started ...

Other than a snort, the Arabian horse didn't pass any judgment as 6-year-old Tyler Alvarez read a passage from a story about how a horse named Big Red jumped over a tree. But if Phoxx the horse didn't ...

Kerrie Regimbal chuckled as Cruiser the paint horse made his rounds at Kidznhorses Outreach late Saturday morning in Selah. After a friendly volunteer opened his gate, he quickly picked his way over ...

CHANDLER, Ind. -- With horse riding lessons, goat training, and farm yoga, the kids at who attend the Blue Heron Riding Academy’s summer Farm Camp get to experience farming in a whole new way. “The ...

Although the midmorning sun of summer beat down on them, young riders smiled and sang as they topped a saguaro-saturated hill, guiding their horses back to the ranch following a morning trail ride.

In an Anaheim Hills field, a large Norwegian Fjord horse galloped around, tail held high. The athletic horse, which looked like Sitron from the Disney animated film “Frozen,” is among a new army of ...