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Forward Stride is dedicated to improving lives
through equine-assisted activities and therapies. Founded in 2003,
Forward Stride is the largest therapeutic center of its kind in
Oregon.
Forward Stride’s programs and services enable individuals to develop
in remarkable ways:
 Our
Hippotherapy Program offers people of all ages,
children as young as two, and their families uniquely powerful
therapeutic sessions on horseback with licensed physical,
occupational, and speech therapists.
Our
Sport-Riding Program helps children and adults of all
abilities—including those with special needs—develop horsemanship
skills, fitness, and self-confidence.
Our Horses for Heroes Program offers military
veterans opportunities to participate in therapeutic riding
instruction with their peers—free of charge.
Forward Stride Featured in
The Oregonian
Meeting new people sometimes scares Michael and Daniel Ballard, 5-year-old twins who have autism. But horses they can handle. Last year, when their parents took them on a meet-and-greet to Forward Stride, a nonprofit therapeutic riding organization then in Wilsonville, the boys shocked their parents by petting the animals.
"My husband and I were standing there with our mouths open," mother Kathleen Ballard says...
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Photo by Annaliese
Moyer
Last year's Cowgirl Ball was a great success! Our sincere thanks
to all who attended and for your
continued support. Mark your calendar for October 8th to attend the 2010 Cowgirl
Ball!
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