Enhancing Life Through Unique Equine-Assisted Experiences
For more than 11 years, Medicine Horse Program has been dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of adolescents, families, and adults through unique equine-assisted experiences. We provide group and individual therapy sessions that focus on healing. Individual and group psychotherapy sessions are offered. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Our services meet the particular needs of low-income individuals referred to us by local city and county agencies. Vulnerable youth populations are an emphasis at Medicine Horse Program.
Medicine Horse Program thrives with the help of a dedicated staff, board of directors and numerous enthusiastic volunteers. Find out more about the people who help make this program a success by visiting our Staff and Board of Directors and Advisory Board pages.
Why Horses?
The horse is an intuitive, honest and responsive being. Through interaction with the horse, humans can gain awareness about how we relate to ourselves and others in our lives.
Our services meet the particular needs of low-income individuals referred to us by local city and county agencies. Vulnerable youth populations are an emphasis at Medicine Horse Program.
Medicine Horse Program thrives with the help of a dedicated staff, board of directors and numerous enthusiastic volunteers. Find out more about the people who help make this program a success by visiting our Staff and Board of Directors and Advisory Board pages.
Why Horses?
The horse is an intuitive, honest and responsive being. Through interaction with the horse, humans can gain awareness about how we relate to ourselves and others in our lives.
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Horses live in herds closely resembling human groups such as the family system.
Relationship with other herd members determines the individuals' survival as well as their role within the herd. |
Horses, as prey animals, live in the here and now in order to survive. They can teach the importance of awareness.
Horses have unique personalities eliciting different behaviors and emotions in different people. |
New insights, skills and successes developed in the arena transfer to each participant's everyday life. Medicine Horse Program provides a fun, challenging and unique environment in which human growth and potential may be achieved.
Core Values & Beliefs
Healing: MHP is a space where healing takes place.
Respect and Honor: We treat our horses, our volunteers and the environment with respect and honor.
Safety: A physically and emotionally safe environment is paramount.
Relationships: Building relationships are essential- relationships between each other and with horses. Value and Gifts: Every being has values and gifts to share.
Responsibility: We take personal responsibility for our actions, feelings, and words.
Collaboration: MHP is about collaboration- not competition.
Our Mission and Our Programs
Medicine Horse Program enhances the
mental health and life skills of youth, adults, families, and groups through therapeutic interaction with horses.
Medicine Horse Program fulfills our values and beliefs through four core youth programs:
HopeFoal Project™: This award-winning class partners rescued Premarin foals
with depressed and anxious teens. The teens work with trained therapists and horse handlers to help gentle the foals. In the process, both foal and teen are healed.
Healing With Horses™: In collaboration with Hospice of Boulder and Broomfield Counties, this 2006 NOVA Health and Human Services award-winning class helps children deal with issues of grief associated with the loss of a loved one.
Just Say Whoa™: This class, in partnership with Boulder BEST program and others, is designed for truant teens and repeat juvenile offenders. Through interaction with horses and therapists, the class helps teens confront their complex lives.
Equus Integration Project™: This growth and learning class breals down barriers among diverse populations, building the communication and leadership skills of non-English-speaking teens.
EquineAbility™: Through horse activities, creative expression and body movement, this EAP program addresses the psychological, emotional and social aspects of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Scholarships for all of the core programs are available.
mental health and life skills of youth, adults, families, and groups through therapeutic interaction with horses.
Medicine Horse Program fulfills our values and beliefs through four core youth programs:
HopeFoal Project™: This award-winning class partners rescued Premarin foals
with depressed and anxious teens. The teens work with trained therapists and horse handlers to help gentle the foals. In the process, both foal and teen are healed.
Healing With Horses™: In collaboration with Hospice of Boulder and Broomfield Counties, this 2006 NOVA Health and Human Services award-winning class helps children deal with issues of grief associated with the loss of a loved one.
Just Say Whoa™: This class, in partnership with Boulder BEST program and others, is designed for truant teens and repeat juvenile offenders. Through interaction with horses and therapists, the class helps teens confront their complex lives.
Equus Integration Project™: This growth and learning class breals down barriers among diverse populations, building the communication and leadership skills of non-English-speaking teens.
EquineAbility™: Through horse activities, creative expression and body movement, this EAP program addresses the psychological, emotional and social aspects of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Scholarships for all of the core programs are available.
Volunteers Make Medicine Horse Program Possible
Getting Started: To become a volunteer at Medicine Horse, please follow these steps:
Print and fill out the Volunteer Application.
Print and fill out the Background Check Notification.
Check the calendar for volunteer orientation class dates.
Call Volunteer Coordinator at 720.406.7630 or email to
reserve a place in the next orientation/horse handling class.
Bring completed application, background check form and
$21.25 background check fee (make check to B.I.S.I.) to your orientation/horse
handling class.
Print and fill out the Volunteer Application.
Print and fill out the Background Check Notification.
Check the calendar for volunteer orientation class dates.
Call Volunteer Coordinator at 720.406.7630 or email to
reserve a place in the next orientation/horse handling class.
Bring completed application, background check form and
$21.25 background check fee (make check to B.I.S.I.) to your orientation/horse
handling class.
Volunteer Coordinator
Medicine Horse Program
8778 Arapahoe Road
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Horse Handling: Assist facilitators with
programs like Equus™, FoalHope
Project™, Just Say Whoa™ and other
classes offered at Medicine Horse Program. Your job as a horse handler will be
to keep the horses and participants safe, while assisting with any class
activities that the facilitators might need. Horse handling evaluation
required.
Muckers: We are looking for volunteers to assist with mucking (just a fancy word for removing manure from the horse stalls.) Mucking is essential to keeping the facility clean and our horses
hooves healthy! Volunteers are needed 7 days a week from 9am to 1pm.
Turn out: Get real hands-on experience with our horses by helping staff with turn out (moving horses from stalls to pasture). Our horses love to stretch their legs!. Volunteers are needed Monday - Friday at 10am and at 3pm and bring him back in. Horse handling evaluation required.
Office Help: Answer phones, greet visitors, help with cleaning.
Facilities Crew: Perhaps you are the handy type and want to repair fencing, equipment and more! We need volunteers to work with us on special, one-time projects.
Benefit Committee: Short term committment to organize and annual fundraising event.
Outreach Committee: This committee is looking for members who enjoy public relations to spread the word about Medicine Horse Program to our community.
Mailing Crew: Be on our mailing team to help send out newsletters and other items to our donors, volunteers and supporters.
For more information on any of these opportunities, or to RSVP for volunteer orientation class, please contact volunteer coordinator, at 720.406.7630 or email volunteercoordinator@medicinehorse.org
Don't have time to volunteer? Medicine Horse Program is always looking for donated items specified on our Wish List, or through financial contributions.
programs like Equus™, FoalHope
Project™, Just Say Whoa™ and other
classes offered at Medicine Horse Program. Your job as a horse handler will be
to keep the horses and participants safe, while assisting with any class
activities that the facilitators might need. Horse handling evaluation
required.
Muckers: We are looking for volunteers to assist with mucking (just a fancy word for removing manure from the horse stalls.) Mucking is essential to keeping the facility clean and our horses
hooves healthy! Volunteers are needed 7 days a week from 9am to 1pm.
Turn out: Get real hands-on experience with our horses by helping staff with turn out (moving horses from stalls to pasture). Our horses love to stretch their legs!. Volunteers are needed Monday - Friday at 10am and at 3pm and bring him back in. Horse handling evaluation required.
Office Help: Answer phones, greet visitors, help with cleaning.
Facilities Crew: Perhaps you are the handy type and want to repair fencing, equipment and more! We need volunteers to work with us on special, one-time projects.
Benefit Committee: Short term committment to organize and annual fundraising event.
Outreach Committee: This committee is looking for members who enjoy public relations to spread the word about Medicine Horse Program to our community.
Mailing Crew: Be on our mailing team to help send out newsletters and other items to our donors, volunteers and supporters.
For more information on any of these opportunities, or to RSVP for volunteer orientation class, please contact volunteer coordinator, at 720.406.7630 or email volunteercoordinator@medicinehorse.org
Don't have time to volunteer? Medicine Horse Program is always looking for donated items specified on our Wish List, or through financial contributions.
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Volunteer Coordinator
Medicine Horse Program
8778 Arapahoe Road
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Horse Handling: Assist facilitators with programs like Equus™, FoalHope Project™, Just Say Whoa™ and other classes offered at Medicine Horse Program. Your job as a horse handler will be to keep the horses and participants safe, while assisting with any class activities that the facilitators might need. Horse handling evaluation required.
Muckers: We are looking for volunteers to assist with mucking (just a fancy word for removing manure from the horse stalls.) Mucking is essential to keeping the facility clean and our horses hooves healthy! Volunteers are needed 7 days a week from 9am to 1pm.
Turn out: Get real hands-on experience with our horses by helping staff with turn out (moving horses from stalls to pasture). Our horses love to stretch their legs!. Volunteers are needed Monday - Friday at 10am and at 3pm and bring him back in. Horse handling evaluation required.
Office Help: Answer phones, greet visitors, help with cleaning.
Facilities Crew: Perhaps you are the handy type and want to repair fencing, equipment and more! We need volunteers to work with us on special, one-time projects.
Benefit Committee: Short term committment to organize and annual fundraising event.
Outreach Committee: This committee is looking for members who enjoy public relations to spread the word about Medicine Horse Program to our community.
Mailing Crew: Be on our mailing team to help send out newsletters and other items to our donors, volunteers and supporters.
For more information on any of these opportunities, or to RSVP for volunteer orientation class, please contact volunteer coordinator, at 720.406.7630 or email volunteercoordinator@medicinehorse.org
Don't have time to volunteer? Medicine Horse Program is always looking for donated items specified on our Wish List, or through financial contributions.
Medicine Horse Program
8778 Arapahoe Road
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Horse Handling: Assist facilitators with programs like Equus™, FoalHope Project™, Just Say Whoa™ and other classes offered at Medicine Horse Program. Your job as a horse handler will be to keep the horses and participants safe, while assisting with any class activities that the facilitators might need. Horse handling evaluation required.
Muckers: We are looking for volunteers to assist with mucking (just a fancy word for removing manure from the horse stalls.) Mucking is essential to keeping the facility clean and our horses hooves healthy! Volunteers are needed 7 days a week from 9am to 1pm.
Turn out: Get real hands-on experience with our horses by helping staff with turn out (moving horses from stalls to pasture). Our horses love to stretch their legs!. Volunteers are needed Monday - Friday at 10am and at 3pm and bring him back in. Horse handling evaluation required.
Office Help: Answer phones, greet visitors, help with cleaning.
Facilities Crew: Perhaps you are the handy type and want to repair fencing, equipment and more! We need volunteers to work with us on special, one-time projects.
Benefit Committee: Short term committment to organize and annual fundraising event.
Outreach Committee: This committee is looking for members who enjoy public relations to spread the word about Medicine Horse Program to our community.
Mailing Crew: Be on our mailing team to help send out newsletters and other items to our donors, volunteers and supporters.
For more information on any of these opportunities, or to RSVP for volunteer orientation class, please contact volunteer coordinator, at 720.406.7630 or email volunteercoordinator@medicinehorse.org
Don't have time to volunteer? Medicine Horse Program is always looking for donated items specified on our Wish List, or through financial contributions.
We Need Your Help!
Please consider making a financial contribution to Medicine Horse Program. Your donations support our programs and help some great kids and families.
Your help is greatly appreciated. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Contributing money is easy!
1. Mail your donation to Medicine Horse Program at: 8778 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, CO 80303
2. Call us at 720.406.7630 to provide us with your VISA or MC number
3. Make a secure donation online right now by clicking the Paypal "Donate" button below
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In accordance with the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Act and the City of Boulder Human Rights Ordinance, there will be no discrimination against
an applicant for services or benefits based on the basis of age, source of income, sex, race marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, religion or handicap. Medicine Horse Program complies with all state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination. the City of Boulder's Human Rights Ordinance protects against discrimination. If you believe your rights have been violated, call the Colorado Fair Housing Hotline at (303)672-5437 or 1-800-877-7353.
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