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- EIN 87-0700052
- (509) 965-6990
- 5808-a Summitview Ave 324 Yakima WA 98908-3042 USA
- www.pegasusrides.com
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations, Human Services
Mission: To provide quality theraputic riding and equine related activities to people with physical and emotional needs to improve their health and well being.
Programs: Therapeutic riding: the pegasus project therapeutic riding program teaches riding skills to people with physical and emotional needs. Children and adults are offered weekly riding lessons as individuals or in a group.
hippotherapy: working in conjunction with children's village, the pegasus project team works to help those with special needs that cannot be met in the traditional therapeutic riding program. Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists partner to assist children in meeting therapeutic goals.
life skills: the life skills program works with the special education departments at local high schools to add specialized equine curriculum and unique learning experiences to students educational programming. In this program students learn how to care for an equine facility, caring for tack, anatomy of the horse, grooming and riding skills.