The second annual Derby Day Party will be held on Saturday, May 7th at Safari Texas. Funds raised from the event will benefit Reining Strength Therapeutic Horsemanship, a 501(c)3 organization, and its programming for individuals with special needs.
The Reining Strength team estimates that over 90,000 Fort Bend County residents could benefit from therapeutic horsemanship programming. The services are appropriate for people of all ages with a wide variety of common diagnoses, including anxiety, autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, CVA or stroke, Down syndrome, intellectual and learning disabilities, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury and many others.
“We have developed special relationships with local physical therapy groups and the Boys and Girls Club of Fort Bend County. Clients from each of these diverse audiences have unique and specific needs that a therapeutic horsemanship program can effectively address,” said Heather Hernandez, M.Ed., executive director of Reining Strength. “Recently, a therapeutic riding client’s mother was sharing with us how impressed she was that for the first time, her seven-year-old son is able to sit up on his own in a chair and stand upright while walking. Both she and the child’s therapists attribute this success to riding.”
The second annual Derby Day Party marks a new tradition the organization seeks to build upon as it grows and further establishes its roots in Fort Bend County, having celebrated their first anniversary as a 501(c)3 in December 2015.
For tickets and more information, visit www.reiningstrength.org.