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Veterans with Horses Fellowship Program
A circle of fellowship, connection, and horses
GAIT’s Veterans with Horses Fellowship offers veterans a free, welcoming place to connect with one another and spend time with horses. It’s a fellowship, not a clinical treatment group. Veterans take part at their own pace in horse care, groundwork, horsemanship, conversation, and time together.
Certified instructors, an occupational therapist, and mental health professionals stay and take part throughout the fellowship. They offer a hand, share advice, or simply lend an ear. Then we all sit down and eat together.
In 2026, 36 veterans participated. What has grown from this grassroots program is hard to put into words. The relationships reach beyond Fridays: veterans meet for breakfast in the community and join GAIT events together.
In 2027, GAIT plans to again offer a 32-week season of two-hour Friday sessions, at no cost to veterans. The projected cost is $12,022 for the season—about $376 per week. Grants, sponsorships, and donations help make the Fellowship possible, supporting the staff, horses, facility, and meals that bring everyone together.
Your support helps keep this place of connection open to veterans. Because no one heals alone.