There are many ways you can become involved with the Mounted Eagles. You can be a regular volunteer or a part-time “on-call” volunteer who participates in a hands-on manner , donate your time to send cards, make phone calls, donate some of your financial assets, take pictures for us, and many other activities. You don’t need to know a lot about horses. If you have a special place in your heart for those individuals who are “special”, then you’re a fit for our program. Without volunteers, we wouldn’t exist. Please feel free to contact our Volunteer Director at 218-839-1274 to find out where your special talents will fit.

Volunteering

Mounted eagles would never exist if it wasn't for wonderful people volunteering their time. More than 20,000 people volunteer their time at NARHA centers each year. There are a number of ways that volunteers assist. Some apply their horsemanship skills in the arena, while others who aren't experienced with horses perform other duties that ultimately benefit the center's riders.

Volunteers are needed to assist in these ways:

• Leading the horse
• Sidewalking (walking alongside the horse to offer the rider support when needed)
• Grooming horses
• Tacking up horses
• Cooling out horses
• Cleaning tack
• Helping with fund-raisers
• Assisting with administrative duties
• Photograpy
• Most centers work with volunteers who are 14 years of age and older. However, children younger than 14 who have a strong horsemanship background are often considered.

By volunteering, you can learn about disabilities, horses and make new friends. You'll gain tremendous satisfaction from watching your riders improve physically, mentally and emotionally. But most of all, you will be making life brighter for individuals with disabilities. Regardless of where you live, there is surely a NARHA center that will welcome you.

Become a Member

There are plenty of NARHA Membership opportunities available for individuals to learn more about therapeutic riding. By becoming a member, you can expand your knowledge while networking with others in this growing industry.

Membership in the Mounted Eagles enables you to become a part of a local NARHA member organization. It also gives you a sense of ownership and pride in being part of achieving the individual progress we see in each of our participants. You are invited to our Annual Membership Meetings and are always welcome at the Board of Directors Meetings which are held quarterly. For more about becoming a member, or to sign up now, click the button below.

Donations

Mounted Eagles depends on the kind financial support of many caring individuals to help us carry out our mission. Your tax deductible donation will help us respond to the needs of riders at our center, while also helping introduce therapeutic riding to many more more each year.

Click here for a list of people who have contributed to Mounted Eagels

Horses

Many therapy horses at our center are donated, volunteered or leased by horse owners in the community. When selecting a therapy horse, Mounted Eagles centers are looking for a mount that is ideal and suitable for the therapeutic riding environment.

View our horses here.

View a PDF document with details about Donating Your Horse to a NARHA Center.

If your horse doesn't qualify for donation to our program perhaps you would like to check out www.unwantedhorsecoalition.org