Playing for Others

Introducing our 2009-2010 Partner: Mitey Riders!

Horse lovers, Harry and Marilyn Swimmer and Joy Simon started Misty Meadows Mitey Riders therapeutic riding center in 1994. Certified instructors and trained volunteers assist riders to achieve goals, acquire horsemanship skills and establish a special bond with their horses.

Riders who participate have a wide range of special needs including, but not limited to, autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, and spina bifida.

The program operates four days a week with the help of over 125 volunteers. Misty Meadows Mitey Riders, Inc. became a 501(c)(3) organization in 1998, and has offered comprehensive equine therapy sessions to special needs children at no cost to their families for fifteen years.

Our Misty Meadows Mitey Riders find a level of acceptance here that is difficult to find in the world. We emphasize abilities rather than disabilities.