Our Mission: To serve individuals with physical, cognitive, and emotional disabilities and hardship by providing equine assisted activities and therapies to empower, inspire, nurture and succeed.

2021 SUMMER AND FALL SESSION UPDATE

Our Summer Session is a wrap, and we were honored to have served 47 individuals in our Adaptive Riding Program, Equine Services for Heroes Program, and Making Strides Recreation Therapy Program. CLICK HERE to view our 2021 Summer Session photo album on Facebook! This fall we look forward to serving up to 80 children and adults throughout all our programs, and are excited to welcome back our friends from Alpha Omega Veterans Services. To all who support Southern Reins, we thank you for making life-changing opportunities possible through the healing power of horses.

JOCKEYS & JULEPS FALL SILENT AUCTION

Support Southern Reins with a donation to our Jockeys & Juleps Fall Auction. Gift cards, unique experiences, fine dining, exclusive tours, wine and spirits, and event tickets are always big sellers.  Don't know what to give?  We've put together some items that you can purchase and donate! Just click on the link below:

CLICK HERE to View Items You Can Purchase and Donate

With your help, we can continue to celebrate the ability of all, providing opportunities for personal growth and unmatched joy as participants experience success in the saddle. On behalf of the amazing people we serve, thank you for your consideration to donate and join us in making every step count as we celebrate the champions inside all of our participants at Southern Reins.

Be sure to SAVE THE DATE! The online silent auction begins October 31 and ends on November 6

STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT

Please join us in welcoming new Volunteer & Program Coordinator, Meredith Massa! Meredith has been a volunteer with Southern Reins since 2019, so she is a familiar face around the farm. She grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and moved to Memphis in 1987 to attend Christian Brothers University where she graduated with a degree in Telecommunications and Marketing. Meredith worked at Baptist Memorial Health Care for 11 years as a sales representative in their managed care department before becoming a stay-at-home mom to her 2 boys. She enjoys being with our participants, horses and wonderful volunteers. Welcome aboard Meredith . . . we're so glad to have you on our team!

THANK YOU to all our HAY FOR A DAY Supporters!

This year's Hay for a Day Campaign had our horses out on the town asking for donations, and they made a lot of new friends during their travels! Thanks to the support of so many, $6,800 was raised to cover the cost of hay for an entire year! We are grateful beyond measure to this year's Hay for a Day sponsors for helping us keep our horses healthy and happy so they can provide unmatched joy and accomplishment to everyone they serve. Thank You!

WELCOME BACK TigerLIFE!

Our friends at Memphis TigerLIFE are officially back at Southern Reins for their Fall internship, and we are so happy to have their help around the farm. Marilyn, Trevor, Jamie and Kathryn are some of the best helpers out there! Under the leadership of Seth Jackson, their visits twice a week help keep our facility looking its best. Thank you TigerLIFE!

UTHSC STUDENT INTERNS

Southern Reins is honored to be a fieldwork site in partnership with The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. This month Occupational Therapy students Ashlee Hodges and Morgan Mills joined us at the farm for their first 2-week fieldwork rotation. Ashlee’s favorite part of her time spent with us was being able to incorporate what she has learned at school with her knowledge of horses to help people with disabilities, and Morgan’s favorite experience at Southern Reins was interacting with the volunteers and seeing our participants learn new skills. Thank you both for your wonderful assistance and support of our program.

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SOUTHERN REINS CENTER FOR EQUINE THERAPY 901-290-1011 southernreins.org

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