Connecting people and horses through natural horsemanship

 
Our Mission: To provide youth and families with a unique environment for developing positive life skills through riding, handling, and caring for horses.

In this program children develop:

• Self esteem
• Discipline
• Patience/Compassion
• Social Skills

Besides developing competence in all aspects of natural horsemanship, Big Oak Outreach fosters trusting, compassionate and collaborative relationships among young riders and their families. By honoring and nurturing each child's uniqueness and desire for acceptance, we create a climate based on:

• Mutual respect
• Realistic Challenge
• Constructive Decision-Making
• Individual Expression
• Shared responsibility

Big Oak Outreach provides at risk and low income youth with opportunities to develop positive life skills through natural horsemanship.

Early in 2004, Becky Jo Goodwater of Big Oak Stables developed a program funded by private individuals, designed to work with disadvantaged children ages 4-12 from foster homes and "at-risk" or low income families. The program consists of:

• Teaching children natural horsemanship riding skills.
• Learning how to work with and care for horses in a non-confrontational manner
• Learning about sustainable horse keeping.

The Big Oak Outreach Non-Profit Organization was formed by a group of volunteers from Clackamas County during 2005 to work with the community for funding of additional children in the "Natural Horsemanship for At Risk Youth Program"

Big Oak Outreach Stables was awarded a Conservation Partner of Merit by the Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District. Our Commitment to honoring and sustaining our natural environment and all its creatures is embodied in all of our programs.

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