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Nonprofit offers free ‘recreational therapy’ for veterans, first-responders

Horses 4 Heroes volunteer Rocky Andrews fills a horse's drinking water bucket at Tule Springs in Las Vegas Sunday, June 7, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Erik Verduzco on Twitter @Erik_Verduzco
Trace Browning and Sissy are getting ready for Thursday's Horses4Heroes open house. Trace is a member of the Nevada National Guard. (Photo/Horses4Heroes)
Trace Browning and Sissy are getting ready for Thursday's Horses4Heroes open house. Trace is a member of the Nevada National Guard. (Photo/Horses4Heroes)
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By KEITH ROGERS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
February 27, 2017 - 11:52 am
 

To mark its fourth anniversary, the nonprofit Horses4Heroes will hold a free open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Floyd Lamb Park at which veterans, caregivers and first-responders can participate in both unmounted exercises with horses and horseback rides for stress relief.

Veterans or anyone with military identification receive free admission to the Las Vegas park, 9200 Tule Springs Road, is free for veterans or anyone with military identification. Caregivers and first-responders wishing to participate in the “recreational therapy” event can request a waiver of the $6 park admission fee by emailing events@horses4heroes.org.

Besides unmounted exercises and horseback rides for people who weigh 225 pounds or less, activities include fishing, wheelchair tours of the park, yoga, tractor-pulled hayrides and interactions with farm animals.

Contact Keith Rogers at krogers@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0308. Follow @KeithRogers2 on Twitter.

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