About

“Please keep Mended Hearts in mind. We are a locally ran, non-profit, Therapeutic Riding and Counseling Center who has been helping families, adults, and children for over 15 years! We rely on donations to help our families in need and to support our therapy animals!”

Mended Hearts Equine Therapeutic Center was organized as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. The members of the Board are primarily volunteers. Mended Hearts was formed in October of 2001 by the unpaid efforts of the Executive Director. We are organized exclusively for charitable, benevolent, therapeutic, educational and agricultural purposes. Mended Hearts is situated on 12.5 beautiful acres in rural Metamora, IL in Woodford County.

Mended Hearts provides, promotes, and supports equine-specialized interventions in the area of therapy and education. Our purposes is to contribute positively to the emotional, cognitive, physical, and social well-being of people with emotional, behavioral, social, and physical disorders. Our desire is to enable people to lead lives of quality and with dignity.

Mended Hearts is non-discriminatory on the basis of race, creed, color, sexual preferences, religion, age, and gender. We believe in a Christ centered philosophy knowing that true and lasting healing comes only with God’s help.