Equine Rescue Sanctuary
How we help: We specialize in providing a permanent sanctuary to elderly horses that have survived abuse, neglect, and significant injury. We rehab our rescues to overcome trauma, health issues, behavioral challenges, and more. We provide them an opportunity to give back to people that are suffering from PTSD, terminal illnesses, and suicidal ideation through our therapeutic services. Our horse care program is holistic, and unique. We have a powerful track record for success in rehabilitating horses that many would consider untreatable. These horses do not have a strong chance for being adopted into a safe situation due to their age, challenges, and conditions. Our horses have survived a great deal of adversity and we are proud to offer them a beautiful safe home to live out their sunset in a peaceful herd after surviving their experiences. As former working animals we work hard to customize their experience, and the therapeutic activities they provide, to give them a purpose they enjoy. We believe that after a lifetime of hard work, each of these special creatures deserves a calm, quiet, balanced lifestyle. Giving even the most challenging animals a customized purpose has provided astounding outcomes. We maintain a dedicated care program which includes natural & holistic rehabilitation, supplements, and feed. We ensure our horses spend most of their time free range grazing, living their lives as happy horses in nature.
Since our inception we have saved the lives of horses that were abandoned, starved, abused, and injured, and should not have survived. In our early years we rehomed multiple horses to their forever home after providing life-saving rehabilitation services. The holistic nature of our program has helped rehabilitate horses that were given a death sentence by the Veterinarian. Much like the people in our program, we believe when there is a will, the power of love, and customized holistic solutions, we can overcome the “impossible”. We carefully partner horses with individuals that are a fit for their personality, and therapeutic modalities that are a fit for the horse’s personality. Due to our secluded, quiet location, and our unique approach, we have been able to overcome difficult behavioral challenges. Some of our best therapy animals have been horses that many would have turned away for a therapeutic program, and were on their way to euthanasia. When partnered in therapy with a person that has experienced a similar level of adversity, the bond and support for the people in our program has been life-saving for both the horse, and the person.
Workforce Development Program
How we help: We serve veterans and active military with our customized workforce development solutions. We partner mental health support, executive & career coaching, with opportunities, training, and mentorship to help people successfully transition from military to civilian careers. We provide opportunity for development, mentorship, and training in entrepreneurship, STEM careers, and more. Our expert-level resources and experience supporting underserved populations with lasting workforce development solutions has made a big difference for each person served. Our goal is to help veterans to utilize, translate, and invest their ability to overcome adversity, leadership skills, and unique skill-sets, toward a long-term and gratifying career.
Suicide Prevention
How we help: We support veterans, and underserved populations with life-changing suicide prevention and mental health services. Our intensive program has helped people that have suffered extreme adversity to recreate themselves and begin a life worth living. Our customized, holistic program is like none other. We provide eight modalities, our multiple facilitators have traversed their own struggles with suicide have made a lasting impact on the people we serve. Our group therapeutic activities and experiences have helped people begin a new path, and make valuable life-long connections and friendships. Our impact has been immense, we have specialized in helping people with little to no hope. Many of the people that have joined our program have exhausted their resources with the VA and other mental health services. We pride ourselves on our secluded, confidential services that have helped people traverse the most difficult of battles with suicide. Multiple people that have completed our program have gone on to make a difference for others and even start causes and wellness practices of their own. We incorporate a variety of resources that include psychotherapy, equine therapy, hypnotherapy, and more. Our holistic resources including Indigenous Healing Arts, Sound Therapy, Metaphysical Experiences, and more. Our location and environment has been one of or greatest differentiators from our peers. Our customizability that can meet people from all walks of life with a program that works specifically for them, their unique trauma, diagnoses and challenges has helped us stand out. Just like our horses, we have helped our people overcome “the impossible”.
Our Current Impact:
“99 Hearts has saved my life, if it weren’t for 99 Heart’s Suicide Prevention program, I’d certainly be dead by now. I joined the program in the worst physical, emotional, mental space I’d ever been in. I was tired of trying new opportunities with Veterans programs, I had been in treatment at the VA with little to no results for years. The combination of modalities and customization of the program is like none other. I was able to partake in Equine Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Sound Therapy, Warrior Retreats, Somatic Therapy, and each modality provided life-changing results. Spending a year in the program saved my life, I rewrote my professional, personal, physical, and mental state through this program. - Veteran with CPTSD & Traumatic Brain Injury
“I found 99 Hearts at a time when I was hopeless and most of my days were spent attempting to hold onto my life. I’d struggled with alcoholism, addiction, suicidal ideation and mental health for years, being disabled further impacted my ability to believe I was worth investing in. 99 Heart’s programs helped me by providing resources for me to heal myself in a way I never thought possible. I was able to overcome my suicidal ideation, regain my power and belief in myself, and to begin helping others. I learned skills that helped me utilize my skillset from the military to positively impact others, tell my story, and keep my own mental health in a place that will never be the same again. I was able to overcome addictions, and mindsets that were keeping me stuck and in a belief that I’d never be successful and didn’t have any hope to contribute to society. Thank you 99 Hearts!” - Disabled Veteran with PTSD
“I found 99 Hearts through a friend and it was one of the most powerful experiences I’ve ever been a part of. I arrived at the organization in disarray, I was struggling with addiction, and I could not keep my career stable, I was at the bottom of my spiral. I tried more treatments than I could afford and felt hopeless that nothing was working and I continued my financial and emotional spiral until I found the organization. The thing that broke my cycles was working with the horses, and hypnotherapy. I found myself in denial in most therapeutic situations, something about both modalities helped me to finally see myself, and own that I was not helpless. I found the courage to step up and invest myself into my career, and my passions after receiving the emotional and career support I needed. I would recommend this organization to anyone that has run out of hope and is tired of trying the same things with little results” - Veteran with PTSD and Addiction