Harry Swimmer and the Mitey Riders
Indoor and outdoor arenas, sprawling pastures, horse stalls, and friendly horses make up a stable in Waxhaw North Carolina. Owned by Harry Swimmer and his wife, Misty Meadows Mitey Riders offers equine-assisted therapy to children with special needs. The children ride horses, play games, and make friends, all while developing social, emotional, physical, and cognitive skills. He has been running this program for over 20 years with the aim of helping children. Harry Swimmer’s display of compassion, empowerment, persistence, self-sacrifice, and gift giving earns him the title of God-teacher. Harry Swimmer is a horse-breeder turned equine therapist based out of North Carolina. Once the breeder of award-winning …show more content…
Through his therapy program, Swimmer says that, “I have had children take their first steps from our program when they weren't able to stand or walk before. I've had children riding with me who became verbal when they were nonverbal”. The children accomplish things in his program that they may have not been able to previously, and it sets them up for success. The children have fun while developing skills, which makes it easier for them to learn.
Swimmer shows that he is empowering by helping the children gain confidence in themselves to go on and lead the lives they want. Swimmer says that, “...I've also had children who have left me and gone off to college, graduated and done wonderful things”. He wants to help teach children what they need to know to be successful and do what they want to, and thanks to his program, his students have been able to go to college and accomplish things they may have not been able to before. With the skills that they learn, the children have fun while learning to be confident in …show more content…
He makes life a little bit easier for the families of special-needs children, and helps children reach their full potential. His work teaches kids new skills and gives them something to look forward to every week. His characteristics and everything he does makes him a modern-day god
Indoor and outdoor arenas, sprawling pastures, horse stalls, and friendly horses make up a stable in Waxhaw North Carolina. Owned by Harry Swimmer and his wife, Misty Meadows Mitey Riders offers equine-assisted therapy to children with special needs. The children ride horses, play games, and make friends, all while developing social, emotional, physical, and cognitive skills. He has been running this program for over 20 years with the aim of helping children. Harry Swimmer’s display of compassion, empowerment, persistence, self-sacrifice, and gift giving earns him the title of God-teacher. Harry Swimmer is a horse-breeder turned equine therapist based out of North Carolina. Once the breeder of award-winning …show more content…
Through his therapy program, Swimmer says that, “I have had children take their first steps from our program when they weren't able to stand or walk before. I've had children riding with me who became verbal when they were nonverbal”. The children accomplish things in his program that they may have not been able to previously, and it sets them up for success. The children have fun while developing skills, which makes it easier for them to learn.
Swimmer shows that he is empowering by helping the children gain confidence in themselves to go on and lead the lives they want. Swimmer says that, “...I've also had children who have left me and gone off to college, graduated and done wonderful things”. He wants to help teach children what they need to know to be successful and do what they want to, and thanks to his program, his students have been able to go to college and accomplish things they may have not been able to before. With the skills that they learn, the children have fun while learning to be confident in …show more content…
He makes life a little bit easier for the families of special-needs children, and helps children reach their full potential. His work teaches kids new skills and gives them something to look forward to every week. His characteristics and everything he does makes him a modern-day god