Grace and Grit Health and Healing Thru Horse-Human Partnerships

It’s that time of year again! As you remember your favorite nonprofits during End-of-Year Giving, please consider the horses and humans whose lives you can change at Grace and Grit: Health and Healing Thru Horse–Human Partnerships. 🤍🐴

'GIVE TO THE MAX DAY' — Minnesota’s biggest day of giving — is on November 20, 2025, and Early Giving is open now! Please click the link above to support our work.

For our friends outside Minnesota, 'GIVING TUESDAY' — a global day of generosity — falls on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. Early Giving is already open, and we’d be honored if you’d consider helping us make life better for both horses and the people who love them.

This year, your generosity matters more than ever. Many nonprofits, communities, and families are facing unprecedented challenges, rising expenses, and significant cutbacks.

To make giving easier during this busy season, Grace and Grit is combining these fundraisers. Anyone who donates any amount between November 17 and December 5, 2025, will be counted as contributing to both important initiatives. 🤍

Every gift goes directly toward program development and the welfare of our horses and students at Grace and Grit: Health and Healing Thru Horse–Human Partnerships.

Keep reading below to learn more about this impactful, life-changing program:

Grace and Grit: Health and Healing Thru Horse–Human Partnerships is a transformative program that strengthens confidence, promotes well-being, and helps both humans and horses live healthier, more connected lives.

We make a difference—every single day—by fostering whole-person wellness, socio-emotional growth, and solid, ethical horsemanship.

We dispel common myths about horses and teach participants how to understand equine needs in a safe, professionally guided environment. This understanding builds empathy, breaks harmful cycles, and helps humans respond to challenges with calm, clarity, and healthier choices. It also helps rescued horses find safe, knowledgeable homes where they can thrive.

By offering a supportive yet challenging environment, Grace and Grit creates meaningful growth for all participants.

Benefits for Human Participants (All Ages)

• Increased comfort and confidence around large, reactive animals

• Development of emotional and physical self-regulation

• Improved decision-making and understanding of consequences

• Stronger relationship-building skills

• Accountability and responsibility: your choices create your results

• Growth in empathy, compassion, and moral awareness

• Firsthand experiences of honesty, trust, kindness, and gratitude
  
  Benefits for the Horses

  • A lifestyle aligned with their natural needs

  • A sense of safety and comfort around humans and other species

  • Maintained curiosity, engagement, and willingness to learn

  • Lifelong physical and mental soundness
    
    This comprehensive horsemanship-and-wellness program is grounded in current science and evidence-based practices. We support both horses and humans exactly where they are, helping each individual discover the path that best fits their needs.
    At Grace and Grit, everyone—horse and human—gets the chance to thrive.