Location: Avon Park, Florida, United States
Heartland Horses Equine Activities & Learning, Inc., also known as HHEAL, is a nonprofit equine-assisted services program in Avon Park, Florida. Founded in 1998, it provides equine-assisted activities, interactions, and riding for children and adults with physical, mental health, cognitive, behavioral, and developmental disabilities.
Its services go beyond therapeutic riding and reflect a broader equine-assisted model. The organization describes its work as adaptive or therapeutic riding supported by instructors with horsemanship expertise across groundwork and riding, and its participant materials emphasize equine-assisted activities, interactions, and riding as core parts of the program. Heartland Horses also provides its services free of charge to individuals and families.
Heartland Horses operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit at 4305 Independence Street in Avon Park, with a mailing address at P.O. Box 6884. It is a volunteer-powered organization, and recent coverage describes the program as operating with PATH-certified instructors.
Key Details:
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Services: Equine-assisted activities, interactions, adaptive or therapeutic riding, groundwork, and horse-centered learning
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Who they serve: Children and adults with physical, mental health, cognitive, behavioral, and developmental disabilities
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Notable programs: Free equine-assisted programming designed to improve quality of life through horse interaction
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Facility or setting: Nonprofit equine-assisted services program in Avon Park
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Certifications or credentials: 501(c)(3) nonprofit; recent public coverage describes instruction provided by PATH-certified instructors
Last Verified: March 13, 2026.