History
Hope Rides was founded in 2007. After years of horse ownership, working with horse owning youth/families as well as providing opportunities to children whose families did not 
have access to horses, Vollie Heitkamp, founder of Hope Rides, followed a nudge to start a nonprofit organization that would allow children to connect to horses in a safe, peaceful and loving environment intended for healing, growth and hope. Upon following the nudge, stepping out in faith and walking in obedience, doors opened and the calling to outreach work became clear. Since the beginning it has been abundantly clear that regardless of the trial or circumstances that the kids and horses benefit from each other and that these benefits reach beyond the boundaries of Hope Rides. Hope Rides exists to provide a place where families, children and horses can come to find hope and healing through acceptance and unconditional love.