Turning Point is a privately owned organization located in the farming community of LeRoy, Minnesota. Here we strive to provide a connection between special need horses and people, that will foster hope, encourage physical and spiritual healing and empower them for their future. Enjoying horses requires knowledge, time, and experience. Guests of any age can learn and enjoy harmonious relationships, in a family friendly environment, with an abundance of fun, fresh air, sunshine, peace, quiet and serene beauty, that will build a connection between horses and friends.

1. “Uniting hearts
through horses.”

2. “The Outside of a Horse Is Good For the
Inside of Man” Winston Churchill

3. To offer a safe, private place for individuals, families
and groups to learn skills that will help them find
solutions, strengthen relationships, heal, and move
forward in life, using horses as teacher and guide.

4. Why Horses?
 Flight animal not a prey animal
 Highly sensitive, curious, and
responsive to their environment
 Herd animals
 Respond to pressure
 Intelligent problem solvers
 Vary in size, intelligence,
experience, behavior, and
appearance
 Horses have no ego sensitivity

5. About Us
 Certified Stable
 Certified Horse Master
 Co-founder RIDE of ROCHESTER 501c3
 Registered Nurse
 Certified equine specialist for EAGALA

6. Our Location

7. Any Season

8. Activity Areas
 Outdoor riding and activity arenas
 One hundred year old renovated barn with 8
box stalls and 4 turnouts
 Sixty foot round pen

9. Community Room

10. Horse Rescue

11. Our Horses

12. Collaborative Partner
• Non-profit groups
• Schools
• Corporate organizations
• Mental Health Providers
• Law Enforcement
• Social Services
• Public Health
• Families and Individuals

13. What We Do
 Child and Adolescent
Mentoring
 Parent Study Groups
 Team Building and Group
Activities
 Eagala Therapy
 Have Fun

14. Youth Mentoring
 One mentor per child
 For school age children
 Ninety minute sessions
 May include parents and entire
family
 Child selects a horse they wish
to work with
 Appropriate activity is
determined by the mentor and
the child’s need
 Activity may include riding
 A chore accompanies the
activity
 Time for play is encouraged

15. Positive Parenting Activities
 Discover talents
 Find purpose
 Have influence
 Teach how to deal with
emotions
 Teach how to
communicate with
others
 Teach coping skills
 Develop good judgment

16. Horsemanship Activities
 Teach empathy compassion
and responsibility
 Teach problem solving
 Develop physical strength,
skill, and fitness
 Develop good judgment
 Teach communication with
people and horses
 Increase self control and
focus
 Are spent outside with
living things

17. Families Have Fun

18. What is EAGALA
 Engaging, Active and
Effective
 For Everyone
 For Any Problem
 Grounded!
 Professional Therapy

19. Seven Ways EAP Can Help
 Effective
 Uncovers the REAL
Client Quickly.
 Professional Therapist
 Engaging
 Gets Clients Past the
Sticking Points.
 Great for Individuals and
Groups
 Provides Real Solutions

20. Work on the Farm

21. So… If You Are Looking For
Something?

22. “Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead
where there is no path and leave a trail.”