Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form<\/p>\n
Organization Name: Healing Strides of VA
\nLegal Name (if Different):
\nAlso Known As:
\nMailing Address: PO Box 456
\nCity: Boones Mill
\nState: VA
\nPostal Code: 24065
\nMain Phone: 540-334-5825
\nMain Fax: 540-334-2941
\nOrganization Website: https:\/\/healingstridesofva.org\/
\nEmployer ID Number: 54-1594325
\nOrganization Tax Status: 501 C 3<\/p>\n
Proposal Information<\/p>\n
Today’s Date: February 6, 2026
\nRequested Amount: $10,000<\/p>\n
Project Title: Finding Your Stride
\nProject Description:<\/p>\n
Finding Your Stride is an 8-week equine-assisted Mental Wellness Coaching track offered through our Mental Health, Education, and Coaching program. It is designed to support youth ages 6\u201317 who are living with physical, emotional, and cognitive challenges. Through intentional interaction with horses and structured activities facilitated by trained professionals, participants build confidence, self-awareness, and essential life skills within a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.
\nThe program is offered three times over a 12-month period and serves a total of 24 children in small group settings. Each cohort participates in weekly sessions that align equine-assisted experiences with clearly defined developmental goals. Weekly themes focus on critical areas of child development, including social connection, emotional regulation, communication, problem-solving, and resilience. Sessions are intentionally designed to help participants practice skills that support progress toward age-appropriate developmental milestones while strengthening self-esteem, independence, and peer relationships.
\nBeyond skill development, Finding Your Stride provides an important opportunity to identify mental health needs that often went unrecognized until COVID-19 and have since intensified due to the ongoing challenges facing today\u2019s youth. These challenges include prolonged social isolation, academic disruption, family stress, exposure to trauma, economic instability, community violence, and increasing social and digital pressures, to name a few. Through consistent observation, relationship-based engagement, and structured interaction, staff are able to recognize indicators that a child may benefit from additional mental health support and, when appropriate, recommend referrals or continued services.
\nBy combining evidence-informed equine-assisted practices with a trauma-responsive, child-centered approach, Finding Your Stride offers a holistic pathway for growth. The program empowers youth to discover their strengths, build effective coping strategies, and establish a foundation for long-term emotional and social well-being\u2014helping each participant truly find their stride.\n<\/p>\n
Total Project Budget: $133,200<\/p>\n
Other Funding
\nSources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Modest Programming Fees: $, Thurman Foundation $20,000 Potential; Archer Charitable Foundation $25,000 Potential; Private Donors $35, 000 Committed, Kiwanis of Roanoke $3,500 Committed<\/p>\n
Project Duration: One Year
\nGeographical Area Served: State of Virginia
\nAge Group To Be Served: 6-17<\/p>\n
Contact Information<\/p>\n
Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
\nContact First Name: A’Jay
\nContact Last Name: Scipio
\nContact Title:
\nContact Phone:
\nContact Email: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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