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CHARITY SPOTLIGHT
A Closer Look At:
Horses In The Hood
is nonprofit organization introduces inner-city Los
Angeles residents to horses through weeklong camps that
teach riding, horsemanship and life skills at no cost to
participants.
B y M E G A N B R I N C K S
P h o to s C o u r te s y o f H O R S ES I N T H E H O O D
M
ost equestrians can't imagine
life without their equine
partners. But in Los Angeles'
inner city, an area facing gang activity,
drug problems and economic depression,
horses are a foreign concept and an out-
of-reach luxury.
Horses In e Hood (HHLA) offers
people, mostly at-risk youth, from LA
neighborhoods like Watts and the nearby city
of Compton a week at Mill Creek Equestrian
Center in Topanga, Calif., to learn about
horses and riding—earning a new skill and
self-confidence at the same time.
Working directly with other nonprofit
Horses In The Hood
participants, residents
of Los Angeles' inner-
city neighborhoods, have
sometimes never been in
contact with horses before
attending camp sessions at
Mill Creek Equestrian Center
in Topanga, Calif.
