Hearts & Hooves - A Therapeutic Riding Center

Welcome

Hearts & Hooves provides equine assisted activities to persons with disabilities and is located in Sherwood AR, just outside of the Little Rock/North Little Rock city limits. Hearts & Hooves enriches the lives of people with disabilities through partnership with the horse.

Hoedown Info & Tickets

Join us for the 13th annual Hoedown on October 5, 2013 starting at 6pm at the Hearts & Hooves facility.

Grab your boots, put on your favorite Western wear and join us for some boot scootin’ fun!

Ticket Price includes: Dinner, live music featuring Chuck Gatlin and his band Canvas, silent and live auctions (by Craig O’Neill, Anchor Today’s THV, also the Roving Master of Ceremonies and Live Auctioneer) and most importantly, a fashion show by our own special equestrians! Smell the steaks cookin’ on the grill, feast your eyes on the horses in the pasture, kick back and enjoy the evening!

This event is entirely volunteer based; all proceeds go to the benefit of the program.

Hearts & Hooves Board of Directors Excel

SHERWOOD, AR - Hearts & Hooves of Sherwood, AR is proud of the personal accomplishments of two of

their board members: Nita Pilkington and Nell Sterling. Hearts & Hooves offers Equine Assisted Activities for

individuals with disabilities. It is a Premiere Accredited Center through PATH International, demonstrating that

it meets or exceeds the national standards for the therapeutic riding industry. Hearts & Hooves strives to staff

its volunteer board of directors with qualified and diversified people to provide experience and wisdom for the

sustainability of the program.

Nita Pilkington is transferring to Business Development Officer for Centennial Bank after 30 plus years in Retail

Banking; she will be a part of the team that is responsible for establishing new relationships and bringing

new business to the bank. Ms Pilkington is well-known throughout Sherwood and North Little Rock and will

be a great asset to the bank in her new role. She will office at Centennial’s Kiehl Branch and continue to be

involved in many organizations throughout the community such as Hearts & Hooves and Sherwood Rotary.

Nell Sterling is a CPA Partner with Bell & Company, a community minded organization as well as one of the

largest CPA firms in the area. In 2012 Bell & Company won the Arkansas Society of CPAs award for Firm

Community Service on the State Level and was nominated for the National Award for Firm Community

Service amongst our peers across the United States. Bell & Company was selected and honored for the Firm

Community Service Award and accepted the award at the AICPA National meeting October 22, 2012.

Hearts & Hooves is a 501(C)3 non-profit equestrian organization founded in 2001 to enrich the lives of people

with disabilities through partnership with the horse. The program provides a professional environment to

serve these individuals so that they might achieve increased self-confidence and improved life skills through

teamwork with horse and staff.

Pat White, Executive Director, stated that she was honored to have such experienced and recognized

community leaders stepping up to help the riders of Hearts & Hooves sit taller in the saddle!

Latest News

Rider Testimonials

Dear Mrs. Pat, I love your program! All of the people go to great lengths to make the miracles happen! I can see that you are covered in miracles and I am deeply touched by these miracles! --Your rider, Amanda
…PS: I always look forward to our next riding lesson! ~Amanda, 13 years old

Volunteer Testimonials

I am sincerely honored to be part of Hearts & Hooves! It has truly become a passion in my life. In my world, full of office cubicles, computers, and project deadlines, I can honestly say that spending my time at Hearts & Hooves on Saturday is sometimes the only thing I look forward to all week! Being able to work with the great staff and awesome kids that come out is amazing! And, who knew shoveling horse poop could be so rewarding! I just wish I could give more of my time. ~Shane , age 27