ABOUT THE RANCH
THE VISION
Our vision is to empower people to take control of their physical, mental and spiritual wellness and to embrace their God-given identity.
THE MISSION
Our mission is to Reach, Rescue and Restore hurting children, families and horses through equine assisted therapies.
THE STRATEGY
Our strategy is to harness the power of Ranch’s Wellness Wheel to empower people to take control of their mind, body and spiritual wellness by celebrating areas that are thriving and to identify areas that need attention in order to strengthen their sense of identity.
A GOD SIZED DREAM
In 2007, Meg only had a dream and a passion for helping horses and children. There was no property, funding or a horse. The Ranch’s first miracle was when God prompted an investor— a perfect stranger, to purchase the property for Bit of Hope. It had a ton of potential, but need a lot of TLC. The first 16 months were spent getting the property safe for horses and humans. Thanks to our community’s sweat and donations, we were able to open our doors in 2009!
The Ranch offered 4 years of free mentoring based therapy until they could not keep up with the needs of the community. The board hired its first professional licensed therapist in 2014. With the addition of several therapists and equine professionals, the Ranch relaunched as a mental health facility. This allowed doctors, therapists, schools and other professionals to refer clients to our programs.
Since then, we not only serve people affected by trauma, abuse and neglect, but we also serve our special needs community. Our Ranch Riders and Saddle Clubs allows clients from all abilities to enjoy the healing power of horses.
MEG VANDERBILT
Meg Vanderbilt brings 30 years of experience as a horsewoman. Her training methods are solution focused with an emphasis on natural horsemanship methods. She brings decades of instructing, training and managing to offer the horses and animals the very best care. Meg also has a degree in Chemistry/ Biology which she used with her team to develop Cowboy Logic Educational Programs. She has also founded the Herdmanship University, an online training program that offers professionals a chance to learn equine assisted therapy for their own business.
Meg is also a licensed Mace Energy Method Practitioner. She studied this powerful method of healing from a 6 month training program from the Causism Institute in Australia. She is the first practitioner in North Carolina and the 6th in the USA. Meg offers this method along with the Emotion Code to offer clients a chance to find the root cause of emotion and physical challenges.
She owes her dreams and success to following Jesus Christ!
OUR STORY…
Roof collapse in the Large Covered Arena during a snow because arenas were not constructed to code before we moved in.
Stalls had to be repaired inside and out.
Small Covered Arena getting new footers and bracing.
No…the camera is straight. This arena was built poorly when we moved in.
Erosion messes—no pasture access.
Our Wellness Clinic —was a stallion barn before we moved in.
Gray barn turning red!