Central Illinois Riding Therapy

Mission: To promote the well-being of persons with disabilities through the provisions of horseback riding and other related activities within a safe and enjoyable atmosphere designed by professionals and implemented primarily by volunteers.

About Us: CIRT is a non-profit organization serving children, teens & adults (including U.S. Veterans) with mental, physical, emotional & behavioral disabilities, from Tazewell and surrounding counties, in a therapeutic comprehensive and recreational horseback riding program.

Our History: Early in 1983, a group of people from Peoria & Tazewell counties met to discuss the possibility of starting a handicapped horseback riding program for the area. In October of that year, CIRT began its first classes funded by seed money provided by 4-H. Today, CIRT operates under the 4-H not-for-profit 501C3 charter & in accordance with the guidelines established under the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.). CIRT moved throughout Peoria & Tazewell counties until settling at a permanent location in the spring of 1988 at our present location in Neumann Park at 305 Neumann Drive in East Peoria, IL (off Rt. 150). (Source)

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