I loved volunteering with Project R.I.D.E. I enjoyed working with each child, and everyone was very nice to work with. It’s great to see the growth within each child when they come here and to know that I had some part in it.

Rayna S.
CSUS Child Development student

It was a very rewarding experience, I enjoyed each and every day and I met many new friendly people. Most of all I saw the growth of the students over the weeks and the excitement in their eyes when they arrived. It was priceless.
~Amanda S.
Child Development Student

Coming into this experience, I was only concerned with completing my hours for class. However, even after my first experience of volunteering it opened up my eyes to a whole new way of looking and appreciating things. The staff and students were so warm and welcoming, I am sincerely grateful and thankful for my time [...]

I would like to thank you for the opportunity you have given me with Project R.I.D.E. Friday afternoons are something I look forward to. Not only do I get to help out with several volunteers who are as enthusiastic as I am, but the kids are amazing! I haven’t had this much fun in [...]

I have developed strong leadership skills that I might not have known I possessed if I had not been given the opportunity by Project R.I.D.E. I can also say that I now have a completely new outlook on people with special needs…

This is one of the most valuable, and rewarding experiences I have had through my college education. Prior to entering the program I was apprehensive about working with developmentally disabled children as I had no experience with them. I was afraid, nervous of their defects to be honest, their unpredictability and my inability to help them. To make matters worse I’ve never worked with a horse and was scared of their size and power. Those fears instantly vanished …

It has been a great opportunity volunteering here – the opportunity I have personally not gotten before now. Getting to work with a special team of organizers and management was illuminating and educative to me. I didn’t know how animals and human beings (volunteers) could be harnessed to bring about a wonderful therapeutic assistance to [...]