At Stable Friends, we put our love for foster children and foster horses into all that we do.
Our Journey
Stable Friends has embarked on a journey that revolves around our passion for fostering connections between horses and children. Our story is one of dedication and compassion, as we strive to make a difference in the lives of foster kids by introducing them to the world of equine companionship. We believe in the transformative power of these relationships and are committed to creating life-changing experiences for both the children and the horses. Join us in our mission to spread love and joy through the unique bond between kids and horses.
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It is our duty to positively impact the lives of the children in our foster care system who feel they are just a number. They have little certainty about where they will live or go to school. They must live with strangers and attend new schools. They've lost everything and everyone they know. It happens to them over and over again. Many foster families quit after one or two years leaving caseworkers to find another placement for the children.
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Nearly 400,000 children are in the foster care system.
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One by one, we will offer a promise of stability in one area of their life. The horse will move as they move. The horse will be their constant companion. We will provide transportation to and from their home. This will not be a burden to the foster family. Our intention is to support the foster family with a positive influence in the child's life. To provide an outlet for their feelings and their unlimited energy.
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Please support our mission to heal the hearts of children, horses and the people around them both.
Meet Our Founder
Hello, and thank you for visiting our site.
I have loved horses for as long as I can remember.
When I was 6 yrs old, the 1971 film Black Beauty left a mark on me that never went away. I was inconsolable for three days following. It wasn’t just a story about a horse—it was a story about a life passed from place to place. Different owners. Different treatment. Sometimes good, sometimes not. It was my first realization that horses don’t always have one home. They adapt. They endure. They keep going.
Years later, in 2009, I was standing at a horse auction. I remember looking at the horses with numbered stickers on their hips and thinking about what that moment must feel like for them. That morning, they had been home. By afternoon, they were in a loud, unfamiliar place—strange smells, strange people—and by evening, they would be going somewhere unknown.
And it hit me.
Horses are foster creatures.
In that moment, a question surfaced that wouldn’t leave me:
What if we paired them with foster children?
What if two beings—both having experienced disruption, uncertainty, and change—could meet in one place and form a relationship that didn’t disappear?
That idea became Stable Friends.
At its core, this work is about creating one thing that stays.
A child is paired with a single horse—their horse. They learn how to care for it, how to communicate with it, how to be responsible for something outside themselves. Even when they may not have felt cared for, they become the one who cares. It’s an agent of change.
The barn becomes more than a place. It becomes somewhere to belong.
A place to do homework.
A place to cry it all out on into your horse's soft mane.
A place to be understood without words.
Horses are available in a way the world often isn’t. They aren’t too busy. They don’t judge. They respond to presence, honesty, and consistency. And in that environment, children begin to change. They build confidence. They develop real, marketable skills. They learn how to show up, how to communicate, how to be part of something.
And when they move—which they often do—their horse moves too.
The language of the barn carries with them.
They are not starting over from nothing.
They already know something.
They already belong somewhere.
They have an icebreaker at their new school.
They have a new positive identity, that sticks.
Stable Friends is built on the belief that lasting relationships change lives.
When you pair a child who has experienced instability with a horse who understands it in its own way, something powerful happens. They begin to heal—not because someone told them how, but because they experienced consistency.
And sometimes, that’s all it takes.
One horse.
One child.
Something that stays.
And countless stable friends to help us launch this program.
With kindness, for all horses and children,
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Kym Luck
Founder