Welcome to Jasper Ridge Farm!
Our Mission
Inspired by the comforting power of animals, Jasper Ridge Farm provides a special experience for people in need.
Who We Serve
Serving San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, we provide programs for children with special needs or facing life-threatening illness, families dealing with homelessness or grief, youth struggling with mental health issues, veterans and active military, many of whom have PTSD or traumatic brain injury, adults with disabilities and incarcerated women.
Our Goals
At Jasper Ridge Farm, our goal is to bring unique experiences through therapeutic interactions with horses and gentle farm animals to children and adults facing physical and emotional challenges. We strive to enrich the lives of our clients through the comfort and unconditional acceptance that interacting with animals can provide for people. We are dedicated to offering programs that encourage and facilitate interactions, allowing our clients to take a break from their current life circumstances and experience the joy and healing that spending time with animals can provide.
Our Focus
We strive to improve the physical, mental, emotional and social well-being of our clients through our therapeutic animal assisted programs. We are dedicated to offering programs that enable our clients to experience the comfort and healing that spending time with animals can provide.
Our Programs
Animal Assisted Programs
The programs we offer improve the physical, mental, emotional and social well-being of our clients through our therapeutic animal assisted activities.
Volunteer &
Make a Difference!
Your energy, talent and resources will bring much needed support to our Staff, and inspiration and hope to the people we serve in our community.
Our Animals
Our family of animals, many of whom have been rescued, each have an important job at Jasper Ridge Farm. This hard working group bring joy and comfort to people through their unconditional acceptance.
Kachina
Kachina regularly visits children at Ronald McDonald House and local homeless shelters, as well as senior citizens in assisted living facilities, and inmates in local jails.
Chickens
The Jasper Ridge Farm flock of hens is popular and unflappable (pun intended) when visiting with children and adults. Our hens like to lap sit and some like to snuggle their heads into your arms while they take a nap!
Ernie and Wooly
Ernie and Wooly are babydoll sheep that look like they have a little smile on their faces. Their gentle nature and wooly coats make them perfect therapy animals.
Favorite Story
Ronald McDonald House
Karlene and her mom Nicola, share their story of what visiting with our animals while staying at Ronald McDonald House means to them.
Favorite Story
HorseHeroes
Ramona, a United States Navy Veteran who has complex PTSD, shares how spending time in our Veterans horseback riding program, led to positive changes in her life.
