b'Y P O R H T N A L I H PSTAR: Where Horses Change LivesSTAR is a nonprofit that provides equine-related therapeutic experiences for persons with disabilities or other challenges. RK Senior Advisor Chase Kerby is a board member. His wife, Alex, competes as a professional Three-Day Event rider and horse trainer. S hangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding, known to locals as STAR, works with at-risk children and adults and those with physical, mental, and neurological disabilities. The goal is to foster both physical independence and emotional growth through a variety of programs.Lynn Petr launched STAR in 1987 with one horse and three volunteers as part of her Therapeutic Recreation Masters thesis project at the University of Tennessee. Today it serves people in a dozen counties. In 2022 alone, STAR served 1,298 people through Equine Assisted Services.Chase Kerby, Senior Advisor, CFP, and AIF at RK and board member at STAR, with Lynn Klimas Petr, Executive Director of STAR14'