The third stop of the KSPR and Oprah's Big Give "Change Your School Challenge" takes us to Willard.

KSPR’s Natalie Nunn shows us where Willard students are blazing a new trail.

Willard High School students are taking their challenge from their school. They’re using a horse, like Alice, to help change the community.

Mike Rader and his 5 year old son Eli like the idea.

Eli has cerebral palsy, and riding Alice is therapy.

“The movement of the horse is very rhythmic and it provides different sensory inputs to the brain,” Melinda Keithley from Horses of Hope said.

“We can see a difference after 15-20 minutes of being on a horse,” Rader said.

Horses of Hope has been around for 10 years. Families from all over the Ozarks visit Melinda, and Willard students’ hope to make that an option for students at their school.

“Horses of Hope will provide therapy for the students if they choose to participate in the program.”

“I think it's a chance to broaden their horizons a lil bit.”

Not everyone is familiar with Hippotherapy, but students and teachers are supporting the cause.

“I get so many teachers that are like I'm so excited to wear jeans and they put in their $10 in for the whole week.”

Teachers are paying to dress down. Raffles and pancake breakfasts are also ways they hope to raise enough so kids like Eli can “ride on.”

“As a parent of a special needs child we’re impressed with students of Willard coming up with this idea. It's not something they're doing for themselves, it's something they're doing for kids that need it,” Rader said.

Willard students will be hosting a pancake breakfast at the Applebee’s on Primrose Saturday morning.