Mission Statement

Jake E’s Riding Round Up, located in Kaufman, TX, is a Christian based non-profit equine-assisted services and healing center that offers P.E.A.C.E. – People thru Equines & Christ Achieving Courage & Empowerment .  Jake E's was established in memory of founder Jana Ewing Syvrud's 3-year-old son, Jacob Eli, who died in a tragic, non-equine related accident in April of 2010. The center focuses on improving the lives of individuals with a need to find P.E.A.C.E. Today the non-profit offers services to a variety of clients in the Northeast Texas area including veterans and their dependents, at-risk youth,  those struggling with substance abuse, children and adults with special abilities and anyone who can find healing and P.E.A.C.E. through a relationship with the horse.