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69 people are interested
Farm Support and Agricultural Helper
ORGANIZATION: Veterans Art and Farm Therapy
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69 people are interested
If you like working outside and seeing a project completed, this is a great opportunity for you. Volunteers do activities from brushing horses, cleaning stalls, building horse fences, fixing goat pens, putting up pole barns, cleaning wooded trails, picking berries, tilling a garden, mulching, and many more events. Work on a farm is fun and inspirational.
Before working with the veterans, 3 hours of volunteer training getting to know the farm animals and developing skill sets is required. Volunteers may also work in the garden; cultivating, weeding, and managing the raised beds of the garden during the summer months.
Many of the volunteers are also disabled veterans. Some people just want to get outside and be out in nature. This farm is that place.
More opportunities with Veterans Art and Farm Therapy
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About Veterans Art and Farm Therapy
Location:
8544 New Road, Suffolk, VA 23437, US
Mission Statement
Veterans Art & Farm Therapy allows people to go outside, interact with other veterans and experience the joys of nature. Giving veterans structure at a therapeutic facility yet the freedom to explore the beauty of a farm and its natural environment releases pent-up negative emotions opening the way for positive emotional healing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNixZqUbo8
Description
Veterans Art and Farm Therapy is a charity extension of Stargazer Stables. LLC developed in 2015. As a trained art therapist, riding instructor, and owner of Stargazer Stables, Mrs. Allen decided to develop a way for disabled veterans to experience the helpful therapeutic benefits of art and farm activities. The programs are titled "Art, Equine, Farm and Family Fun."
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
8544 New RoadSuffolk, VA 23437
DATE POSTED
March 9, 2018
SKILLS
- Animal Therapy
- Outdoor Recreation
- Technical Writing
- Gardening
- Veteran Care
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Weekends when you can
- No criminal record