- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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6 people are interested
Volunteer - Sidewalker/Leader
ORGANIZATION: HANDICAPPED HIGH RIDERS CLUB
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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6 people are interested
Days needed: TUES, WED, THURS*, FRI* (*priority days as of 03/20/2018)
Volunteer must be comfortable working with large animals. Volunteers should be comfortable working with individuals who have physical, cognitive and emotional challenges. Our students come to us with a variety of abilities, our program serves adults, youth, and children. Our volunteers are often used interchangeably between positions (see 2 positions below), depending on the experience level of the volunteer and the needs of the student and/or horse. Volunteer must be dependable, capable of focusing on one task at a time, capable and comfortable with being assigned a change of task at any given moment. Must be comfortable taking direction and instruction from management.
Volunteer positions:
*Sidewalker - volunteer will walk alongside the horse during a lesson. Ensure the safety of the student in the event that the student loses their balance.
*Leader - volunteer will lead the horse during a lesson, must be comfortable to walk and trot horse on lead.
Volunteers will receive Continuing Education training sessions while on-staff, new-hire training is available. All volunteers will be responsible for the following:
* groom horses (brushing, cleaning hooves, combing manes)
* tack horses (prepare the horse with saddle or saddle pad, adaptive equipment if needed, halter with clip on reins)
* turn horses out into the appropriate paddock
* collect horse from the appropriate paddock
* helping the student to accomplish lesson goals under the direction of the Riding Instructor
More opportunities with HANDICAPPED HIGH RIDERS CLUB
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About HANDICAPPED HIGH RIDERS CLUB
Location:
145 ROUTE 526, ALLENTOWN, NJ 08501, US
Mission Statement
Riding High Farm incorporated as Handicapped High Riders Club, Inc., is a 10 ½ acre farm, indoor riding facility and stable, organized in 1979 as a not-for-profit 501c(3) corporation, dedicated to providing special needs riders with recreational and therapeutic instruction. Riding High Farm is situated on 145 Route 526, Allentown, New Jersey on the border of eastern Mercer and western Monmouth County, midway between the City Trenton and Township of Freehold in Central New Jersey. The organization seeks to enrich the lives of physically, cognitively and emotionally challenged persons through riding instructions that engage special needs individuals in a mainstream recreational and athletic activity and by improving therapeutically through the modality of the horse both physical and cognitive functioning.
Description
Riding High Farm cooperates and maintains accreditation with PATH, Intl., formerly known as the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) and strives to maintain the highest standards of care, safety and instructional benefits for special needs riding. Increasingly reaching out and extending our programs, we provide individual therapeutic riding and group lessons to school districts that require physical education for special needs students. Our goals include the integration of the able-bodied with the special needs population in our inclusive children’s summer camp program to enhance social skill development, as well as the recruitment and training of volunteer and community service workers to assist our professional staff in conducting riding lessons, maintaining our horses and facilities, and assisting in fundraising.
We have a sure hands lift system and our horses are coming from a second and third career and we make every effort to acquire our equine staff from rescues.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
145 County Road 526Allentown, NJ 08501
DATE POSTED
March 19, 2018
SKILLS
- Outdoor Recreation
- Special Needs
- Animal Care / Handling
- Animal Therapy
- Fundraising
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 14
- 3.5-4 hours a week
- reliable, follow instructions, time management, animal friendly, good people skills