Work around an array of farm and exotic animals while impacting children's lives at Purpose Farm

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Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Purpose Farm! We are looking for volunteers who are committed, and responsible to volunteer to help us care for the animals and maintain the farm. Volunteering at Purpose Farm is physically demanding, but very rewarding. While the animals are right there beside you most volunteering involves cleaning up after the animals, feeding the animals, and caring for the property. Please keep in mind volunteering is year round in the winter as well. We also need behind the scenes volunteers to run information booths, help at special events, fundraising, writing grants, and more! We also offer special needs volunteer opportunities if you are working with a local agency. We have volunteers from Advocates, Liberty Resources and many others.

Qualifications:

• You must be 18 or older to be a volunteer. (10-17 per basis with an adult)
• You do not need horse experience to volunteer.
• We will not set up your first visit until we receive your volunteer application.
• You must be committed! We are counting on you to show up. We do not have a backup plan or another volunteer to cover your shift.
• Be invested in our mission of changing the lives of not only the animals but the YOUTH who depend on coming to the farm. ​

• Job description: Loading bales of hay onto a 4-wheeler and dropping over a fence line into the horse pastures. Filling the hay boxes with the bales of hay. Measuring out grain for older horses and giving to them​.

• Job description: Loading bales of hay onto a 4-wheeler and dropping over a fence line into the horse pastures. Filling the hay boxes with the bales of hay. Measuring out grain for older horses and giving to them.

• Job description: Driving the 4-wheeler in the pastures with the horses in the pastures. You will be scooping horse poop into a pull behind cart and dumping in the manure pile near by. A minimum of 2 people need to perform this job together.

• Job description: Driving the 4-wheeler in the barn isle to each coop. Remove old bedding and replace with new bedding. De-webbing, dusting and washing the coop walls and disinfecting water buckets and refilling.

• Job description: Driving the 4-wheeler in the barn isle to each pen. Remove old bedding and replace with new bedding. De-webbing, dusting and washing the walls and disinfecting water buckets and refilling.

• Job description: De-webbing, dusting and cleaning the fridges and sweeping

• Job description: Weeding under Purpose Farm sign and picnic table and other mulched areas. Watering all flowers and plants.

• De-webbing, dusting and sweeping other stalls and main barn.

• Telling your church about us and getting them involved! Youth Groups, Small Groups, Children's Ministries, and even the whole congregation!