Horse Care Barn Volunteers Spring/Summer Months

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We need superstar volunteers who a love for horses (experience appreciated yet not necessary) to assist our Equine Specialist with basic barn chores. If you enjoy taking care of animals, being outdoors, and doing some hard work - we invite you to come and help care for a very special small herd of horses and donkeys who change and save lives for a living.

HORSE CARE BARN VOLUNTEER Duties Include:

Helping to take great care of the Herd who as animal therapists do help trauma survivors heal and are award winning service animals. Our budget is always tight yet we do our best to give them the best care. As a barn volunteer you can help us do that. Horse experience is appreciated, yet not required. What is required is a gentle attitude, patience, interest to learn, reliability and a love for animals.

• Horse Care duties: feeding, grooming, leading to pasture, sometimes hand grazing outside.
• Barn Chore duties: empty and scrub water buckets, fill hay nets, prepare morning feed, sweeping, tidying up client spaces for next day, if time allows - some stall cleaning.
• Outside Sunset duties: maintenance of outdoor water sources, cleaning up manure from barn lot, donkey pen, indoor/outdoor arenas - if and as needed before it gets dark.
  
• The herd includes 3 horses, 3 donkeys,1 therapy cat, 1 therapy rooster.

Barn volunteers are taught the patterns, the tools and the specific chores needed in the SRoL barn.
All barn volunteers on a trial run in the beginning to determine fit.

Spring and Summer Evenings (April through October):

Spring / Summer Barn Shift times can range from late afternoon to night time. The core shift time is approximately 630-900pm each evening. However we can be somewhat flexible on shift times if you can commit to one (1) shift per week yet only if at 6-730pm (for example), we will see if that can work out depending on day of week, etc. SRoL does require reliability, dependability, and commitment to the Horse Care Barn Volunteer position. For the continuity and routine of the Herd we ask for a steady shift commitment of one (1) shift per week, the same day each week. In return we will offer an opportunity to learn horse keeping skills, a zen way of being with horses, and the accomplishment that you are a part of the service we provide to others in that these animals are our esteemed colleagues and we honor that.

For the 2023 Season we are searching to fill the following evening shifts with space for (#) of volunteers:
Sundays (2), Tuesdays (2), Wednesdays (1), Thursdays (1).

Note: Other Shifts Available, IF You Are Available -

There is a Monday Morning shift open. This requires ample horse experience as well as training with our team, as eventually this shift is done unsupervised. If interested please inquire as it would be a case by case basis and we would need to meet in person initially.

There is also a shorter Weekday Midday (early afternoon) shift available to students, retirees, or adults who have this time available. Duties would include maintain outdoor pastures (weather permitting), checking water for the horses, giving lunch hay, and other dinner-prep chores. If interested please inquire with us.

VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOURS COUNT: SRoL will verify/validate service hours for those who come here and give their heart and hard work to the herd that heals. This counts for NHS, Boy/Girl Scouts, School Service Hours, Church Groups, and more.

Because of the AMAZING work these horses do and the miracles they set forth, we are picky about their care. If you are detail-oriented, this will be a fit. :)

See our 4-legged teachers in action at https://www.linktr,ee.com/njvh_sroh

We hope to see you inside the barn!