- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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25 people are interested
Horse Care Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: SOUTH WEST FLORIDA HORSE RESCUE INC
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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25 people are interested
In search of general volunteer services. South West Florida Horse Rescue (SWFHR) is always in need of well-mannered, caring, and responsible people within our community. No experience is required. "Horse Volunteers" must be willing to "get dirty", considering our main services are outside all day every day.
Some areas of need/interest are:
- Horse Keepers: Feeding, cleaning stalls & paddocks, filling & cleaning water troughs, and other tasks that need to be completed daily;
- Handlers & Groomers: Grooming, hoof care, and socialization;
- Equine ER: In severe cases, those who are approved may tend to non-common medical needs for any equines;
- Facility Maintenance: Barn maintenance, fence checks, fence building, and repairs, weed control, tree maintenance, hazard watch, general maintenance and repairs, and other typical activities);
- Fundraising: Event help & organization, outreach, special projects, and independent event-ing;
- Mechanics: Servicing the machine fleet for the Horse Volunteers and the FacMaint Volunteers is a strong need for our overall operations.
2 Shifts
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morning /
07:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Tons of flexibility with time frames. Shifts are created to delineate that we have two different crews AM & PM
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evening /
05:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Tons of flexibility with time frames. Time to complete is about 2hours. Winter time start times adjust to 4pm.
- NONE OF THESE TIMES WORK FOR ME, BUT I CAN STILL HELP
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About SOUTH WEST FLORIDA HORSE RESCUE INC
Location:
14811 State Road 31, Punta Gorda, FL 33982, US
Mission Statement
Dedicated to saving the lives of our local horses from abuse, neglect, and slaughter by providing the best vet/farrier/feed to bring these horses back to health in a safe and positive environment. With the community in mind, we strive to gain an excellent standing with all we come in contact with. Finding "forever homes" for these horses is our priority.
Description
South West Florida Horse Rescue, Inc. (SWFHR) is a Horse (Equine) Rescue operating in SW Florida more specifically Charlotte, Lee, Collier counties. We give our all for our community's equines and then some. Our operating area has, since our founding back in 2010, always been stated as the (5) counties of SW Florida but over the years we have rescued and re-homed beyond our counties.
We operate by simple rules which are safety, comfort, and security. These managing points lead to the main topics, of what we do, reduce and prevent undue stress of equines and owners. We consider our humane, ethical, and fiduciary duty to the equines we currently care for, to not need saving ourselves, while providing the following programs:
Equine Rescue, Equine Adoption, Volunteer, Equine Education, and Equine Owner Assistance (as funding is available)
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
14811 State Road 31Punta Gorda, FL 33982
DATE POSTED
January 13, 2024
SKILLS
- Veterinary
- Animal Care / Handling
- Animal Therapy
- Fundraising
- Construction
- Auto Mechanics / Repair
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 13
- Orientation or Training
- Available volunteering hours 7 am - 7pm daily. There is a high flexibility of volunteer choice. Most are willing to provide. 4 - 8 hrs. a week as an average. No less than 2hr is expected for any one day of volunteering. You choose the days.
- All Volunteer requests must FIRST, arrange a "Volunteering Tour" through our website: https://swfhr.org/help/volunteer. If after your tour you still want to proceed then we will process you through our application system.