Award-Winning Equine Therapy Center for Veterans Needs You!!!

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We need YOU!. Your time and talent is an integral key to our sustainability and success. There are many ways for you to support a hero in need:

Whether you’re a highly experienced horse person, or a novice, we value everyone’s time and talent. Our mantra is "many hands make light work". We offer a huge array of volunteer opportunities...which one is right for you?

• Provide support with our horses; grooming, exercising horses, stall cleaning, feeding
• Assisting with therapy sessions at our one-day retreats, three-day retreats, and four-week sessions
• Offsite clinics at San Diego Military Installations.
• Serve on Cornerstone’s fundraising Board of Directors
• Serve on Special event committees
• Social Media -good gawd do we need help with this!
• Office/admin support
• Marketing
• Property maintenance
• Fundraising & development
• Media
• Become a Program Ambassador

All volunteers work directly with our instructors, professional horse trainers, and staff to provide assistance before, during and after each client’s scheduled therapy session. For volunteers interested in working in a hands-on way with our clients, we require you to have extensive, and current, horsemanship/horse handling experience. For those who don’t have this level of experience, there are plenty of opportunities to be of service and enjoy participating in each session as you develop the necessary skills for one-on-one interaction with our clients.

Qualifications that are specific for volunteers on the equine therapy session team have an *

1. Must be 18 years of age or older
2. Must attend an orientation and pass the volunteer training.
3. Must be able to walk and jog on uneven ground. *
4. Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. *
5. Must commit to a weekly, same day/same time schedule.
6. Agree to a minimum 3-month commitment on the same day/time

Responsibilities

Volunteer dependability is essential for the smooth running of our programs. We ask our volunteers for a weekly commitment to provide consistency for our clients

1. Punctuality is important! Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your session time.
2. Be able and willing to learn, and follow, all horsemanship procedures.
3. Be able and willing to follow all safety procedures.
4. Be able and willing to assist staff with all barn chores.
5. Be able and willing to perform assigned tasks with minimal supervision.