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Volunteer, Hands On, Horse Rescue & Farm Animal Sanctuary

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ORGANIZATION: FURVIVORS WONDERLAND

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 38 people are interested
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Volunteer Opportunity at Furvivors Horse Rescue & Farm Animal Sanctuary

Are you ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of animals in need? Come volunteer at The Wonderland, home of Furvivors Horse Rescue. By donating your time, you’ll help care for horses and other farm animals who are on the path to healing from abuse, neglect, or abandonment.

Your time and dedication will provide these animals with the love, attention, and rehabilitation they need to move toward their next chapter in life.

Why We Need Volunteers:

Many of our residents have been deprived of the essential human connection they deserve. That’s where volunteers come in-offering compassion, care, and consistent interaction to help these animals rediscover trust and joy.

No prior horse experience? No problem! All we ask is a willingness to learn, a positive attitude, and a commitment to understanding the responsibilities of animal care.

How You Can Help:

Volunteers are essential in many areas:

  • Animal Care: Provide love, light grooming, fill water buckets, feed and help clean stalls.
  • Farm Maintenance: Stack hay, clean tack and equipment, mend fences, light landscaping and maintain a safe, clean, professional property. Tractor tasks available for those experienced in farm machinery.
  • Horse Activities: Walk, exercise, or assist with horse care (for volunteers with prior horse experience).
  • Event Assistance: Support and attend events as a Furvivors ambassador, or work virtually organizing and fundraising for such events. Additional community initiatives available. (See additional posts)
  • Behind the Scenes: Contribute to admin tasks, social media photography, writing thank-you notes, creating fliers, posters and more.

Above all, safe and engaging interaction with our animals is our top priority!

What We Ask of You:

  • Commitment: A minimum of 2 hours per week in person after orientation and training.
  • Reliability: This is a hands-on role, and we rely on volunteers who are 100% dependable.
  • Age Requirement: Volunteers must be 18 years or older with reliable transportation

Additional Details:

  • Flexible Shifts: Weekly 2-hour shifts are preferred, with flexibility to accommodate your schedule; morning or evening
  • In-Person Role: All horse care volunteering takes place on-site

Location: We are located just outside Oxford, PA, 2 miles off Route 1 along 472. Conveniently within:

  • 8 minutes of Oxford, Chester County
  • 20 minutes of Rising Sun, MD
  • 30 minutes of Lancaster City

NOTE: Furvivors operates on private property and the farm address will be shared upon scheduling an orientation. Farm is located minutes from Oxford, PA (Business address is Chester Springs, PA)

How to Get Started:

If you’re ready to join the Furvivors family, complete our online volunteer application at www.furvivors.org/volunteer or reply to this ad.

We can’t wait to meet you and have you join our compassionate team working to give our residents a brighter future.

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About FURVIVORS WONDERLAND

Location:

PO BOX 562, CHESTER SPRGS, PA 19425, US

Mission Statement

WE BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES We rescue horses in unsafe, neglect, abandoned and at-risk situations. It is our wish that they never get on "that truck". Whether it’s rehab, training, medication or even humane euthanization, we are accepting the challenge. Our mission is to aid these FURvivors so they can have a second chance at a better life, or a first chance at the life they never had in the first place.

Description

Furvivors opens the barnyard to all animals in need, in turn educating humans through their stories. Animals offer a compassionate approach to healing that no other treatment can offer. We offer services to area veterans, troops, organizations, students and families in need of mindful recreation services with horses and farm animals.

Rescuing them to rescue us. Rescue does not stop.

Rated: **2025 Top Rated NonProfit of Great NonProfits ** Read reviews at : www.greatnonprofits.org

CAUSE AREAS

Animals
Community
Veterans & Military Families
Animals, Community, Veterans & Military Families

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

Kirkwood PikeOxford, PA 19363

(39.78539,-75.97884)
 

SKILLS

  • Veterinary
  • Habitat Restoration
  • Environmental Education
  • Farming
  • Animal Care / Handling
  • Animal Therapy

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups
  • Private Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • We ask for a 2-hour window of commitment, once a week; minimally
  • Closed-toe, waterproof shoes or boots are a must, as well as work clothes. Please be prepared to be hands-on and work with horses and all their things such as hay, water, tools, buckets, wheelbarrows, muck tubs, etc. *will be on-feet majority of time

Private Group Details

  • Group Size Range 1 - 50+
  • Event can be held at a volunteer group location (e.g. office, park)
  • Donation Requested
  • A donation of $25 per person is appreciated on day of orientation, or bring items from the Amazon Wish List. (see website) Funds are applied directly to operating costs such as hay, feed & vet care.

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