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Flexible Schedule
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Three Bridges, NJ 08887
We need superstar volunteers who have ample horse experience to assist our Equine Specialist with basic barn chores. If you enjoy taking care of horses, we invite you to come and help care for a very special small herd of horses (and 3 donkeys) who change and save lives for a living. Duties include: Taking GREAT care of the herd of 4 legged therapists who save lives and help trauma survivors heal. This includes washing water buckets, maintaining outside water sources, filling hay nets, sweeping, and cleaning of the stalls daily. Cleaning up manure/hay from dry lot, indoor/outdoor arenas, and smaller paddocks close to the barn. The herd includes 3 horses, 3 donkeys. 6 stalls on shavings. 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. Once committed we ask for one (1) shift per week. Fall and Winter Shifts are Midday or Afternoon (November through April): Autumn and Winter Barn Shifts are either midday (12 to 3pm) or afternoon/evening (3 to 6pm) as the horses are outside during the daytime and the barn/stalls get cleaned then. There are also outside chores to maintain water and hay supply, as well as clean up manure in the smaller paddocks close to the barn. In the afternoon shift there is time to bring in the horses for daily check, grooming, and dinner. There is availability for midday shifts for 1 person weekdays. There is availability for afternoon shifts on M-Tu-Th during the week. 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 trainers in action at https://www.linktr,ee.com/njvh_sroh We hope to see you at the farm!
Date Posted: Aug 16, 2023
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Virtual Opportunity
Do you excel at administrative work? Do you care about forgotten/abused teens? If so, we need your help! Spring Reins of Life is searching for an administrative assistant(s) to help us keep solvent and in touch as we work to pull out of a 15 month Covid19-NJ lockdown. This would include: Maintaining project spreadsheets and contacts for potential sponsors, donors, and supports (both in funding and good/services Researching and creating outreach steps to secure needed items of donation, or discounts to apply towards the things we will need for the Herd and farm Some projects would include crowd funding measures and/or social media platform utilization to get the funding needs for specific projects out to the public to garner needed support Create unique ways of getting our message out and to advocate in our community for specialty volunteers and also potential programming partners to engage once Covid restrictions are lifted Assistance provided to SRoL's volunteer coordinator to keep help and support coming (both physically and virtually) While much of work would be done remotely, we ask that you be local to/ or at least have knowledge of our area in Central New Jersey. In our arena, horses save lives! Since 2012, Spring Reins of Life has offered equine-assisted therapy to over 1300 at-risk teens and over 1000 NJ veterans. The majority of our clients do not want to or simple can not "talk about it". Most have never been around a horse before, yet they tell us it's the one thing that can bring them peace, present moment and rebuild trust. Consider joining our Herd from the back of the barn (behind the scenes).
Date Posted: Aug 16, 2023
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Aug 14
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Nov 12
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09:00 AM
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12:45 PM
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Three Bridges, NJ 08887
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. 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 630-830pm 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!
Date Posted: Aug 16, 2023
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Three Bridges, NJ 08887
Spring Reins of Life and the horses here are in search of a Handyperson! (man or woman) We are ISO for some maintenance and light repairs for the barn, equipment, and items needed for horse care. The Herd is located in Three Bridges (just 4miles from Flemington). It would make a WORLD of difference for us if there could be a helper who has basic skills in fixing glitches like sticky doors, equipment wheel maintenance, and mainly creative ways to accomplish light repairs (like a door knob that keeps falling off?!). The fixer helper we seek could be available once or twice a month to keep us moving along in our mission and horse care. If you have a bit of knowledge and know-how for light repairs, carpentry, metals, windows/ doors, fencing, pavers, faucets that leak, etc. We would love to know you. SRoL has acquired some eclectic tools over the years, yet it would be most efficient if our recruited handy helper has a more in-depth source to choose from to efficiently fix or modify the things that we need fixing... Please inquire with us if any interest. The list is small, yet impeding our efficiency and progress - so would be such a help to be able to upgrade how chores can be done better and faster. Thank you!
Date Posted: Aug 16, 2023
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Three Bridges, NJ 08887
Would you like to support our work helping veterans and at-risk youth while maintaining social distance? We would love to have your help collecting supplies for our horses and donkeys who provide therapy to trauma survivors. If you are local to our Three Bridges, NJ location, collect supplies and make arrangements to drop off at our facility. If you are out of the area, consider collecting gift cards or making donations via our Amazon Wish List. What do you need to do? Check our Donation Wish List to see what items are needed. Set up a box or bin for donors to drop off their donations. Decorate the box if you’d like - this is an especially good idea for children’s groups. Publicize your supply drive. Make sure you have a good place to store your donations until you take them to the farm. Once your donation drive is complete, call or email to make arrangements to drop off your items at location in Three Bridges. Congratulate yourself on a job well done! This is a great project for scouts, church groups, school groups and anyone who wants to make a difference in the lives of our 4-legged therapists! Click on "I want to help" and we will provide you with a Wish LIst and more specific instructions to make your supply drive a success.
Date Posted: Aug 16, 2023
