Horse Leader: You must have additional training to secure this position. Horse knowledge and experience is required. Leading our horses during a lesson takes a different approach. Your attention is on the horse, but you must also listen carefully to the instructor, rider and sidewalkers, yes this is mental multitasking. Getting the horse out of the stall, groomed, tacked up and led at a walk and trot around the arena prior to the lesson. Being able to read the horses’ behaviors and making decisions on its suitability for the lesson. You must be a good communicator to the horse and to humans!
Volunteers 12-13 years: There is a place for you until you are 14! You may not directly assist in the arena during a lesson, but you can help before and after. Stalls always need cleaning, manure dumped, buckets washed and filled, initial grooming, tack cleaned, arena watered down, equipment put out and put away in the appropriate place, etc! Also ,helping with fund raising events, horse shows, golf tournaments, and exhibition rides at various events.
Maintenance Volunteers: You can help with mowing, weeding, fence repair, hay harvest/stacking and general fixing and repair work as needed. This is important to keep the grounds looking great for everyone.
Clerical Volunteers: If computers are your thing then your help is needed in maintaining current lists of our riders, volunteers, instructors, donors/potential donors. In addition we need people to work on the newsletter publication, Steps and Strides, and maintain the newsletter mailing lists. Newsletters go out twice a year.
Fund Raising: Sunrise needs your help by assisting with developing and researching fund raising ideas and implementing the ideas. Chairing the fund raising events which can include advertising, recruiting volunteers, working with the media, securing sponsors, and the bottom line is raising money! This is your chance to be creative and secure funds for our ever growing program and our new facility.
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If any of these jobs interest you, please apply! You can help to make the lives of those individuals with special needs a bit brighter. As a Sunrise EquiTherapy volunteer you can help “turn small steps into confident strides!”
Volunteer Application Form | Download
Volunteer Training Guide | Download |
For more insight into the program please read the testimonials from our current and past volunteers and contact Julie Wood if you have questions. 402-781-2781 We look forward to hearing from you!
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