Volunteer at Horse ’N Soul
It’ll be one of the most rewarding things you’ll ever do.
A Volunteer Experience Like No Other
Volunteering at Horse ’N Soul enriches your life. By coming alongside us to deliver equine-assisted services and run a horse barn, there’s so much you’ll get to see and do.
Get to know the horses up close.
Learn to care for these magnificent animals and feel the warmth, joy, and gratitude they bring.
Get specialized training and skills.
Gain new capabilities and valuable experience that you can apply to any future endeavor. We’ll train you in horsemanship and in equine-assisted therapy techniques.
Get outdoors and experience nature.
Breathe fresh air. Enjoy a beautiful, peaceful setting away from everyday life. Do work that engages your body and mind.
Get the most profound job satisfaction ever.
Change lives in real time by giving our therapeutic riders an exhilarating, restorative experience on a horse. Be an essential part of a therapeutic team that delivers healing, hope, and fun.
The Roles You Can Fill
When you volunteer at Horse N’ Soul, you become an essential member of a therapy team. We can’t do it without you!
Here are some of the volunteer positions where we need you:
Sidewalker
Walk alongside the client on the horse during their session. Help them understand and complete the instructor’s direction, keep them safe and comfortable, and ensure the horse is comfortable too. Our therapeutic riding clients love their sidewalkers.
Horse Handler
Prepare horses for therapy sessions and care for them afterward. Catch them out in the pasture, groom and tack them, and make sure they’re ready for work before clients arrive. Cool them down afterward, put away their tack, feed and water them, and reward them for a job well done.
Barn Aide
Help us keep the horses healthy and happy, the barn running smoothly, and the property clean and beautiful. Groom and feed horses, clean and care for equipment, muck stalls, and pick up the pasture.
Administrative or Event Helper
Lend your organizational or logistics skills in the office, or help us prepare and run the clinics and camps we hold through our Riding Academy.
Volunteer Requirements
At Horse N’ Soul, we want each client, volunteer, and horse to feel better and more energized after a session than they did beforehand. To that end, we have just a few requirements for volunteers:
Working with horses and clients is an active job. You don’t have to be an athlete, but you do need to have a moderate level of fitness.
For volunteering with therapeutic riders, you’ll need to be able to:
- Walk for at least 30 minutes.
- Jog lightly from time to time.
- Lift your arms to and above shoulder level.
- Support riders as they practice their balance.
We ask that you be available 10 hours per week. This way, our horses and our riders get to know you, and you get to know them. We love to build relationships at our barn!
Interested in Volunteering? Let Us Know!
Complete the following form, and we’ll be in touch.
And thank you! We’re excited to meet you, and our clients and horses are too.
