About Equine Therapy Volunteer

The Saddle Light Center is always looking for incredible, dedicated people to join our team of volunteers to assist with both our weekday therapy sessions and horse care on the weekends. If you have a passion for horses and helping out those in need then we want you to come and be a part of the Saddle Light Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship Volunteer Team!

As a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization, volunteers are essential to our program. We currently have 58 riders a week - which means that with each rider requiring at least two volunteers to assist them during our sessions we 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧 have a minimum of 140 volunteers to keep our program running. Without our valuable volunteers, the Saddle Light Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship cannot function!

Should you be interested in volunteering with us, please find further detail on our requirements and the qualities we look for our volunteers to possess below.

𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦:

- Must be 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 16 years of age to work around the horses (weekend shifts ONLY).
- Must be 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 17 years of age to work around the riders.
- Must be able to volunteer for a shift 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 for 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝟯 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗦.
- Must fill out a Volunteer Authorization and Release form and attend a training session 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 starting to volunteer at SLC.

𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗦:

- There are 3-6 PM and 6-9 PM shifts available every Monday-Friday to assist with our therapy sessions.
- There are both AM (7-11 AM on Saturday & 7:30-9:30 AM on Sunday) and PM shifts available (4-6 PM on Saturday & 4-6 PM on Sunday) to take care of the horses on our Barn Manager’s days off.

𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦:

Volunteer duties for our weekday shifts include:

- Feeding and cleaning up after horses.
- Leading horses to and from their paddocks.
- Assisting with preparing the horses for the therapy sessions.
- Leading the horse or supporting the rider during the therapy sessions.

Volunteer duties for our weekend horse care shifts include:

- Feeding and cleaning up after horses. - Leading horses to and from their paddocks.
- Cleaning up the barn and paddocks.

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗿@𝘀𝗯𝗰𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘁.

𝘕𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮! 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦!

Application Process

All Volunteers are required to attend a Volunteer Training Session and provide us with their completed Volunteer Authorization and Release forms. You may find the dates of our training sessions on the Volunteer page of our website, as well as the Volunteer Authorization and Release forms. Or should you wish, feel free to email our Volunteer Coordinator, Lily, at [email protected] to inform her of your interest and she will be happy to provide you with the dates and necessary documents.