There are three ways to volunteer:
Programs
No horse experience necessary. Need to attend a tour, complete background check, and attend an orientation.
Service Days
Email joy@theredbarn.org
for more info.
Intern
Email joy@theredbarn.org
for more info.
Volunteer Resources
How you can get Involved:
Volunteer in a Riding Lesson
Due to our accreditation requirements, volunteers must be at least 14 years old, but no previous horse experience is required. All lesson volunteers must attend a training, pass an online test, pass two background checks, and attend a 3 hour orientation. It may take a while to complete the process, but it's well worth it to ensure the safety of our students. To help us ensure consistency for our students, we ask for a weekly one-hour commitment for the term, which is usually about 8-10 weeks.
Volunteer in a Camp
Due to our accreditation requirements, volunteers must be at least 14 years old, but no previous horse experience is required. All volunteers must attend a training, pass an online test, pass two background checks, and attend a 3 hour orientation. It may take a while to complete the process, but it's well worth it to ensure the safety of our students. Camp volunteers do not have to make a weekly commitment. We also welcome your special talents to help with art, music, outdoor education, and anything else that would make our camp great!
Help with Barn Chores
Poop happens and we need your help to clean it up. Plus, there are water buckets and troughs to clean, walls to dust, weeds to pull, and horses to groom. Due to our accreditation requirements, volunteers must be at least 14 years old, but no previous horse experience is required. All volunteers must attend a training, pass an online test, pass two background checks, and attend a 3 hour orientation. It may take a while to complete the process, but it's well worth it to ensure the safety of our students.
Work Groups
Organize a work group to come help us care for the property, tack, stalls, and any other project that's going on. Work groups are a great way to build teamwork within your own group, as well as helping us with projects that need to be completed. Did you know that corporate volunteer programs allow employees to enhance teamwork, communication, project management, and people skills without high costs of professional skill-building courses?
Help us Throw a Party!
We love a great party, especially when there's food involved! Come help us organize special events to raise funds for our programs, show appreciation to our donors, honor veterans, or just for whatever excuse we can come up with. In the summer we have our Kentucky Derby Party and Wine Dinner. In June we've got a 10K Race and an event honoring Vietnam Veterans. In the fall we have Bluegrass and Burgers, and over the holidays we'll have our year end campaign. We need your help to make these possible!
Organize a Supply Drive
Our budget is really tight so we love it when our volunteers organize supply drives for us to collect necessary items like toilet paper, paper towels, stamps, copy paper, printer ink, bottled water, snacks, baby wipes, post-it notes, pens, pencils, crayons, and lots of other items. Check out our amazon wishlist to learn more. This is a great way for younger children to develop leadership and organizational skills.
Become an Intern
We love working with interns and giving them an opportunity to put the theory they've learned into practice. Interns may be high school students over 14 years old, college students, or anyone looking for a career in equine therapy or working in nonprofits. We've had interns from UAB, University of Alabama, Auburn University, Mississippi State, University of Tennessee, Belmont University, University of South Alabama, William Woods University, and many local high schools. Use the form below to contact us for more information about becoming an intern.
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