BEGINNER BARN CHORE VOLUNTEERS - Enjoy working outside around our horses!  Beginner volunteers may interact directly with our Geriatric herd, but are asked to not enter other pastures as those horses can be more unpredictable. 

INTERMEDIATE BARN CHORE VOLUNTEERS - After regular chores are complete, get some one-on-one horse time by haltering and grooming specific Geriatric horses.  We ask that intermediate volunteers not enter any pastures besides the Geriatric, as our other horses can be more unpredictable. 

ADVANCED BARN CHORE VOLUNTEERS - Lead our barn chore teams through a morning or evening feeding.  Coordinate, manage, and assist in the activities of all volunteers including horse handling, horse care, feeding, and general clean up.   These volunteers must be detail oriented and efficient so as to ensure the continuity of all barn protocol.   Intermediate level horse handling skills are required.  Human resource management experience is helpful.   Please note: it is very rare for a new applicant to be accepted as an advanced level barn volunteer.  After working several shifts and getting to know CHR’s routine, intermediate level volunteers may be promoted to an advanced level.

FACILITIES AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE VOLUNTEERS

• Light and heavy vehicle maintenance:  We utilize a number of vehicles here at the farm for all the many activities we work through each day.  We are looking for mechanical people who can help maintain our “work horses” such as our pick-up trucks, tractor, skidsteer, golf cart,and horse trailers. 
• Building, grounds, and fence upkeep:   In our efforts to keep our facility looking sharp, we can utilize more volunteers to help with such things as fence repair, harrowing of our pastures, horse shelter and barn repair, rock removal, manure spreading and/or hauling, and building of additional horse pens and pastures.  These projects can be completed by an individual or a group of volunteers who enjoy outdoor farm work.  If your work group has the necessary skills to help with these sorts of projects, we could certainly use the help.
• Gardening:  With over 50 acres of open space we are in need of individuals or groups of volunteers who can help with maintenance of the garden spaces around our office and barn.  This includesweeding, planting flowers, watering trees, and mowing.  If you have flowers or plants you would like to donate to help make our facility look better, we can always find spots for you to plant your favorite items!  This can be a great activity for large work groups that are looking for a day-long project.
• Plumbing and Electrical:  There is always a need for various indoor and outdoor plumbing or electrical projects.  Running electric fencing or providing more lights outside are both ongoing projects here at the rescue.  Any previous experience is extremely helpful!

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT VOLUNTEERS - Assist our Communications Director and Executive Director with administrative tasks such as filing, archiving, special mailings, office cleaning, answering phones and emails, and light computer work.  Writing and organizational skills are helpful.  If you are detail oriented and can work within deadlines, please consider donating your time for this important work on behalf of our horses.

THRIFT STORE VOLUNTEERS - Help raise money for our horses!  Run CHR’s thrift store by sorting and cleaning recently donated items, selling various donated items,  keeping an inventory of current items, and helping to ‘get the word out’ about the store itself.  Cash register skills are required.