VOLUNTEER

INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING?

We'd love to have you join us to make a difference in the lives of horses and the people who love them!

  • Community service - Students welcome.

  • Farm volunteers - No experience is needed.

    We will teach you everything you need to know!

    • Children under 10 yrs old may only volunteer with a parent or adult.

    • Our farm volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of 1 weekly 3 hour shift, same day/time for 3 months or more.

  • Adults and seniors wishing to volunteer that may have physical limitations or prefer to help the rescue in other ways besides farm chores and direct animal care are always welcome too.

  • Occasional volunteer activities include gardening, office work, logging in and organizing donated items, cleaning donated tack to prepare for use or sale, working events sales tables, decorating, set up/tear down, cooking, etc, graphics, photography, serving on a committee for fundraisers and more.

  • Sign up Below! You will be contacted within 24 hours by our team and sent a release form in preparation for your farm visit.

Events Volunteers

We are always in need of volunteers to help run our various events throughout the year. If you are interested in signing up to volunteer at an event like Party With a Purpose, Hoedown for Horses, etc. Please click the button below to sign up.

Volunteer Of the Month - November 2024

Volunteer of the Month for November - Mario Ricci!

Mario is a volunteer extraordinaire!   He and his wife, Patty, started volunteering this summer and have quickly stepped up to help in every way possible.  They attended our Party with a Purpose planning meetings and ran the event’s booze wheel.  They serve on both our Outreach and Grants teams and help with weekly barn chores.  

If we need Mario to do something, be it using his engineering skills to fix something around the farm or help at a doctor's appointment, Mario will be there!  Below you can see him helping during Max’s recent therapy appointment and assisting Dr. Lewis during one of Truffle’s dental appointments.  Thank you, Mario!  So glad to have you as part of the SHEW herd!

Volunteer Hours Milestone - 1000 Hours!

Congratulations to Pat Walraven!  Pat does much of the behind-the-scenes work for SHEW and is Tina's right-hand gal! She has reached the incredible milestone of volunteering over 1,000 hours for SHEW and gets to name the next rescue! 

INCREDIBLE and well deserved!

Track Your Volunteer Hours!

It is important to track your volunteer hours. For those currently volunteering with SHEW don’t forget to track your volunteer hours!

Anyone interested in volunteering, there are incentives for Volunteering!

New Incentives starting January 1, 2024: 

  • Volunteers who complete 40 hrs receive a SHEW t-shirt or hat. 

  • 70 hrs you get to attend the Equine Agility class taught by Tina.

  • 200 hours you get a free ticket to Hoedown (must be completed prior to hoedown).

  • 1000 hours and you get to name the next rescue!