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Join our team of horses that heal and hearts that care for an unforgettable experience at The Right Path! You can help a participant with special needs achieve their highest potential by volunteering one or more hours per week during a semester of therapeutic riding lessons. We will train you for the positions, so no previous experience is necessary.
This FREE training is the first step, so apply today!
If you’re interested in volunteering before the scheduled training, please fill out the application above. We will contact you regarding earlier training options. Thank you!
Volunteer Training Includes:
- Introduction To Working with Disabilities
- Introduction to Equine Assisted-Services
- Tour The Right Path
- Introduction to Volunteer Positions
Our participants need YOU!
Volunteer Requirements
Volunteering in our William’s Walk program is a physically and mentally active position. Please be prepared to walk 1.5+ miles with short distances of jogging during each lesson. The children love trotting, so you will likely hear, “trot on!” frequently. The biggest smiles always follow!
To provide the safest services, we require our class volunteers to be at least 14 years old. For younger volunteers, we would love to involve them in other ways. They can help with cleaning, setting up and tearing down the arena activities, and help our participants with projects while they are waiting for their class.
Please also commit to your weekly class. The students build relationships with their volunteers, so they want to see you each week! If you are unable to make it to a class, we understand! just let us know as early as possible.
Class Volunteer Positions
Sidewalker
As a side-walker, your primary focus is the rider. After helping him or her get a helmet and belt on, you walk alongside the horse and rider during a 45-minute riding lesson. Your tasks are to help the rider safely ride the horse, engage in the activities, correctly cue the horse, and complete the instructor’s assigned tasks.
Leader
After volunteering for a semester as a sidewalker, you can progress to a leader. As a leader, your focus is on the horse. You lead the horse through the class, following the instructor’s lesson plan and directions. We also provide additional training to become a horse handler and master horse handler so that you can develop your own skills too!
Other Options
If a weekly class commitment isn’t an option for you, we also need sub volunteers, office help, handyman work, snack makers, and people to do projects with students in between classes. If you have hands and a heart to serve, we have a place for you!
Let us know if we can count on you today!
Volunteering is a wonderful opportunity to give back to the community in a way that blesses you as well. You build relationships with your riders, witness their progress and joy, gain experience and training in horsemanship, and go home each day knowing you’ve made someone else’s day a little brighter!
For more info or to join our team of volunteers volunteers, fill out the application below or email us at volunteer@therightpathok.org.