| Volunteers Are the Heart of Our Program |
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| RTT depends on our volunteers in many ways and could not provide lessons without them. New volunteer training sessions are scheduled through our Volunteer Coordinator, if you are interested in volunteering, please fill out Volunteer Registration Form and return to Riding To The Top, PO Box 1928 Windham, ME 04062 Attn: B. Cox or volunteers@ridingtothetop.org Please note that the minimum age for volunteering is 14 for Barn Assistant , Side Walking and Office Assistant Minimum age for Horse Leading is 16 Horse Leaders and Side Walkers Riders in our therapeutic riding program have specific goals that they work on during their sessions. These goals may include improvements in their balance, posture, muscle tone, speech, social skills and self-esteem. PATH Intl. certified instructors lead the lessons and trained volunteers are needed to assist each rider by leading the rider's horse (horse leader) and/or walking next to the rider (side walker) throughout the lesson. Barn Assistant - Volunteer hours are 7AM - 11AM Our staff works hard every day to keep our horses fed, watered and exercised. The horses' stalls are cleaned every morning. The horses' turn-out areas or paddocks are also cleaned regularly when temperatures above freezing permit it. The Barn Manager trains volunteers as barn Assistants to help with barn chores in the mornings during the week. Daily chores are sometimes affected by weather but include stall mucking, water-bucket cleaning, throwing down hay from the hayloft and sweeping the barn aisle. |
Office Assistant RTT likes to stay in contact with our riders and our volunteers and we do a number of mailings throughout the year. We often need an office volunteers to help us with mailings and flyers. If you like to work with computers, you can help us with data input and form design. We will gladly provide you with on the job training for any work you do in our office. |
| RTT Volunteer Program |
| RTT provides on going education and clinics for our volunteers as often as possible. To help support our volunteer programs please donate! |
