Opportunities for Our Current Volunteers!
As a volunteer enters our program, we have more positions available to our volunteer base to help foster growth and opportunities to learn new skills.
We always like to say, the more you come, the more you learn, the more you can do! It is rewarding to reflect on your time on the sanctuary seeing the accomplishments and friendships you make both in equine and human form.
Youth Barn Care Mentors are responsible for mentoring their peers in the care of the equines at Hay Burr Inn Rescue & Sanctuary. To be a barn care mentor, the individual must be knowledgeable and competent in many areas concerning the equine and people. (Learn More)
Spend time with the equines, hone manners, exercise and support volunteers in working with the equines. (Learn More)
Expert Equine Caregiver
Description to Come Soon
A strategic training lead responsible for the design, execution, and quality control of the volunteer equine caregiver roles education and Tier system. Bridges the gap between administrative coordination and live barn operations. (Learn More)
Provide support to the barn care mentors for ensuring volunteers know how to care for the equines in the barn and are able to provide support to the volunteers on how to access resources available to volunteers. (Learn More)
Filled Volunteer Positions
Barn ManAGER - Emery Dunn
Main leadership role in the care of the animals and upkeep of the barn. The Barn Manager is responsible for ensuring that the animals are properly cared for and the grounds remain safe. Supervises live floor operations and serves as the neutral arbiter for volunteer equine caregiver program disputes. (Learn More)
Volunteer Coordinator - Melanie Lewis
The goal is to ensure that our organization is always staffed with the best and most reliable individuals, and that they are correctly utilized for the fulfillment of our mission. (Learn More)