Does anyone know of a Horse Farm or Shelter where a CHILD could voulenteer? Thanks.?

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Please answer I really need it.

Answer 1

Shelter as in animal shelter?

Yes:

It all depends on the shelter or rescue.

EACH organization has different rules. Some you have to be 18 years old, some 16, some younger, and some will let you volunteer with a parent.

What you should do, if you are interested in volunteering (which is a great, wonderful idea), is visit : http://www.petfinder.com/

Scroll down, and on the left it says "Find Animal Welfare Groups".

You can put in your location/zip code and it will provide you with a list of all of the animal rescues and shelters in your area.

Go through the list, call them, visit them, or take a look at there websites to see what their age limit is.

Thats the best way of finding out who you can volunteer with.

Also, I find shelters to have a more strict policy and age limit. Rescues, who work off of foster homes (homes that take in animals until they get adopted), are more lenient about the age limit.

It was difficult for me to find a shelter to volunteer with when I was your age, I had to look for a couple of months until I finally found a shelter that would let me volunteer(the age limit was 13 and over w/ parent supervision). It worked out great!

Its was nice spending more time with my mom.

Just remember to never give up on your search, keep trying, there are MANY MANY shelters and rescues out there.

Also, a GREAT website that could help you a lot is http://www.humaneteen.org/?q=forum

The Humane Teen (one of the Humane Society of the United State's programs) website has great suggestion on how teens can help animals (volunteering, fundraising, clubs,..etc.). You can even get advice and help from other teens on the message board or the Humane Advisory Board members. I think that this website would help you so much! Check it out. :)

Good luck!