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Short Term Animal Care and Upkeep Help

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The experience

In exchange for 20 volunteer hours per week, you will be able to camp on our beautiful sanctuary with access to all of the creature comforts and use of the kitchen and laundry. We need help with daily animal care, repair and building projects, and gardening. This position will likely be 3-4 hours per day of work with the scheduled days off flexible.

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Pet Sitting: Taking care of and looking after pets.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

What you get

2 days off per week

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Requirements

Fluent English

Over 21 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

United States Visa

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We will decide together to decide which tasks and responsibilities will be covered during your stay, and a daily and weekly schedule will be created depending on the needs for that week.

Activities & Shift

-animal care: feeding animals, cleaning pens, refilling waters, letting dogs out
-gardening: planning seeds, weeding, watering
-building: expanding pens, painting, repairing fences and housing

Rules

1) Do not enter the animal pens without express permission and training. Keep gates closed at all times in the backyard and pens. The resident cats are not to be let outside; the dogs are not allowed out when the chickens free range.
2) Please keep the ruckus to a minimum after 10pm.
3) Please do not catch or otherwise disturb the local wildlife! We get fox, coyote, and deer on occasion, but you're more likely to see a bunny, turtle, or toad.
4) Please use the designated bins for compost, recycling, burn, and trash. We recycle, compost, burn, and dispose of things creatively!
5) Be mindful of energy consumption.
6) No cigarette smoking.
7) Respect all residents of the farm (humans and animals).