Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy

Want to Make a Difference?
Become a SMART Volunteer!

Volunteers are the heart and soul of SMART. Everyone works together at SMART to form a vital team that is essential to the success of our program. Being a mostly Volunteer organization, our need for Volunteers is always great.

Whether your experience with horses is lifelong or nonexistent, your willingness to give of yourself and your time is what we need! There are many areas of volunteer opportunities here at SMART; our volunteers help with leading horses and assisting students in classes, as well as with horse care, facility and grounds maintenance, fundraising and administrative work. We will be happy to work with you to find the area where you will feel most comfortable and that will be the most rewarding to you.

At SMART, we want everyone involved in the program to feel comfortable and safe. The safety of our Riders, Volunteers, Horses and Staff is of the utmost importance to us. To that end, all Volunteers are required to attend our Volunteer Training. We offer these trainings on the first Saturday of every month from Sept. through June. A one-on-one Volunteer Training session can also be scheduled by appointment.

We invite you to come out to be a part of our SMART Volunteer Team. Not only will you get to spend time with some great people and wonderful horses---you will get to witness the joyous smiles and hear the peals of laughter that come from our SMART Riders as they ride toward a life of inclusion and respect!

Click here to download a Volunteer Application.

Boy Scout Troop # 14

Boy Scout Troop # 14 of St. James United Methodist Church has been a great help to SMART lately. Kim Seery. Jonathan, Tyler, & Tatum were wonderful volunteers at our March horse show....and then some of the other scouts come out to paint our Tack Trailer over Spring break. Thanks guys!! Our tack trailer looks SOOO much better!

Thank you Craig & Joan Hazelett for donating the 6 gallons of Paint with brushes and rollers, too!!

 

Redeemer Lutheran Painting Volunteers

We were lucky to have a group from Redeemer Lutheran, Cross+Generational Ministries volunteer to come out to do some painting for us. They gave our Equitation arena a spiffy new look---as well as our hitching posts and mounting block. They had so much fun volunteering, they plan to come back and paint some more! We love our new look! Thank you---you wonderful, wonderful Volunteers!!

From left to right First Row: Sheri, Andrew, Elena, Dylan, Valerie
Second Row: Samantha, Trevor, Nichole, Jessica
Third Row: Catherine, Maryland, Dick, Sarah, Meghan, Heidi, Leslie, Sean, Bill