Riding Beyond offers volunteer training next week

Riding Beyond is a local nonprofit offering women recovering from breast cancer treatment the chance to interact with specially trained horses. Photo courtesy of Riding Beyond
March 9, 2023

Registration open for sessions Tuesday and Saturday, March 14 and 18

Riding Beyond, a local nonprofit offering women recovering from breast cancer treatment the chance to interact with specially trained horses, is conducting its yearly volunteer training from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Saturday, March 14 and 18, at Little Creek Ranch on Siskiyou Boulevard just south of Ashland. Volunteers many choose one day or the other.

Since 2013, Riding Beyond, a 501( c )(3) nonprofit organization, has offered free spring and fall four-week sessions to breast cancer survivors and weekly meditation circles with horses to the general public throughout the year.

Training for horse handler volunteers is offered in a manner that invites the healing interactions which are a cornerstone of the Riding Beyond programs.

Volunteers with interest and skills in horsemanship, expanding public awareness, bookkeeping, grant writing, or social media are welcome.

For more details about volunteering go to ridingbeyond.org/volunteers.

To register for the training, go to conta.cc/3iTi7dt.

For more information, contact volunteer coordinator Marji McFadden at [email protected] or 623-363-4813.

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