Volunteer Information
"This is my happy place"
Jo-Anne, volunteer at Hope Haven since 2020
Some of our amazing volunteers!
New Volunteer Onboarding
We hope to make your onboarding informative and interesting. We will provide all the training required; and rest assured, we will walk you through all steps so that you are equipped!
Scheduling
General Volunteer Guidelines
Barn Directives
Our current program extends to group lessons and lessons requiring side walkers so there are many volunteers, participants and horses to coordinate for each lesson. This makes for a lot of moving parts to coordinate while ensuring a focused, calm and safe environment from the start to end of every lesson.
Lesson Letter Coding
Each of our lessons are assigned a letter code A,B,C or D referring to the rider classifications in a specific lesson. These codes allow you as a volunteer to know in advance what is expected during each lesson.
Online Volunteer Training Videos
We believe these videos to be a great resource for all volunteers from how to retrieve a horse in a paddock to tacking to leading and more..
Thank you for being part of our amazing volunteer community! If you have any questions, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@hopehavencentre.org. Here's to seeing you in the barn!
Contact
545747 Sideroad 4A, RR #2
Markdale, ON N0C 1H0
(t) 519-986-1247
Directions
Located on Sideroad 4a between
7th Line and 9th Line.
Benoit Dube - Executive Director
execdir@hopehavencentre.org
Kim Reain - Development Officer
partnerships@hopehavencentre.org
Robyn Allen - Program Manager & Physiotherapist
program@hopehavencentre.org
Michelle Lemire - Volunteer Coordinator
volunteer@hopehavencentre.org
Emma Houser - Program Administrator & Instructor (PATH Int. CTRI, EC Instructor of Beginners)
ehouser@hopehavencentre.org
Danielle Rose - Equine Manager & Instructor (PATH Int. CTRI, EC Competition Coach)
drose@hopehavencentre.org
Ann-Ida Beck - Instructor (CanTRA CTRSI, PATH Int. CTRI, EC Instructor of Beginners)
abeck@hopehavencentre.org
Gillian MacNeill - Instructor (CanTRA CTRII, PATH Int. CTRI)
gmacneill@hopehavencentre.org
Heidi Bramson - Instructor (Path Int. CTRI)
hbramson@hopehavencentre.org
Shannon Speer - Recreational Therapist & Equine Assisted Personal Development Coach
sspeer@hopehavencentre.org
Gretel Stanish - Property & Barn Manager, Instructor (Path Int. CTRI, EAPDC)
gstanish@hopehavencentre.org