Minor Volunteer Application Name Birth Date Address City, State, Zip Code Cell Phone Email Employer/School Medical: Date of Last Tetanus Shot: Please fill in the blanks under the days you are available, with the times you will be available. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday AM PM Other:_____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Please provide the following emergency information: Emergency Contact Name / Relation Home Phone Mobile Phone Work Phone Please complete the following questions about yourself and your experience with horses: How many years of experience do you have… Leading horses _______ Grooming horses _______ Providing basic hoof care/cleaning _______ Feeding horses _______ Lunging horses ________ Working with mini horses/ponies _______ Training horses with ground work _______ Riding well trained horses _______ Starting a horse under saddle _______ Riding “green” broke horses ______ Providing medical assistance to horses _______ Working with an average size horse _______ Working with a draft type horses _______ Stall mucking _______ Full care and/or maintenance of a horse _______ Working with a young horse (less than 1 yr.) _______ Working with a wild mustang _______ Please describe your horse experience, based on the year of experience that you have marked above: Please describe any other experiences or talents that you would like to let us know about: *Don’t worry if you have little or no experience with horses, we have training available for our volunteers!* Other areas of volunteering that you are interested in: _____Participating at Events _____Newsletter ____ Marketing & Promotion ______Grant Writing _____Coordinating Events & Fundraisers Other skills or training that would be helpful to our organization: __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Do you have any medical limitations or are you on any prescription medications? Yes _____ No_____ If Yes, please describe your conditions and alert us to how to help you in an emergency situations: The following questions are for the safety of our staff and other volunteers, this information will remain confidential: (1) Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If you selected Yes, please explain. Yes ______ (2) Have you ever been convicted of a sexual offense? If you selected Yes, please explain. No______ Yes ______ (3) Have you ever been convicted of animal cruelty or neglect? If you have selected Yes, please explain. No ______ Yes ______ No ______ I understand that by signing this application, I am applying to volunteer at SHERR/Safe Haven Equine Rescue and Retirement and understand that for any reason my application may be denied. I also understand that the information I’ve provided may be used to request a background check, including criminal records to verify personal information. By signing this application I am verifying that all information I’ve provided is accurate. Print Name Signature Date Print Name of Parent / Guardian Signature (If Under 18 yrs.) Leave blank upon arrival if you are under the age of 18 years Signature Date Safe Haven Equine Rescue & Retirement MONOR VOLUNTEER LIABILITY WAIVER & RELEASE By this agreement, made and entered this ____ day of _____, 20___, by and between______________________________________, who resides at _________________________________________________________, and Safe Haven Equine Rescue & Retirement, Anne Crowder Land/Property Owner and the facility located at 245 Cedar Ridge Lane, High Point, NC herein referred to as “The Stable”. It is hereby agreed to as follows: 1. That I, the undersigned, do for myself or on behalf of my child or legal ward, hereby request to participate in activities as a volunteer. 2. That the parent/guardian and volunteer understands that horses are unpredictable by nature: that when frightened or angry or under stress, a horses natural instincts are to jump forward or sideways, to run away from danger at high speeds, to kick, to jump, to back up, to rear up on their hind legs, to bite, that horses are extremely powerful; and that if a rider falls from a horses back to the ground, the fall distance will generally be between 3 ½ - 5 ½ feet. I can get stepped on or knocked down. I understand these risks and, voluntarily assume these risks and dangers. 3. That the parent/guardian and volunteer understands that hereafter upon mounting a horse or solely handling a horse from the ground, that the volunteer is in primary control of the horse and that neither Safe Haven Equine Rescue & Retirement, Anne Crowder Property/Land owner nor the other volunteers, employees, boarders, visitors or patrons are responsible for the volunteers actions or inactions. The volunteer further agrees not to abuse or misuse, or deliberately agitate the horse as these actions may result in an increased risk to himself/herself and others. 4. That I have been told that all volunteers under the age of 18 doing any riding must wear an approved safety helmet. I have been advised that it is recommended that ALL riders wear helmets. 5. Liability Release: That I understand that I am responsible for bodily injury or property damage which I or my child/legal ward should sustain on Safe Haven Equine Rescue & Retirement premises, Anne Crowder Property/Land owner and/or neighboring properties and/or trails and/or while riding or handling a horse, and/or while in transit to horse shows, trail rides, fundraising events or other similar expeditions, and for any time I or my legal ward/child shall lose from employment or school or any other activity, and for medical expenses or any other expenses incurred because of such bodily injury or property damage. I am aware that I should have my own health and/or accident insurance. That I hereby, for myself, my heirs, administrators, and assigns release and discharge the owners Anne Crowder Property/Land Owner, operators, managers, instructors, boarders, staff, sponsors, insurance companies, volunteers, guests, patrons, and all other participants of Safe Haven Equine Rescue & Retirement from all claims, demands, actions, and causes of action for such injuries sustained to my person, or that of my child or legal charge and/or property. I understand that while I/my child is volunteering on the property – due to the nature of a barn and the surrounding environment – that there is the possibility of coming in contact with poisonous snakes and/or spiders, or being around rusty fencing, nails, wood splinters, etc. and that I am releasing Safe Haven Equine Rescue & Retirement, Anne Crowder Property/Land owner and the facility located at 245 Cedar Ridge Lane, High Point, NC, the owners, their insurance carriers, volunteers, and organizers should I become injured in any way due to such circumstances. Under North Carolina Law, an equine activity sponsor or equine is not liable for injury to or the death of a participant in equine activities resulting exclusively from the inherent risks of equine activities. Chapter 99E of the North Carolina general statutes Please print all information except for signature Name of Volunteer______________________________________________________ Name of Parent/Legal Guardian_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ Signature of Volunteer or Parent/Legal Guardian ___________________________________________ Witness Signature ________________ Date ________________ Date