Sanctuary Calendar

This is a loose schedule of our upcoming projects. This schedule may fluctuate unexpectedly if we have a rescue to do. It is also based on best possible weather conditions. Sometimes we get ahead of schedule sometimes behind... but our website is continually being updated, so you are looking at our current best guess.

These larger tasks are in addition to the normal day-to-day activities which include pitching hay, cleaning & filling water buckets, filling feeders with appropriate rations, etc.

Weather permitting, onsite volunteer opportunities usually take place on Saturdays between 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and on Sundays 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.

We ask that our Onsite Volunteers each show up for at least 4 hours of service on any given day. Onsite Volunteers need to commit to volunteering on a consistent basis at least four times a year.

2011 Schedule:

Current projects include:

Setting 12" & 16" paving stones on walking paths and under goose houses. This task requires lifting (approx. 30-35 lbs).

Modifying our new duck houses (adding doors). Some use of hand tools required.

Repairing the Quarantine pen roof that was damaged in the blizzard. Some construction experience needed.

Adding supports to the roof in our Louisville enclosure. Some construction experience needed along with ladder work.

Daily responsibilities include:

Replenishing food. Volunteers should be able to lift 50 lb. grain bags into our Duck Truck (which is a fancy name for our wagon!) and then pull it over to the barn.

Refreshing hay in barns and houses.

Barn cleaning. Requires use of pitchfork, shovel and wheelbarrow.

Spring/Summer/Fall responsibilities include:

Inspecting water lines and adjusting valve flow as needed.

Mucking out the occasional pond. Hope you don't mind the smell of duck poop because this is a STINKY job!

Pruning trees and pulling any extraneous growth back inside the aviary nets. Volunteers will need to be comfortable standing on a 6' ladder.

Fall/Winter responsibilities include:

Changing water in heated water buckets and ensuring all are functioning properly.

Clearing aviary nets during snowstorms (even in the middle of the night).

Shoveling snow.

Sanding icy pens to make them safe.

Returning Onsite Volunteers  

Please review the calendar above and then Email us with the date and time you would like to come join us again. Please remember to include your full name and phone number in the email. Our Volunteer Coordinator will confirm your appointment within 24 hours of receiving your email.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you again!

Food & Drink:

We provide plenty of lemonade and water to our volunteers to ensure everyone is fully hydrated.

Volunteers will need to bring their own lunch and/or snacks.

Occasionally, when large tasks are on the agenda, we will advise our volunteers ahead of time that dinner will be provided at the END of the workday. Dinner will ONLY be provided to those volunteers who show up on time at the start of the day and finish up with the rest of us at the end of the day. Late shows or early departures will not be rewarded with this complimentary meal. Volunteers must participate in the ENTIRE workday in order to qualify.

We will either order pizza & grinders or we will drive you into town and treat you to an all you can eat dinner that has never gone wrong!

Go to Volunteering Opportunities Page

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