Volunteer

 

 

Click here for a printable version of the parking pass.

(To enter BOK Ranch, you need one!)
 

 

Contact BOK About Volunteering:

(650) 366-2265

bok.office@yahoo.com

 

For volunteer forms and/or to sign up for

a volunteer orientation, please click here!

 

 

 

 

BOK Ranch Shirts, Etc.

 

BOK Ranch volunteers are great dressers, so get your new shirt now at our new CafePress Store!  There are many other items available, too, like mugs, bags, buttons, and more.  Be sure to check it out!

 

Working side by side with B.O.K Ranch’s certified instructors and horses are over 100 program volunteers. The B.O.K. Ranch staff and volunteers work together to form a vital team that is essential to the success of our riders. Without the help of volunteers, there would be no program; we greatly appreciate the help of our dedicated and caring volunteers.

 

 

Volunteers assist with grooming, tacking, preparing students and horses for lessons, and general stable management. During lessons, horse handlers, sidewalkers and spotters are needed.

 

Prospective volunteers need not have experience with horses or experience with those with special needs. Volunteer trainings are held to orientate new volunteers and to provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary.

 

 

Our volunteers vary in age from pre-teens to senior citizens.  While official volunteer status cannot be acquired until the age of fourteen, twelve and thirteen year old "Jr. Volunteers" are welcome as long as a parent or guardian volunteers with them.  Junior Volunteers perform extra jobs, but are not able to handle the horses or act as sidewalkers in the lessons until they turn fourteen.

 

Because volunteers play such a vital role during lessons, we ask that volunteers commit to one morning or afternoon of classes.

 

If you would like to volunteer please print out our Volunteer Forms, fill them out, and mail them to our office.  Also, print out our Volunteer Handbook.

Also, because B.O.K. is a weather permitting program, please familiarize yourself with our cancellation policy.

 

Volunteers are needed for the following times!

Sunday:  8:30 am - 12:00 noon

Monday:  2:30 pm - 5:30pm

Tuesday:  2:30 pm - 5:30pm

Wednesday:  2:30 pm - 5:30pm

Thursday:  2:30 pm - 5:30pm

Friday:  2:30 pm - 5:30pm

 Saturday:  9:30am - 1:00 pm

 

 

Helpful Videos for Volunteers

Grooming Series - Saddling Series - Bridling Series

 

 

 

Volunteer Trainings/Orientation

Who should attend the volunteer trainings/orientations?

If you are a new volunteer that started mid-month without a training you should attend.

If you are just about to start volunteering in the program you should attend.

If you are a long time volunteer and are interested in a refresher course, you should attend.

 

Volunteers, Please download and fill out the Volunteer Sign Up forms and mail the completed forms to:

B.O.K. Ranch
1815 Cordilleras Road
Redwood City, CA 94062

Or bring your completed forms with you when you arrive at the barn for your first day. 

To sign up now for a volunteer orientation, please fill out this form:

 

 

Name:

 

Home Phone:

 

Cell Phone:

 

E-mail Address:

 

Days and times you are available to volunteer:

 

Age (if under 18 years old):

 

Which volunteer orientation day can you attend?  Orientations are held on Sundays from 1:30 - 3:30 pm.

 

Comments or Questions?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Location: 3674 Sand Hill Road, Woodside, CA 94062
Mailing Address: 1815 Cordilleras Road, Redwood City, CA 94062 • (650) 366-2265

 

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