Hands and Hearts for Horses needs your help with their summer camps! Volunteers are needed to assist with arts and crafts projects, horse riding (leaders and side walkers based on riders’ needs), and other horse related activities from 8am – 3pm, Monday thru Friday, when camp begins on June 27. Volunteers can spend the whole day (preferred) or only part of the day.

Volunteers are needed:

• June 27 – July 1
• July 11 – July 15
• July 18 – July 22
• July 25 – July 29

Additional information:

• Volunteers must wear closed-those shoes and wear conservative shorts and tank tops.
• Please bring your own lunch if coming for the whole day. They do not provide meals.
• Please bring a refillable water bottle so you can fill it up as needed. They will have a water cooler on hand.
• Fridays are water days. Please bring a towel and a change of clothes, and wear clothes you don’t mind getting wet! Volunteers will not be able to wear swim suits without shorts/shirts over them.

If you are interested in helping Hands & Hearts for Horses, please call (229) 551-0086 or email Stephanie to let her know what days and times you can make it.

Help the Backpack Buddies Foundation provide food for local children this summer. Volunteers are needed each Thursday in June and July (except July 4 week) for the following tasks:

•  Material Handlers: 4-6 volunteers needed to help move pre-packaged food boxes from the pallets to the cars. (age 12+ please, if under 16 please have an adult present while volunteering)
• Drivers: 15 adults with cars needed to transport the food boxes to various locations within Thomas County (must be 18 or older with a reliable vehicle)

Groups, civic clubs, school athletic teams, teachers, individuals welcome! All activity will take place at the Backpack Buddies Room located at the Thomas County Schools Administration Building (200 N Pinetree Blvd). Work hours are generally from 10:30am to 1:00pm each Thursday. Depending on the job, most volunteers will work one hour. Community service credit (which count towards summer hours) is available for students.

Interested? Please contact Jerry Anderson at (912) 713-4057.

Don’t forget to tell them HOTC sent you!

***This is not a HOTC sponsored project. We are solely acting as referral service for our non-profits partners. COVID-19 information: Masks, gloves, and social distancing are highly encouraged. If you are immune-compromised and/or requested to self-quarantine, feeling unwell, have any symptoms of illness, or have been exposed to someone diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last 14 days, please stay home and join us at a future opportunity. Please follow all current health guidelines by the CDC and local/state officials, and respect those of our non-profit partners and community agencies.