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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Your pack is calling.. Volunteer today to work with Wolfdogs, Livestock and Veterans.
ORGANIZATION: Mattersville
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Mattersville is seeking ongoing regular volunteers to commit to at least 1 day per week for a full day. We are also seeking an onsite director role, which would include living onsite.
We are very short staffed at the moment. We have 91 wolfdogs at this location, 4 steer, 4 horses, 1 sheep, 2 pigs and lots of chickens.
Daily tasks are always there and the lack of help is wearing on the current participants, so we need more hands to help with the following.
We have big projects to do such as fixing some habitats (fence work, adding mulch, clean up). We always have a clean up and organizing. We have projects to do on tiny homes with plumbing and solar, need to add a warming room in our connex, need to add waterproof stain to all dog houses and inside building, make a new medical isolation room, add a sink, and waterproof it and the list goes on.
We also have our normal animal care which is washing food bowls, sanitizing, filling waters, food preperarion, food pick up, feeding and poop scooping.
We need help on the administration side with marketing, fundraising, grant writing, events, finding materials.
Please bring waterproof boots, gloves, layers of clothes and jackets, warm hat. Sunscreen for summer. Water. Lunch or snacks.
If you are wanting to live onsite, we allow that too and you can fill out the application on our website.
www.mattersvillevets.org
Volunteer application is listed below to apply.
https://mattersvillevets.org/volunteer-form/
Our FB link:
https://www.facebook.com/MattersvilleVets.org?mibextid=ZbWKwL
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About Mattersville
Location:
3945 Sengbeil Rd, Yoder, CO 80864, US
Mission Statement
We house veterans facing PTSD/mental health, and also rescue wolves and wolfdogs. We also have rescued livestock. Together they can help each other. We currently have over 130 wolves and wolfdogs and 30+ rescued livestock (4 cows, 4 horses, 1 sheep, 2 pigs, lots of chickens).
Description
Their unique Pack 22 initiative, a wolf and wolfdog rescue unit, offers both Veterans and animals a second chance.
We have two locations. One in Sedalia and one in Yoder. Our Sedalia location is 9 acres and has roughly 30 Wolfdogs and about 20 Chickens.
Our Yoder location is 39 acres and has 91 Wolfdogs, 25 Chickens, 4 Steer, 2 Horses, 2 Mini Horses, 2 Pigs, 1 Sheep.
The Yoder location was aquired to us in March of 2023 after a fire took place and sadly took the lofe of the previous owner. Wolfman Greg and his Wolfdog. We were called out to rescue his remaining Wolfdogs. We now reside on the property along with his Wolfdogs. We have a lot of cleaning and building still to do. We have lots of projects at this location and are very short staffed.
Duties for volunteers include: animal care (food prep, feeding, cleaning) (we feed roughly 400 pounds of meat per day). Cleaning in general of freezers, prep areas, trash, sanitizing. Organization of items to be kept nice and together. Yard work, shoveling of dirt or snow, digging holes for posts, gardening, raking. Building (we always have building projects from dog shelters to working on veteran tiny homes, fencing, gates, we need to build a livestock shelter). Picking up poop, grooming, new bedding, random fixes of things. The list goes on....
CAUSE AREAS
Animals,
Veterans & Military Families
WHEN
Wed Jan 01, 2025 - Mon Mar 31, 2025
09:30 AM - 05:00 PM
WHERE
3945 Sengbeil RoadYoder, CO 80864
(38.88852 ,-104.177666 )
DATE POSTED
January 6, 2025
SKILLS
- Animal Care / Handling
- Auto Mechanics / Repair
- Carpentry
- Plumbing
- Donor Management
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
- Private Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- Full day
- 1 full day per week is required along with an orientation and training.
Private Group Details
- Group Size Range 1 - 50+
- Event can be held at organization location(s)
- Donation Requested
- We welcome and appreciate any donation.