My supervisor's first and last name are Ellen Dry, her official job title is Volunteer Coordinator. My supervisor usually works with me and the other volunteers at the stable, she does not have a different office. There are many things I could say about my internship advisor. She is a very kind person, the first day I meet her she treated me really kindly. Also she is very respectful and very helpful, my first day at Gallop NYC she helped me a lot, she gave tips of how to manage the horses and how to work with the children's. Also she is very serious and direct, if she need to tell you something she just will tell you. Also I can say she does not like people to lie to her, and people who is not on time. At least I would say that Ms. Ellen is a very comprehensive person, making up the internship schedule was easy, because she helped me figuring out the time, and if I have reason why I can not go, she would understand.
The place where I work is a small stable. The stable have many horses, but we use few of them. All the horses have candy names. There all horses of all colors, and horses that are really big. The smallest one is called Fudge. Some of the horses are not so quiet. The stable have a lot of tools, ropes to hold the horses, food for the horses, as carrots and apples. We have chairs to seat the parents of the children's, the stable have mini ladder for the kids. There are cones, balls and rings for the kids to do activities. There are also some things to pick up the poop of horses and a bucket to put the poop. There is a carriage outside and there is also a bathroom in the stable. The stable is usually noisy. I work three days a week and every day there are several and different volunteers, but there are only women. The stable is made of wood and has a gate on it.
At my internship I see the Volunteer Coordinator, the children's, their parents, other volunteers, the therapists and of course horses. The tasks I have done at my internship are: be a side walker, brush the horses, feed the horses with my hand, pick up the poop and help the therapists reaching them tools they need and things like that.
I work three days at Gallop NYC and my schedule is:
Wednesday: 2:30 - 6:30
Thursday: 2:30 - 5:30
Friday: 2:30 - 7:00
I usually arrive home at different times, about 8, 7, 9... It depends of how late I'm off internship.
What I would like to share about my internship is that working with kids with disabilities is a really amazing job and also challenging, because you get to realize that is not about you, is about them. Is about helping them to become more independent, is about being able to help others that need your help. Is not about you being selfish, is about helping those kids. I didn't choose this internship because I love horses, also I am a little afraid of them. But I choose this internship because I want to help those children's, and I want to learn from them and how working with horses would help them to develop in a better way. I want to learn how to treat those children's with disabilities, how to work with them and how to help them. All kids are equal, is only that some of them need more help. And I think this foundation Gallop NYC is doing an amazing job with those children's.
