Barn and grounds
Mucking out, mowing, fencing, painting, hauling. The unglamorous work that makes the rest of it possible.
There is more to do than there are hands.
Nathaniel's House is run by family and volunteers. If you have a morning, a skill, or a pickup truck, there is something here that needs you.
What's needed
Ways to help.
You do not need experience with grief support or with horses. Most of what keeps this place open is ordinary practical work.
Workshop help
Setting up easels, laying out materials, washing brushes afterwards, and sitting with someone who came on their own.
Welcoming people
Meeting cars, showing people where to go, putting the coffee on. The first two minutes matter more than anything else that happens.
Teach something
Painting, pottery, woodwork, photography, music. If you can run a session for a small group, we would like to hear from you.
Bring a group
Company volunteering days, church groups, scouts, 4-H. A group of ten for a morning gets a season's worth of jobs done.
Professional skills
Bookkeeping, grant writing, insurance, legal, veterinary. Donated expertise goes further here than almost anything else.
Host a support group
We would love to see more support groups meeting here. If you'd like to help make that happen, tell us what you have in mind. We can share what we've learned starting ours.
A word about volunteering while grieving
It's allowed to be for you too.
A lot of the people who help here started out as people who came here. Having a job to do at a place like this is often the thing that helps. It is the same reason the barn helped Meg.
If that is you, you are welcome. There is no expectation that you have finished grieving before you pick up a rake, and there is no expectation that helping means you have to be fine.
