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Ag/NatR Internship:  Equine/Animal Science

 

Name:

Major:

Summer:

Andrea Hoff

Equine/Animal Science

2003

 

 

Place of Employment:

Address:

City:

State/Province:

ZIP/Postal Code:

Company/Org. URL:

 

YMCA Camp Pendalouan

1492 UMC Avenue

Montague

Michigan

Zip code

http://www.pendalouan.org

 

Supervisor/Position:

Phone Number:

Sonny Adkins/ Camp Director

(231)894-4538

 

 

Job Title:

Assistant Equestrian Director

 

 

Job Responsibilities:

Caring for horses, giving lessons to campers, leading trail rides, helping out around camp.

 

 

Summarize Your
Experience:



 

Taught kids all aspects of horses; grooming, saddling, riding and going out on trail rides. It was a very fun summer; I learned a lot about working with kids from ages 7-15 and also was in charge of the barn and horses. We made all of the decisions the related to horses.

 

What I liked most about
the job:

 

The staff was great at camp; everyone was very nice and supportive.

 

Challenges on the job:

 

 

The hardest thing was to make important decisions with the kids and horses, while trying to fit everything into the schedule.