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To be eligible for year-end awards, UDS members need to complete and submit four (4) volunteer hours.
It is the rider's responsibility to submit and confirm hours have been approved to qualify for year end awards.

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We have recently expanded volunteer opportunities that encourage our mission “to educate, inspire, and encourage dressage riders around the state of Utah, and to promote the sport of dressage in our community.” 

 

If you have done volunteer work that is not included on our list but that is unpaid and promotes the UDS mission, please reach out to a UDS board member, describing the work you’ve completed, and we will be happy to consider it and let you know.

Help out at a dressage show.

Our local dressage shows need volunteers. You might scribe, serve as a ring steward, or do any number of other tasks, depending on the show’s needs. Contact the show secretary directly to learn more about how you can help. 

[Note that we have recently expanded this to include schooling shows and other non-UDS shows.]

 

Assist at the UDS banquet.

We can always use extra hands, both setting up or serving at the banquet itself and in the weeks leading up to the event, as we gather everything together to make it a special night. We also need help with obtaining and organizing donations for the silent auction fundraiser. Contact the Events Director to find out where you can help.

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Acquire items for silent auction. 

You can earn 1 hour for each approved item to be offered at our annual silent auction. Contact the UDS Events Director for more information and for item approval.

 

Work at a UDS clinic.

Whether helping with the build up or at the clinic itself, we often need extra hands. Our Education Director is the best person to email to find out how you can help.

 

Write an article for the UDS omnibus, newsletter, or website.

Perhaps you’ve been to an event? Perhaps you’ve had a training insight? Contact the Communications Director and pitch your idea.

 

Volunteer in the dressage phase of eventing competitions.

Whether you serve as a scribe, ring steward, test runner, or in another capacity, your help with the dressage phrase of an event helps to promote the sport. Contact the show secretary for the event to learn how you might help.

 

Do outreach to Pony Club, 4-H, and other equine organizations. 

Perhaps you would like to do a dressage exposition for the local 4-H or offer dressage lessons for the Pony Club. Provided that you are not being paid for this time, any activity that supports the promotion of dressage and dressage education to other equestrian organizations will be considered for volunteer hours. If you have questions about whether the activity you have in mind will count, please reach out to a UDS board member.  

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Lend your expertise.

We can always use help. If you are skilled at making fliers, doing website design, taking photos for our site and social media pages, arranging flower for the banquet, or doing any other of the tasks that pop up around events, we would love your assistance. Please reach out to a UDS board member or our Volunteer Coordinator and we will see how we might put you to work.

 

Buy volunteer hours.

Did time get the better of you? Have you been unable to find an opportunity to offer your skills? You now have the option to buy volunteer hours for $50 per hour. Contact the UDS treasurer for more information on how to donate to earn hours.

Note that purchased volunteer hours will not be applied towards volunteer-of-the-year awards.
 

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Horse owners may earn hours to donate to their horse’s rider. 

 

A rider’s family members may earn hours to donate to that UDS member.

 

*Please note that any work that a member has been paid for is not considered to be volunteer work and, thus, should not be submitted for volunteer hours.

 

* Because all UDS members can advertise their events on the UDS website, not all clinics listed on the website are official UDS events and thus may not be venues at which you can earn volunteer hours. If you need clarification on what counts for your hours, please contact a board member.

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You may submit documentation of your volunteer hours using the form below or in another manner, if more convenient, as long as the same information is provided.