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 Maureen Mendez is our August Volunteer of the month. She is a Broward County resident and has been the Cafeteria Manager of Glen Middle School for over 13 years. Maureen found that she had some spare time and wanted to help out somewhere. She went online and found out about F.R.I.E.N.D.S. She began volunteering in June of 2010 and has already served over 50 hours. Maureen has a kind heart, and is exceptional at dealing with all the children; adapting quickly to unusual situations as they arise. Maureen says, "I love the ranch! I enjoy volunteering because the horses make me feel good. All my kids are grown". When asked who her favorite horse is she quickly adds, "Capitan! He is the only man in my life". 
 Alexandra Miles is a 17 year old student at McFatter Technical School and is hoping to be a veterinarian. She has volunteered at the FRIENDS Ranch for the last four months for school volunteer requirements and has completed approximately 120 hours. Alexandra chose the ranch to do her volunteer hours at because she loves animals and she once knew someone that had a horse at the ranch. Alexandra likes working with the horses and assisting with their care. Whisper, a fun and spunky horse, is her favorite and she hopes to sponsor her one day! Alex loves to help feed in the mornings and gets a great deal of satisfaction in helping horses and other animals in need. Alex works extremely hard and focuses her attention on whatever tasks are in most need each day. She has a very good work ethic when it comes to prioritizing the tasks she will do for the day. She has also set a great example for other volunteers by being a "team leader" in showing kids of all ages how to groom horses and how to do various other jobs that need to be done. She jumps in whenever and wherever she is needed without hesitation even if it is not her favorite job. Thank you Alex!
Congratulations on being our JULY VOLUNTEER of the MONTH!
 Favorite horses; Whisper and Dayne Lauren found out about us through Volunteer Broward. We get many fine volunteers from this great local organization. Lauren has been volunteering regularly with us since January of 2010. She has loved horses all her life and used to ride as a young girl. She has shown exceptional dedication to our cause and extraordinary efforts at the ranch and we will really miss her when she leaves! We wish her well in her new home!
 Josh came to FRIENDS in January of 2010 to fulfill his required service hours for high school graduation. Josh became a regular on Tuesdays and Thursdays and quickly fulfilled his service hours requirement. Even when he no longer needed to come out to the ranch, he continued to show up and help out because he knew we needed the extra volunteer support on those days. Josh was referred to us by a friend of his that had also served their hours with us last year. Feeling an attachment to the ranch, Josh is now considering sponsorship of one of our orphan horses. His favorite thing about the ranch is "being outside and working with the horses", and his favorite horse is "Biscuit" who he says, "has a great personality". Josh is 18 years old, enjoys country music, scuba diving and hunting. Josh is currently participating in the College Academy Program at Broward College. The program is funded by the state of Florida and is a joint venture between The School Board of Broward County and Broward College. It is the most successful program of its kind in the nation. The College Academy at BC Central Campus offers high school juniors enrolled as full-time students in the program the opportunity to receive a high school diploma from The School Board of Broward County, Florida and an Associate of Arts (AA) degree from Broward College. All classes are held at the Broward College campus. Josh has a 4.8 GPA and has been accepted as a junior into the Honors Program at Florida State University in fall 2010 where he plans to major in International Relations. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. has recognized Josh by making him a Team Leader at FRIENDS because of his dedication, his leadership skills, and his genuine caring for the animals. He will oversee and lead other new volunteers through the various jobs and chores that need to be fulfilled each day at our rescue ranch. We warmly welcome him to our Barn Staff Team. He is also our Volunteer of the Month for May 2010. We will certainly miss him when he must leave us in the fall but will look forward to his visits when he has time off from school.
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