Tag: Volunteer
Reflections of a First Year Dressage Competitor
Year one was fabulous...I can’t wait to see where the journey takes us and for year two! Thanks for making year one so memorable!
By Lori LaFave
Dressage Riders-Volunteer Now!
USDF operates at the local level throughout the US via more than 100 affiliated clubs called Group Membership Organizations or GMOs. By joining your local GMO, you automatically become a group member of USDF. Each GMO is part of a USDF Region—there are 9 Regions that comprise the US. In many of the larger GMOs, when you become a member, you also become part of a local chapter, which ensures good representation throughout the geographic footprint of the GMO.
From the YourDressage Archives – Volunteering at the US Dressage Finals...
It’s Throwback Thursday! Enjoy this article from the YourDressage Archives, which was originally published in the June 2017 issue of the flipbook version of...
Meet the L Graduate – Alicia Cross
Alicia Cross has been riding and judging dressage for many years and enjoys the physics of horse and rider. She was an original member...
Essential Worker
From tending to COVID patients to volunteering in dressage, Nancy Bryant never shies away from a challenge
By Kim MacMillan
Reprinted from the March/April 2021 issue...
Unsung Hero – Dottie (Dorothy) Dawson
An “unsung hero” is defined as someone whose contributions are unacknowledged or little-known. In this series, we will feature and recognize some of these...
Meet the Competition Manager – Peter Rothschild
What is your name?
Peter Rothschild
Please share a little about yourself and your background.
I’m an Adult Amateur competitor (USDF Bronze & Silver Medals,...
The Volunteer Ladder – Knowing Which Step Is Right For You
By Kathy Grisolia
According to Webster’s Dictionary, the word volunteer means, “a person who undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service.”
This may be...
Janine Malone – 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award winner
Janine Malone received the USDF Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. A longtime member of the USDF Executive Board, she served for eighteen years in...
John “Jack” Kimball – 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award winner
John "Jack" Kimball (2010), of McIntosh, FL, was an active volunteer with USDF from its beginnings in 1973 until his death in June 1996....















