Animal Loving RVers Welcome at

Desert Haven RV CAMPGROUND

Small RV park with large spaces, Country setting, Fantastic view of the Caballo Mountains and the Rio Grande corridor. Shaded picnic area, full hook-ups with well water, 30 amp and 50 amp service. Most sites are pull-through. Well behaved pets are welcome.

WE WANT YOU! to spend a night, a week, a month or to stay long-term at our small but comfortable DESERT HAVEN ADULT RV CAMPGROUND adjacent to the no-kill Animal Refuge. Income generated from RV site rentals are earmarked to cover part of the mortgage of DESERT HAVEN ANIMAL REFUGE.

WE OFFER a large, full hook-up RV lot for $10 per night, utilities included, $40 per week, plus utilities. or $150 per month, and you cover your own utilities. The RV campground is located between two large lakes only minutes away - Elephant Butte Lake to the North, and Caballo Lake to the South. The entire area is known not only for its Old West hospitality, its hot mineral springs and surrounding ghost towns, but it is also a paradise for hikers, rock-hounds and bird watchers. To reserve a camp site, contact Operations Manager and Camp Host Freddie Loveless at 1-505-894-2778 or email aubin29@zianet.com. For more information about Desert Haven Adult RV campground, you can also call Jane Duncan at 1-505-894-1937.

Desert Haven Animal Refuge is located in South Central New Mexico, off I-25, between Albuquerque to the North, and Las Cruces to the South. From I-25, take exit 75, then take a sharp right onto HWY 187. Desert Haven is located 2 miles south of the exit, at mile marker 34.

All profits go towards mortgage and operating expenses of the Desert Haven property.

The Work Camper Program

Our work campers are RVers who commit to spend several months or more at Desert Haven Animal Refuge, to share in the daily care of our animal residents, while at the same time helping finish the construction of the facility. They also help with routine maintenance tasks as needed.   As part of their duties, the work campers also work together with the volunteer crew at Paws & Claws thrift shop.

Their time, (an average of 20 hours per single per week and 25 hours per couple per week in a congenial work environment) their talent and a wealth of new ideas are exchanged for a spacious  RV site and utilities.

At Desert Haven, service oriented work camping singles and couples are welcome year-round, to help care for the domestic animals who live there until adoption or to the end of their natural life.  While there is always a need for routine maintenance at the no-kill facility, large building projects are usually left for the Fall, Winter and Spring, when the crew is the largest. Winter visitors in the surrounding communities team up with the volunteers and work camping crew every Tuesday at the Refuge,  to help with projects as well as with the domestic animals who reside there.   

The area, overlooking the Rio Grande corridor nearby, with the Caballo mountains in the background, is beautiful year-round. The park is small, well tended and peaceful and the people are wonderful. Please consider this park in your extended stay plans. You will be glad you did!

Interested in participating in this program? Contact Vice President Jane Duncan at 505-894-1937 or contact workamper coordinators Jane Duncan at 1-505-894-1937 or e-mail Eliana at aubin29@zianet.com

“ Work Campers, long-term and seasonal volunteers are a vital part of the on-going success of Desert Haven Animal Refuge. We need the help and support of each and every animal loving individual who wants to work together with us to make a difference in the life of domestic animals in need.”

“Together, we have the unique opportunity to witness, first hand, the changes that we make in the lives of the animals that we rescue and that we save from neglect, abuse, and often from a lonely and miserable death.

Together, we are an integral part of a network of caring and kindness whose value extends far beyond the simple care of the animals at Desert Haven Animal Refuge.

Join us in this labor of love in progress”

Eliana Aubin, President

 

Eliana Aubin
President
Sierra County Humane Society
& Desert Haven Animal Refuge

Workcampers interested in handing out RV Pet Safety Heat Alarm coupons can use a discount code of "DesertHaven" and for each sale SafePetRV.com will donate $15 to the Desert Haven Animal Refuge.  Click here to download a self extracting zip file containing coupons.
 

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