All Blog Posts Tagged 'horse rescue' (67)

Horse Play News Jan - Feb 2011

The Running Horse

A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play

Jan – Feb 2011…

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Added by Horse Play on January 21, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Horse Play News Nov-Dec 2010

ZACK

1979 – 2010

Polo pony, Barrel racer

Trail horse, Babysitter

I caught your last breath in my hand

and I will forever hold it in my heart

Your spirit runs free once again!

October 18 2010 was a sad day here. Our beloved Zack was humanely euthanized due to complications from cancer and old age. He is missed!

The Running Horse

A…

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Some Folks Call Sculpture HorseSh*t, But This is the Real Thing

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Added by Kimberly Cox Carneal on August 28, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Horse Play News Aug-Sept 2010

The Running Horse

A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play

Issue August-September 2010

Horse Play

EIN: 05-0506340

Website: www.hptrc.org

Email: horseplayri@msn.com

Message from Aidan – the Alpha Mare

Whew! Has it been hot, humid and buggy or what! Good weather for napping or just grazing – whichever. Haven’t been on the trail in…

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Added by Horse Play on August 9, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Annabella - another horse saved through the Horse Rescue Series

Annabella – A New Rescue Story

Annabella, ‘Bella’ came from an Appaloosa breeding farm – but not your typical breeding farm that handles the horses and provides regular care and maintenance. Poor Bella was pastured at a farm with 3

other stallions and the horses were not handled much – her feet were rarely

done (if they ever…

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Added by Lindsey Forkun on July 14, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Horse Play News June-July 2010

The Running Horse

A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play

Issue June-July 2010

Horse Play

EIN: 05-0506340

Website: www.hptrc.org

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Added by Horse Play on June 11, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

How you can Help Horses in Need!

All it takes a a minute of your time and a few clicks a day to help rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home hundreds of deserving horses.

Please join me in helping Heaven Can Wait Equine Rescue win the shelter challenge. All you have to do is go online at www.animalrescuesite.com and vote for Heaven Can Wait Equine Rescue of Cameron, Ontario. The prize list is as follows:

Grand Prize: One $10,000…

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Added by Mandy on May 24, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

Horse Rescue Series!

This is Horse Rescue at its finest!

Lindsey has a history of saving horses from auction sales that may have gone to slaughter. She retrains them and gives them a second chance at life.

Any horse can be a caring and willing partner if only the handler takes the time to connect with the horse and show them that humans can be great partners! As Gary Convery believed - there are no

bad horses, only humans who don't have the desire or…

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Added by Lindsey Forkun on May 9, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Starting and running a 501(c)3, or how to use up all your free time (5 May 2010)

After owning Troxel helmets for over 10 years, I was dismayed to discover that the Troxel Legacy Gold sizing/styling had changed and it no longer fit. When I called customer service to ask about the issue, they weren't very helpful. But in the

process, I heard from several people - at local tacks stores, and on different forums - where others had had the same problem. So apparently it wasn't

my ego making my head circumference mushroom.

I…

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Added by Special Horses, Inc. on May 6, 2010 at 2:19am — No Comments

Press release: EQUINE GIFT RETAILER FINDS A WAY TO HELP LOCAL HORSE RESCUE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1. 2010

support@knotatail.com

A MESA, AZ EQUINE GIFT RETAILER FINDS A WAY TO HELP LOCAL…

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Added by Roberta Edstrom on May 5, 2010 at 6:29pm — No Comments

Starting and running a 501(c)3, or how to use up all your free time (3 May 2010)

Once you submit all your paperwork to the IRS...you wait. And wait. We submitted in late July, and by mid October we received a letter...which said we were assigned to an agent. Our application required more information...which could be resolved by a simple phone call. Or maybe not. While we waited to be contacted further, our groups assured us this was the status quo.

We were grateful for the assistance of the legal team working with us through the generous gift of the Ralph and… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on May 4, 2010 at 1:30am — No Comments

Horse Play News May - June 2010

The Running Horse

A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play

Issue May - June 2010

Horse Play

EIN: 05-0506340

Website: www.hptrc.org

Email: horseplayri@msn.com

Message from Aidan – the…

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Starting and running a 501(c)3, or how to use up all your free time (24 April 2010)

So...what's in a by-law, anyway? Apparently, a LOT of legal jargon! Bluebonnet Humane Equine Society (www.bluebonnetequine.org) sent us their by-laws, and Colleen had been preparing some for what would become Borrowed Freedom Equine Therapies (www.borrowedfreedom.org). Still, I had to download forms (thanks, Google!) as to what needed to be in the by-laws, what constitutes a director, how many you need, how you will… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 24, 2010 at 12:19pm — No Comments

Starting and running a 501(c)3, or how to use up all your free time (22 April 2010)

Gail from True Innocents Equine Rescue (www.tierrescue.org) gave us the heads up about the Ralph and Virginia Mullin Foundation. This is an organization that will assist groups devoted to animal welfare wishing to become 501(c)3.

I was doubtful: Special Horses isn't your run-of-the-mill kind of equine welfare organization, even though, at this point, we certainly had established ourselves as making an impact. We still applied, and surprise! we… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 22, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Starting and running a 501(c)3, or how to use up all your free time (20 April 2010)

As we moved along with our fundraisers, we also realized that Special Horses could fill an additional and different niche. With flooding of the Red River expected to reach epic proportions in North Dakota and Minnesota in April, 2009, Special Horses organized an emergency fundraising initiative to provide assistance to equines in need.

since we were not then 501(c)3, we assisted the Equine Sciences Department at North Dakota State University in coordinating incoming horses to the… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 20, 2010 at 2:07pm — No Comments

Adoptable Horse of the Week - from Sunkissed Acres Rescue and Retirement!

Summerville, GA: Can you help?

17 year old paint mare, broke and friendly. Her owner has stage four lung cancer and is not able to care for her. Giveaway notices

have not yet produced a home. She is (understandably!) behind on all care but in good

shape. She needs someone to take her on and help find her forever home.

Jenny (her mom) deserves this peace in her final days.

Pic to follow.

contact:…

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Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 17, 2010 at 8:31pm — No Comments

Starting and running a 501(c)3, or how to use up all your free time (16 April 2010)

Even before we had finished Secret Santa 2008, Colleen and I were kicking around ideas for another fundraiser. February is typically a very slow time for donations, because it's after the holidays (when those credit card bills come due) and before taxes. Working on our "dribble theory," we hatched an idea for a fundraiser that would, at the very least, give some equine 501c3 groups increased exposure, as well as net them a bit of cash.

The idea was simple: we invited the groups who had… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 16, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Starting and running a 501(c)3, or how to use up all your free time (15 April 2010)

When I sent out requests for "elves" for Secret Santa for Horse Rescues in 2008, one of the people responding was Colleen. Colleen had been active with Stable Movements, a therapeutic horsemanship facility in upstate New York. She had earlier gone on the Chronicle forums asking if people could send any kind of show clothing for their Special Olympics riders. Since the response had been overwhelmingly generous, she wanted to pay back in kind.

Colleen's expertise, amongst other areas, is… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 15, 2010 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Starting and running a 501(c)3, or how to use up all your free time (14 April 2010)

Through my Secret Santa efforts, I had become friendly with Lori Yonts of Sunkissed Acres Rescue and Retirement in Summerville GA. That December, just before Christmas, one of her barns had burned down. Through the wonderful generosity of so many on the Chronicles Forums, much of what had been lost - which was considerable - had been replaced. However, the insurance company did not come through with the actual value of the buildings and equipment, forcing Lori to take on additional work at… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 14, 2010 at 2:44pm — No Comments

Starting and running a 501(c)3, or how to use up all your free time (13 April 2010)

I was becoming more educated. The Chronicle Forums had allowed me to better understand horses at risk - after all, I knew there were dog and cat shelters. What did people do with unwanted horses? They're much bigger, and far more expensive to maintain. Which is how I learned about slaughter. I had never given it much thought - although I'm not a vegetarian, my poor graduate student days had left enough of an impact that even when I could afford it, I rarely bought meat. Almost overnight, I… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 13, 2010 at 2:16pm — No Comments