Summer is over and fall is here - my favourite season, and also our busiest.! In spite of all the rain this summer (EVERY day!) it was still warm and as always we're glad to be able to be doing what we do. We had quite a few intakes this summer, mostly surrenders, a few returns, and some youngsters purchased from a feedlot. We had some adoptions too, which almost balanced out the intakes with the outgoings.
We have some big thank-yous - $1000 grant from Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Van Niekerk via Giftfunds Canada;
$500 grant from Gordon R McLeod Fund at the Calgary Foundation; anonymous donation in honour of Mr. & Mrs Barratt; $500 donation from the Don Cherry Pet Rescue Foundation; $6250 raised through our Heartland raffle; over $2300 raised through our on-line auction; $1000 donation from HandsOn Gloves; and several kind donations in memory of friends, family, and pets, in addition to all our wonderful regular donors and sponsors.
Thank you once again to Spruce Meadows, both for providing us a free booth at the Masters in the Pet Expo pavilion, and for once again donating the leftover feed to us.
We have some big thank-yous - $1000 grant from Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Van Niekerk via Giftfunds Canada;
$500 grant from Gordon R McLeod Fund at the Calgary Foundation; anonymous donation in honour of Mr. & Mrs Barratt; $500 donation from the Don Cherry Pet Rescue Foundation; $6250 raised through our Heartland raffle; over $2300 raised through our on-line auction; $1000 donation from HandsOn Gloves; and several kind donations in memory of friends, family, and pets, in addition to all our wonderful regular donors and sponsors.
Thank you once again to Spruce Meadows, both for providing us a free booth at the Masters in the Pet Expo pavilion, and for once again donating the leftover feed to us.
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Thank you to Stantec employees for volunteering at the Rescue for Stantec In The Community Day. We had 45 volunteers out for the day and a lot got done!
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| We have a wish list of items we use regularly at the rescue now available through Amazon at this link - https://www.amazon.ca/registry/wishlist/3BJVT0VD0AIJ0 We also have our hoodies available in some new colours - you can find out more info on the hoodies on our fundraising page. |  |
A huge thank you to Mr. Harold Roozen for donating 76 round bales of hay. We'd also like to thank all the wonderful people who donated hundreds of square bales and dozens of round bales over this past spring and summer. It is so amazing the great support we receive from the community, allowing us to care for the horses and help more of them every day.
Speaking of hay, Mike has started hauling this coming winter's hay home, which will take at least 3 weeks of almost solid driving. Once all the hay is here we will start hauling home the horses from about 15 different locations where they've spent the summer. When that is done I don't think we'll want to see the inside of the truck for quite a while!
I've updated the website with the new additions, adoptions, and sadly a few passings as well. As once again I've left too many weeks between blogs I'm sure I've forgotten some important events and bits of news, but rest assured that we appreciate each and every one of you and everyone's hard work on behalf of the horses.
Speaking of hay, Mike has started hauling this coming winter's hay home, which will take at least 3 weeks of almost solid driving. Once all the hay is here we will start hauling home the horses from about 15 different locations where they've spent the summer. When that is done I don't think we'll want to see the inside of the truck for quite a while!
I've updated the website with the new additions, adoptions, and sadly a few passings as well. As once again I've left too many weeks between blogs I'm sure I've forgotten some important events and bits of news, but rest assured that we appreciate each and every one of you and everyone's hard work on behalf of the horses.
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