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Red Bell Run

Home to The Sanctuary at Red Bell Run, a Special Needs Equine Sanctuary and Grape Vineyard. We encour They come here in need.

The Sanctuary at Red Bell Run is home to special needs equines, those with medical or behavioral issues that make them unadoptable. Many times our residents are able to have a good quality of life with managed care; care that other organizations may not be able to provide due to staffing or financial restrictions. We strive to give each horse, mule, or donkey we care for the things that they lacke

d before coming to Red Bell Run. We do a lot of things here but at the Sanctuary, the most important thing we do is simply love them. We fulfill as many of those needs as we can. OUR MISSION:
To rescue abused, neglected or at risk equines and other animals, offering rehabilitation and permanent placement including lifelong sanctuary. Foster the animal-human bond through empathy building, community assistance, educational and therapeutic programs.

11/23/2024

UPDATE 11.23.24
Another day, another group of farms and equines 🫏🐎 helped (and a few sheep 🐑 and goats🐐too!) Steady stream of people 🛻🛻🛻 today coming in with donations or picking up supplies to deliver! That is what we do at the Fleet of Angels hay bank at Red Bell Run!

Volunteers drove all the way from Wilmington to help, and our steadfast RBR volunteers,Tina, Dr. Luci, and Maggie Keegan Monty, were on hand as always loading hay, feed, blankets, buckets and more!

Thank you's go to Cara Nelsen for picking up supplies that will go up to Green Mountain tomorrow and to Sherrie who traveled 2 hours from Maggie Valley to pick up orchard grass hay for another farmer's horses. We were happy to help Starlyn Thompson load up and take feed to several small farms in Polk and Rutherfordton that have had damage from Helene.

Horsewear of Ireland gifted the hay bank with gorgeous turnouts that arrived today, and Judith McMillan's family delivered lots of goodies for dogs 🐕 and cats🐈! We can't thank these donors enough for their generosity to the people affected by Helene. Everyone is pulling their 🛶oar!

🪄🙏 Wish List: chicken scratch, Equine minerals, Himalayan salt blocks, and size 72, 76 and 78 waterproof turnouts or rain sheets!
Thank you!

11/23/2024

UPDATE 11.22.24. Blessed, blessed day. Truly. We received more blankets (greatly needed) from our friends at Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue and were able to help tons of equines (and their people!)

A lady called... she had some beautiful fescue but needed orchard grass. We needed fescue because many horses in this area eat fescue. We sent our Red Bell Run team to Flat Rock with orchard grass hay and picked up the fescue. In turn, Kathryn Woodward with 828- Helene-Relief needed hay taken to a drop point a short distance away for distribution to several people with equines. In all 400 bales were provided to hungry equines today plus feed, electric fence, blankets, alfalfa pellets donated by Fenway Foundation for Friesian Horses, Buckeye Senior from Mars Animal Feed, and All Stock from Spirit Horse Equine Rescue. That's a good day's work! ❤️🐎❤️🫏❤️

Thanks to our donors, Fleet of Angels, our volunteers and our Red Bell Run crew for getting these supplies to the equines that need them! 😇😇😇

🪄🙏 NEEDS MET! THANK YOU Tia Bonkowski and Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue ! (We do still need loose minerals and plain salt) Wish List: mineral salt, 64" -68" medium waterproof turnout blankets, electric braid fencing, and Sensicare horse feed available from Chewy for little Turtle (the starved pony discovered by linesmen after the hurricane and rescued by the Michael Blackwell family.) Turtle is doing great but really likes this particular feed! https://www.chewy.com/keyflow-sensi-care-low-sugar-low/dp/1215462?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=21096508713&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA9IC6BhA3EiwAsbltOFL-ROfyAwfaWR0hLqCGiC8hN4aOn1gAlkmSzsqJnk3Mc793AbKiSBoCCtoQAvD_BwE

11/21/2024

UPDATE: 11.21.24
It was a bittersweet day here at the Red Bell Run Hay Bank. For the past several weeks, Scott B, Justen, Sarah, Jacob and Scott K, members of a SURGE team of volunteers from the federal government, have been working tirelessly to help us with livestock distribution supplies. No one could ask for more dedication or sense of mission. They worked 7 days a week, drove well over 3000 miles delivering supplies, and were instrumental in organizing supplies and finding areas in need of help. On top of that, they bought the entire Red Bell Run staff a delicious taco lunch!

We wish them safe travels as they return home and express our deepest appreciation for the service they've performed for the people and animals of the Carolinas. You are heroes! ❤️

11/21/2024

We want to recognize a very special hurricane angel. Scott Kelnhofer of Fenway Farms (Fenway Foundation for Friesian Horses) has organized and donated over 86,000lbs of alfalfa products to the victims of Hurricane Helene. We are so humbled and appreciative of Fenway Farms' generosity. We have already distributed many of these bags and are blessed that enough was provided to continue helping those in need through the winter.

11/21/2024

UPDATE: 11.20.24
The hay bank was open, and we were happy to be able to provide hay, feed and supplies to everyone who came!

More blankets arrived for our mini friends today! With this cold weather coming in, they're much appreciated.

DeeDee Golberg from Spirit Horse Equine Rescue showed up with a trailer full of much-needed supplies- everything from feed to wheelbarrows! She drove all the way from Wisconsin to help our equines and people here in Western North Carolina and we can't thank her enough! This Fleet of Angels supporter has certainly come through for our horses!

The hay bank will be open again on Saturday from 9-12, but if you need to come outside of those hours, call the office at 828-863-2017.

11/19/2024

UPDATE: 11.19.24

Well, winter 🥶 is knocking on the door. We were happy to help with some warm, waterproof blankets going out, along with hay, feed and fence! Our equine friends 🐎🫏 are going to need help in these temperatures! ❄️

Our dear Dr. Luci made a delivery 🛻🛻🛻 up the mountain, and several people stopped by the hay bank for supplies, despite the rainy weather. ☔️

The Hay Bank is open tomorrow from 9-12 and 1-4 if you need equine supplies: orchard grass hay, bagged alfalfa, Buckeye Senior and 12/8 pellets, alfalfa pellets, and HiFibre forage and more! Plus tons of barn supplies... If you have questions or need to come outside of published hours, call 828-863-2017.

We are so thankful ❤️ this evening to the people who are holding the Shamrocks and Saddles fundraiser at Delaney's in Spartanburg! It will benefit the equines of Western NC. Doing these events takes time and committment, and we thank you from the bottom of our equine-loving hearts! ❤️🫏❤️🐎😊

11/18/2024

UPDATE 11.18.24
As always a busy day! Inventory taken 📋, arrangements made to help someone who needs a different type of hay, more hay coming in from Mississippi for our 🐮 farmers , advice dispensed, lots of calls 📱answered and donations received... all of this so that we can get supplies to the people and animals needing them most! 🛻🛻🛻

Tomorrow the Fleet of Angels hay bank at Red Bell Run hours are 9-12 and 1-4. We have hay, feed and supplies, including some dog food. Let us know if we can help!

🪄🙏 Wish list for today: Purina 12:12 minerals, Himalayan salt blocks, chicken scratch

Again thank you to our donors, volunteers, staff and SURGE team for making this possible! 😇😇😇

11/17/2024

UPDATE: 11.17.24
Today was spent doing admin things📋📋 to prepare for our deliveries next week (but still helping someone who needed a Davis boot for a horse 🐎with an injured foot!)

Several trips up ⬆️ the mountain are planned to get supplies where they're needed this coming week. 🛻🛻 If you can help make a run this week (any day, weather permitting) please give Mary a call (863-956-7571.)

The Fleet of Angels hay bank Red Bell Run will be open Tuesday and Wednesday 9-12 and 1-4, and Saturday 9-12. If you can volunteer to help cover one of those shifts, or if you need to pick up supplies outside of regular hay bank hours, let us know (call 828-863-2017 or email [email protected].)

We wish safe travels to ❤️ Teresa and Dave and to the MS angels as they travel home today. Thank you for caring about our people and animals! ❤️

11/16/2024

UPDATE 11.16.24
What an exciting day! Mini blankets arrived for the little guys 🐎 from our friend Tia Bonkowski. ❤️ Three trailers of incredible supplies with everything from generators to kids toys (plus several loads of cow hay) arrived from several wonderful Mississippi angels!😇 We were just their first stop and the rest went up the mountain to help folks in Spruce Pine! Brandy and Seth drove all the way down from Ohio with fencing, feed and mineral blocks that we urgently needed! 👍🏻

It was a busy and productive day. Our volunteers (we can't say enough good about this hard-working group) hustled all day unloading and loading donations and supplies!💪😇💪😇

Super donors Teresa and Dave 😇 took another load of hay, feed and more to our friends at Rebuilding Hollers where hay was reloaded for people straight off the truck; our SURGE team drove to Burnsville to deliver feed and hay, and there was a steady stream of very grateful folks picking up hay, feed and supplies at the Fleet of Angels hay bank here at Red Bell Run.

One little girl left with a huge grin 😊 after finding a grooming caddy, grooming brushes, a pink and purple lead rope, and horse treats (along with feed and hay) for her favorite horse! 🐎 We can't thank our wonderful donors enough for creating these moments of light 🕯 with their generosity. 😇

🙏🪄 Wish list for today: Purina 12:12 minerals, Himalayan salt blocks, chicken scratch!

11/15/2024

UPDATE 11.15.24
Donations coming in and going right back out! A nice gentleman brought timothy hay and promised to be back with more. One of our volunteers gifted us with much-needed Himalayan salt blocks which are already packed to go up the mountain. Our 😇 angel donor sent an entire pallet of heavy hay tarps, and we had several calls from people offering to send waterproof blankets!

Two horses had shelters delivered thanks to our SURGE team and Teresa and Dave delivered 200 bales of nice timothy orchard hay to Olive Branch Ranch for distribution, then came back and loaded up for a delivery tomorrow🛻🛻🛻. Equine Journey came and picked up some much-needed supplies.

Sarah Seaward, who has volunteered here all week, helped coordinate our volunteers, staff and SURGE team in assembling and organizing 📋outgoing orders. Dr. Luci, Betsy and Maria Hogge all worked all day getting things done! We simply can't do this without these kind people and they (and many others) have been doing this since right after the storm.❤️

🙏🪄 Wish list for today: mineral and Himalayan salt blocks, and Purina 12:12 minerals. Welded and no- climb fencing is also needed.

Thanks as always to our donors😇 and Fleet of Angels for helping the people and animals of Western North Carolina.

11/15/2024

UPDATE: 10.14.24
We're not letting a little rain stop us, so two deliveries 🛻 went to Asheville, and several loads were scheduled 📋 for delivery, (thank you, volunteers!)

We were 😊 happy to welcome back Teresa and Dave, who not only brought another 200 beautiful bales of hay, medical supplies ⚕️ and the bell boots we requested, but are staying the weekend to make deliveries up the mountain! ❤️

Thank you as always, to every one of our volunteers, the SURGE Team members and Red Bell Run staff for soldiering on, and to our donors, Fleet of Angels and community for their support!

🪄🙏 Wish list item today is for the 2.2 lb. (small) Himalayan salt blocks on a rope. Thank you!

Hay Bank hours: Tues-Wed 9-12 and 1-4, Sat. 9-12. Othe hours by appointment. Call 828-863-2017.

11/13/2024

UPDATE: 11.13.24. We are organized, planning 📋 the next intake of supplies and scheduling trips up the mountain! If you can help, let us know. The need is great, but I have faith in the hearts ❤️ of our people! We will get these supplies where they need to go!

As always, our SURGE team, dedicated volunteers and staff worked hard today, cleaning donated grooming supplies, delivering medical supplies to a local shelter and animal hospital, taking in donations and loading trucks! We appreciate every single item! 🌠(Still in need of waterproof mini blankets sizes 34-48.)

11/12/2024

UPDATE: 11.12.24
Thanks to our wonderful volunteers, SURGE team and staff, the Red Bell Run Hay Bank sponsored by Fleet of Angels is organized and operating for those affected by Hurricane Helene! Open Tues & Wed 9-12/1-4, Sat 9-12 and other hours by appointment. We have BLANKETS (lots!), Stable sheets, coolers, hay, feed, bagged forage, electric fencing, grooming tools of all types plus medical items and much more!

🌠Wish for the day! 🪄 We are in need of miniature horse waterproof turnout blankets, sizes 34 -52 and Purina 12:12 minerals. We are getting lots of requests from miniature donkey and horse owners who have lost their shelter or barns, and need some protection from the cold and wet! Address to mail/ship: 385 Blackwood Road. Columbus, NC 28722 Phone: 828-863-2017

🛻 Several loads were picked up today, and new supplies are expected in this Friday and Saturday! If you can help Friday or Saturday, we'd love to have you. If you can take a load up the mountain, let us know! 🛻

11/12/2024

UPDATE 11.11.24 - Happy Veteran’s Day ❤️🤍💙 We are officially moved over to our Hay Bank at Red Bell Run sponsored by Fleet of Angels where we will be throughout the winter, providing needed feed and supplies to equines affected by Hurricane Helene. WE ARE NO LONGER STATIONED AT TIEC!

📍 Location: 319 Blackwood Rd. Columbus, NC
⏰ Hours:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm
Saturdays 9am-12pm
*Call our office at 828-863-2017 if you need to schedule a pickup time outside of open hours

We currently have:
Orchard grass squares
Bagged & Chopped Alfalfa
Pine shavings
Senior horse feed
12/8 Buckeye Safe N’ Easy
Barn supplies
Electric fence supplies
Equine medical supplies
Blankets (waterproof, stable, cooler, & beyond!)
Buckets/troughs
Grooming supplies
& MORE!

More supplies are scheduled to arrive at the end of the week. If you would like to make a donation of feed and/or hay, please let us know. We do have a loading dock and forklift for large donations!

🌾 We need horse quality round bales! We have gotten many requests and have none to give. If you are willing to donate some, please message us on Facebook, call 828-863-2017, or email [email protected]

🚚 Deliveries are still needed! If you would like to volunteer to deliver supplies up the mountain, please fill out this form and we will reach out via call/text when we have a load ready to be taken.
bit.ly/HeleneReliefDriver

11/10/2024

UPDATE11.10.24
The Fleet of Angels hay bank at Red Bell Run is open! Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 9-12 and 1-4. Saturdays 9-12. Other hours arranged by appointment by calling the office 828-863-2017 during regular business hours. Emergencies text or call Mary Adams at 863-956-7571. We have: orchard grass hay, alfalfa bag hay, Senior feed and 12/8 Buckeye feed, barn supplies, electric fence supplies, medical supplies, blankets, sheets, shavings and more for those impacted by Hurricane Helene.

A huge shout out to Tina, Dawn, Maggie, our SURGE team and Red Bell staff for making this move so quickly! More supplies coming in at the end of the week plus runs up the mountain needed so if you can volunteer please let us know! We need you!

11/10/2024

UPDATE 11/9/24 - We’re moving early! 📢 Please share! The Fleet of Angels Hay Bank run by Red Bell Run will be at Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort for two more days, Sunday & Monday (11/10-11/11). A huge thank you to our SURGE Team volunteers, RBR staff, and other volunteers for helping us get everything moved from TIEC to RBR these past few days...and we still need volunteers at the Red Bell Run location. More donations are coming in, and we will still be sending supplies to our Northern counties!

On Tuesday, November 12th, we will make our full transition to the Fleet of Angels and Red Bell Run Hay Bank located here at the Sanctuary. We will operate through the winter to keep the equines affected by Hurricane Helene fed and healthy. We also have waterproof turnouts, halters/leads, veterinary, and other equine supplies.

Hay Bank Hours:
Tuesdays 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm
Wednesdays 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm
Saturdays 9am-12pm
*Please call 828-863-2017 for questions or pick-ups outside these times/days.

Hay Bank Location:
319 Blackwood Rd. Columbus, NC 28722

What an amazing experience this has been running the distribution hub out of TIEC for the past month. We have served so many people and organizations, and the response has been extremely humbling. It could not have been possible without countless people.

Address

385 Blackwood Road
Columbus, NC
28722

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

(828) 863-2017

Website

http://www.redbellrun.org/

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Videos

Red Bell Run and Fleet of Angels Delivering for Equines in Need! #WNCStrong

Now presenting: The Red Bell Run "Forelock Fade". Minx's forelock will never compare to Normando's luscious locks, but we love her anyway!

Someone call Miss. Trunchbull, we've got some pigtail wearing pint-sized ponies on the loose! 😂

Thank you Mary Kay Hanamann in Wisconsin for sending us this Jolly Ball! Lou Lou Willette especially took an immediate liking to it! Donkeys are such curious animals with playful personalities. If you would like to shop our wish list and send us some items for our equines, you can do so through the Chewy link below. https://www.chewy.com/g/red-bell-run-foundation-inc_b96391907#wish-list&wishlistsortby=DEFAULT Any item(s) purchased will be automatically shipped to the Sanctuary. You can even add items from our wish list to your existing Chewy order for your pets!

Who needs a back scratcher when you've got a fence? Our miniature donkey Nick was caught getting just the right spot this morning! Video by staff member Ash Rollins