Thank you again for everyone’s support during this year’s #NHGives!! ❤️ As a not-for-profit, it is CRUCIAL for us to have an amazing community that gives back to us and our programs. Because of your donations, our horses are well taken care of, our facility is well-maintained, and our programs are able to continue to positively change lives!
📧If you’re not already, we’d love for you to join our email list! We’d love for you to follow along with us and the happenings at the farm. The link to join is below!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! 🙏🏼💖
https://touchstone-farm.charityproud.org/WebForm/Index/3102?formCode=03d0fa36-872c-41c5-aa42-49c851bb409d
THANK YOU to everyone who donated, shared, and engaged with our posts!! We met our $45,000 goal and that is INCREDIBLE!!! 🤩❤️ This has been our most successful #NHGives yet, because of YOU!!
Your donations will go towards the care and maintenance of our most important employees - the horses, but also towards completing architectural drawings for our next step in building on our beautiful property! ❤️❤️
IF you haven’t donated yet and wanted to, or if you want to donate more- the NH Gives site is still accepting donations until Friday night!! We will be so appreciative of any more donations that come in 🙏🏼💖
https://www.nhgives.org/organizations/touchstone-farm
Thank you, thank you, thank you from ALL of us at Touchstone Farm!! 🙏🏼 (Also thank you because now we will forever have this video of Kris jumping into the pond 😂😂)
TWO HOURS TO GO!
CHALLENGE #2: COMPLETE ✅🥧
CHALLENGE #3: ACCEPTED!! 😅
We had a direct donation come in which isn’t reflected on our #NHGives page, so we are LESS THAN $10,000 away from meeting our $45,000 goal!!!! THAT’S AMAZING! We have TWO hours left and if we raise the last $10,000, KRIS IS RUNNING INTO THE RIVER! 🏊♀️
🚨🚨We need you NOW more than ever- please, please, please help us raise this money towards our consistent horse care expenses AND towards BUILDING on our beautiful property!! Link below to donate- you have until 5pm!!! Let’s finish with a SPLASH! 💦
https://www.nhgives.org/organizations/touchstone-farm
#NHGives has 11 Hours Left!
🐓☀️Rise and Shine!!! The second half of #NHGives is well underway! Thanks to the Carl and Verna Foundation, we have a $45,000 match this year and we are counting on YOU to help us meet it!! There are about 11 hours left to reach our goal! 🏆
🎊Other GREAT news is that we have yet ANOTHER match that started at 5am this morning - early bird gets the worm, doesn’t it?! - for $4600! That means if you donate NOW, your donation could not only be doubled, or even tripled, it could be quadrupled!! 🥳👏🏼
Follow the link below and PLEASE donate! We need your support now more than ever! We have big plans for our farm and with your help, we can continue to positively change lives!! ❤️
https://www.nhgives.org/organizations/touchstone-farm
TODAY is the day!! Starting at 5pm today, #NHGives kicks off and the support of amazing not-for-profits across the state begins! 👏🏼🎉
🚨📣We have the most exciting news- for #NHGives this year, we are so excited and grateful to The Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation for a $45,000 match!! EVERY DONATION during the 24 hour period (up to $45000), will be doubled!! 🥰 YOUR support is crucial to meeting this goal!!
🔔⏰Set your alarms and keep an eye on NHGives.org to see what other incentives you/we can earn as you donate!! (There’s even a $250 prize for the organization who gets the FIRST donation of the event after 5pm!! 🤩)
Let’s do this!!!! 👏🏼
https://www.nhgives.org/organizations/touchstone-farm
Buster is ITCHING for #NHGives to start!!! Are you ready to be a part of it?! It’s a day to celebrate all the good going on in our communities! 💞
We have 24 hours until our biggest fundraising event of the year begins and we need ALL of your support! A little can go a loooong way when we get together and GIVE! 🤗Set your alarms - see you at 5pm tomorrow, June 11th! ⏰
https://www.nhgives.org/organizations/touchstone-farm
HOP on over to the link below because GiddyUp Games is less than 2 weeks away! 🐴 This is a FUNdraising event, meaning all the proceeds go back to us at Touchstone Farm, yet we want to bring our supporters and community together and make it FUN! 🤩
https://www.touchstone-farm.org/giddyup-games/#class-list
➡️We are hoping that YOU will become a Fundraising Hero, which means you set up your own donation page, share it to everyone you know, and raise money for Touchstone Farm!! 🦸 Along the way, as you hit milestones, you will be earning rewards!!! We’ve got magnets, journals, sweaters, and MORE! 🎁 Plus, if you raise $100 or more, you can get free entry into any class of your choosing! And there’s 4 classes to choose from! 🎉
🔗 Check out the link below for ALL the info on our GiddyUp Games event - and hurry!!! It’s almost June 1!!
https://www.touchstone-farm.org/giddyup-games/#class-list
📣We’re putting the FUN in fundraiser with our inaugural annual event here at Touchstone Farm: The GiddyUp Games!!!! 🥳🐴🐎
Join us for this amazingly silly, yet for-a-great-cause, event! Participate in any of our “un-mounted” games, enjoy the yummy cook-out, or simply come to enjoy a great day outside and support those competing in the games! ALL while raising money for all our outstanding programs! 💸🏇🏼
The day will be filled with all kinds of competitions- Musical Noodle Ponies, Tractorless Tractor Pull, Horseless Tack Race, and MORE! We are ESPECIALLY excited for our signature event - The Inflatable Horse Race! Bounce your way around our indoor track, competing for that coveted first place prize! Don’t bounce too fast or you’ll fall off your trusty steed 😂🤓
More information on how to sign up, fundraise, and RSVP will be posted SOON, but for now, make sure to SAVE THE DATE for this hilarious event. 🚨Saturday, June 1st from 10am-2pm!🚨
Early morning walks with Kiwi are good for the soul 💜
🎶Oh the weather outside is frightful🎶
And let's be clear, no part of it is delightful. 😵💫
Downed power lines have us in the dark for a bit 🔦.
But, you know what they say, when life gives you lemons, make...
full water buckets! 💦
I spy with my little 👀, NEW FOOTING!!
We’ve lost our sweet Annie girl 💔 She was, and always will be, a true Touchstone Farm legend. As part of the family for over 20 years, losing her feels tragic and heavy. We are so thankful to her for her decades of hard work and patience with the hundreds of students that learned from her. She was a saint through and through. 🦄It’s important to us as as a farm to make sure our retiree horses live out their days here with us, and that’s just what Annie did. She enjoyed a few years of retirement and we are lucky to have had all of those years with her! 💗
Look who’s getting back into action! 😍 Since Hootie’s health took a turn early February, he hasn’t been in work, but now that he’s feeling better, he’s back at it!
To regain his strength, we’re starting him real slow. His first 5 minute ride since earlier this year went great. He’s getting stronger everyday! We’re so proud of him and so happy to have him with us ❤️
We are SO thankful to everyone who has donated to our gofundme page for recuperating his medical expenses 🙏🏼 We’re so close to our goal, and would looove to reach it to get us back on track. ANY amount helps, so please consider reading his story and supporting us! 📖 (link below 🥰❤️🩹)
https://gofund.me/03ea038c
HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!! 🌷🌸🌱 (Can you tell we’re excited?!)
The snow may still be on the ground but it’s melting and we’re looking forward to spring! Spring on a horse farm means many things… shedding season, bathing 🧽 season, and FLY season 🪰😬 It can also mean allergy season for some of our 4 legged friends… 🤧
We have updated our Amazon Wishlist to reflect all things spring and would LOVE your support in helping us prepare for better weather! We need loooots of things, from shampoo, sponges, and hoses for bathing, to fly spray and fly masks!! Lots and lots of fly masks. As always, we’re in need of allergy meds, salt blocks, glucosamine, and horse treats! Can never have enough of any of those 😉
Follow the link below to shop! THANK YOU ❤️
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3V9A037YGIL96?ref_=wl_share
(PS- Amazon recently did away with their “charity” platforms, so this is a bit different of a list than we used to have, please let us know if there’s any troubleshooting! Thx!)
When life gives you snow, make a sled! 🤣
