06/07/2025
Hello everyone! Guess what? It's hay and alfalfa cutting time, and the rescue has an empty hay barn that needs to be filled! Our last few fundraisers on this page have been dismal, and so I just wanted to ask a few questions of our followers to see what we can do to get some help to fill it up, since it will take about $30,000 to get it done!
What are things you are interested in? Tshirts? Cups? Equine artwork? We have done everything from giving away $3000 saddles, Disney trips, artwork, etc, and we have had very little luck in raising funds. In fact, we ended up having to fund half of the saddle and the Disney trip out of our own paychecks, defeating the purpose, since the tickets didn't sell. So, you tell us how we can get your attention and be able to receive the support we need to feed the 39 permanent residents in our care. We have about twenty SOLID and amazing donors who consistently step up and donate to the cause, and we wouldn't have even made it this far without them, so if you are one of our angels, please know this message isn't FOR you, but to get you all help and a break from always having to pitch in (also, thank you for everything and we love you so much 😭😭😭).
For everyone else......
I will no longer sugar coat this....we are near the point of euthanizing all of the horses and shutting our doors. Inability to feed the horses is not something I am willing to do, and I would rather let them trot over the Rainbow Bridge than watch them lose condition and suffer. We need to buy the hay that was cut for us or we will lose it to people who have the money to buy it. We have another 10k in fencing and other work that needs done around the farm, and we have exactly zero dollars coming in to the rescue account.
ZERO.
We have already reduced the quality of the grain we feed, have taught ourselves to give our own vaccines, and trim their hooves ourselves, since those fundraisers were met with zero dollars on a regular basis. We have always been mostly self funded, only asking to raise $2000 of the $10,000 it costs us to feed and maintain them monthly, and that has been met with silence and even mockery in recent months. We have done everything by the book. We have been transparent, honest, and GOOD to these horses. It's truly heartbreaking to see good, ethical rescues and sanctuaries closing their doors. If I sound mad, trust me, I'm not. I am extremely sad. We have dedicated our entire lives to these animals that the PUBLIC asked us to take, then those same people laugh in our face when we ask for help to maintain the horses that we were asked to rescue. We have been one of the top rated non profits by Guidestar since we opened, and with extremely low monetary support, which baffles me completely. We are mocked for having our own horses or doing things for our children, such as buying them Christmas gifts. Can you believe that? Mocked and told we don't deserve donations to the rescue because we had the NERVE to buy a Christmas gift for our son one year. Guess what? He normally goes without for the horses, and we should never be put in that position just to clean up someone else's lack of responsibility for THEIR horse that we took in and feed out of our own pocket. Yeah, sit down and think about that one long and hard. Take all the time that you need.
We have 39 permanent residents here, only six of them have a monthly sponsor at $100/month. Most of the elderly horses cost us at LEAST $300/month to maintain, and we have over 5000 followers on this page, which was designed as a way to earn money for the rescue. So I will reiterate, if each person who followed our page would like, comment, share or even donate one dollar a month, we would be able to stay open and these horses would live like kings. What can we do differently to make that happen, please? We didn't go to great lengths to save their lives, just to put them to sleep for lack of support.
We need your help, truly and honestly, we do. All you have to do is donate a dollar, or interact with our FB posts to help keep the horses fed and keep our doors open. That's it, that's all. We are tired, and we deserve to have support instead of always being the support. Moreover, these horses deserve to not be forgotten. They gave their entire lives to humans, who failed them at every turn until we came along. So if you see our post, please comment, like, share, or donate- I will put the links in the comments to make it super easy!
Thank you for listening, and for any support you can provide. I won't be told to change my tone or what I say anymore, either. I have been told "you won't get any donations if you aren't super nice" and let me tell you, that s**t has not worked at ALL. So I'm going to be honest instead. 🤞👌
