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4th Annual Adopt-a-Horse Raffle
OK Brite Skipper is a 5 year old registered Appaloosa mare. She is by Real Bright out of Gota Go Skippin (Plaudit bred). Skipper is halter broke. She is friendly and easy to work with. She has a calm disposition and is a quick learner. Skipper will make a great family horse. She is looking forward to her new home.
For the price of a ticket, you have a chance to adopt this wonderful horse.
You can purchase tickets by mail, by telephone, and at the following places:
Dallas area:
Wells Brothers Farm Store, 5001 Avenue K, Plano, TX
Houston area:
Brehm’s Feed, 4325 FM 359, Richmond, TX.
Charlotte’s Saddlery (2 locations), 11623A Katy Freeway, Houston, TX
and 114 West Main, Tomball, TX
Rosenberg Veterinary Clinic, 1218 Herndon Dr., Rosenberg, TX
Please buy a ticket and help the rescue raise much needed funds.
Ticket Price: $25 Limited to 100 tickets sold!
Drawing Date: October 4, 2008 (subject to change)
Don't need a horse? That's okay - you can still purchase tickets to help support the rescue. If you win, you can pass the adoption on to the runner-up! Adoption is not required.
Please make checks made payable to Hope for Horses and mail to
3330 Rushwood Lane, Sugar Land, TX 77479
E-mail: fundraising@hopeforhorses.com or call 281-313-0830
Winner must fulfill adoption requirements
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Kroger Share Card Update
The Kroger Share Card Program has been replaced with the Neighbor to Neighbor Donation Program. Kroger will provide a Customer Letter with a barcode for Hope for Horses Equine Rescue on it. Take this Customer Letter to your Kroger store the next time you go shopping, and present it to your cashier upon checkout. After they have scanned your KrogerPlus card and the Hope for Horses barcode, you will be enrolled for the current year of the Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Donation Program. Once a card is scanned with the barcode, it will be active for the remainder of the program year. The current year began May 1, 2008 and will end on April 30, 2009.
To get more information about this program and to access the Customer Letter, go to www.krogerneighbortoneighbor.com. Click on “Find Your Organization.” Search for Hope for Horses Equine Rescue, Blue Ridge, TX; and then click on our name. This will bring you to the appropriate Customer Letter which can be printed and brought to your Kroger store. For those of you who can’t print this letter, send a request for it to fundraising@hopeforhorses.com, and we will mail the letter to you.
If Hope for Horses has been successfully linked to your KrogerPlus card, the very bottom of the receipt will say "Your card is contributing to Neighbor to Neighbor # 81404. If it does not say that, you will need to have your customer letter scanned again. Please check your Kroger receipt to ensure that you are helping Hope for Horses Equine Rescue. Thank you for your support.
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Automatic Watering System Installation
Hope for Horses Equine Rescue would like to thank all of those involved in the project of installing an automatic watering system for the horses and dogs. It will save countless hours of labor for the rescue. This project was made possible by the generosity of many supporters who donated the supplies and labor. No rescue funds were spent for this project.
Many thanks go to Rick for being the brains and the brawn behind this project. He was with it from the start and was instrumental in turning the idea into a reality. From the initial planning to the actual installation - Rick was there for us.
Thank you to the following businesses who donated supplies:
Longhorn, Inc. - the Dallas main office and the Plano, TX branch; www.longhorninc.com
Tractor Supply Company – McKinney, Katy, and Richmond, TX stores; www.mytscstore.com
Gebo’s – McKinney, TX
Fort Bend Feed & Supply – Rosenberg, TX
** Please send business their way and thank them for supporting Hope for Horses. **
Thank you to those who helped in the planning stage: Rick, Fred, Jan, & Bill.
Thank you to those who gave of their time, sweat, and energy to install the system: Rick, Ira, Mike, Adam, & Bill.
We know what a sacrifice it was to spend hours and hours in the hot Texas sun in July. We don’t know how you did it… but we’re glad you did!
Thank you also to those who have done follow up work in further installation and maintenance: Alfredo, Pam, & Paul.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!
Adoptions Desperately Needed!
The year 2007 saw us with the lowest number of adoptions since 2003. We need adoptions, in addition to donations, if we are to continue rescuing horses. We would like to continue to save PMU horses from Canada and from other situations; but until we can receive enough financial support and carefully place our current horses, we will be unable to bring more into the program. If you are about to add a horse to your family, here are some thoughts to keep in mind:
If you, or anyone you know, are looking for a horse, please consider adopting one of ours.
Please visit our PMU Horse Adoptions for more information on the PMUs in Texas.
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THANK YOU for your continued support. Hope for Horses Equine Rescue, Inc. would not be what it is today without your generosity. Together we can continue to save these horses.
Please check out the new pages. We have many horse tack and related items for sale with the Items for Sale tab. We have also developed a new Life Fund to help save and improve the lives of horses and dogs in our rescue. You can read all about our new fund with the Life Fund tab.
The following articles were written by supporters of our rescue. Please take the time to read them.
Sponsors and donations are greatly needed to help our rescue! Please help! Click on the left menu link of How to Help for more info or e-mail us at info@hopeforhorses.com
Please join to help our organization.
Now you can go shopping without parking, carrying bags, or even standing in line. Everything you purchase can be shipped to your door and a percentage goes to a non-profit organization! At Hope for Horses Equine Rescue Inc. we rescue horses and help give them a chance for a better life. We teach the public about the needs and cares associated with owning a horse. Everything donated goes directly to saving and caring for the horses.
The website, igive.com, is an Internet mall with over 400 stores to choose from. Those stores include: Land’s End, Barnes and Noble, Starbucks Store, ToysRus, Petsmart, State Line Tack, J.C.Penney, and lots more! There are no extra charges for the donation and no fees to join. These are their regular web sites with their entire line available, not the outlet type stores. It’s really very simple…type in this link (www.igive.com/HHER) and choose Hope for Horses Equine Rescue Inc. as the non-profit to receive the company’s donated percentage and then Go Shopping.
For technical concerns, please e-mail
- mbaker@hopeforhorses.com