Donations
In Lieu of Gifts or Flowers
How
You Can Help
Shades
of the Earth Poem
Bres
and Bob Payton (our treasurer)
Bres
is a retired racehorse/broodmare that has "behavioral
issues" and is a permanent resident of the
founation
Shades
of the Earth
Against
every season's landscape
From summer's green to winter's bare limbs,
I have watched these three souls
Learn to trust again, and become friends
They
came from very different places
And to me at different times,
But from the moment I saw each brown eye,
I knew I was theirs and they were mine.
I
will never know who once taught one to be so loving,
Or who gave confidence to the one so bold and sure,
Or the man who inflicted such pain
That the third one had to endure.
I
can never know how their spirits have preserver
ed,
Or what their eyes have seen
But, my thanks will always be to those who spared
them
From what their fates would have been.
For
myself, I only know what joy they bring,
And how I want their lives only filled with bliss,
And, I only know they are my "Shades of the
Earth",
Know to my heart as Calypso, Flag, and Chris...
M.A.
Mercer
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Donations
- How You Can Help
Donations to Help Us with Veterinary Costs:
Ann and Daisy
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GGF, 101 Ivandale Rd
Hamilton, VA 20158
OR donate above, or via Paypal using info@gingersnapgirls.org.
Thank you.
As
the Gingersnap Girls Foundation is dedicated to helping the neediest
of equines that, quite often, means the sickest and most debilitated.
The Foundation has been unusually hard this past year. We have taken in 16 horses who have required and some who continue to require extensive medical assistance. Though we are fortunate to have veterinarians who are kind enough to offer us discounts, we are still in dire need of monetary donations to help defray some of our staggering veterinary bills.
We
always want to stress that even $1.00 helps us! Please consider
helping us in this way and know that you are doing your part to
help end animal abuse.The
Gingersnap Girls Foundation needs your help in the rescue process.
In order to save one horse, the Gingersnap Girls has a bare bones
expenditure of approximately $350 per month. This initial cost includes
the following: trailering to our facility, hay and grain for the
first few weeks, preliminary veterinary care to include vaccinations,
and corrective farrier care. As noted, this $350 is bare bones
care. Many of our horses require extensive and/or prolonged
veterinary medical services to help them recover from the neglect,
abuse, and/or starvation from which they have been rescued.
Please
help us to continue helping these less fortunate creatures by
donating whatever amount you can. And know that you have done
your part to help in the fight to end animal abuse.
Donations In Lieu of Gifts or Flowers
Looking
for the perfect gift or remembrance? Why not give something that
everyone can feel good about AND benefits a charity? The
Gingersnap Girls Foundation welcomes donations in lieu of gifts
or flowers. The Foundation will accept and process checks received
as donations, send acknowledgements to donors, and will track
and provide a detailed list of donors to the married couple or
grieving family.
HOW
IT WORKS:
To
set up The Gingersnap Girls Foundation as your charity of choice,
please e-mail Ann at info@gingersnapgirls.org
or please call 703-727-7277.
In
your announcement, please direct readers to www.gingersnapgirls.org
for more details.
Checks
should be made out to The Gingersnap Girls Foundation and should
be mailed as follows:
The
Gingersnap Girls donation for (name of party/funeral)
C/o Ann Mercer
101 Ivandale Road
Hamilton, VA 20158
The
Gingersnap Girls Foundation will do the following:
Send
acknowledgement letters to donor (with information on how their
donation will benefit abandoned, neglected, abused horses)
Will
provide the married couple or grieving family with detailed list
of donors in a keepsake folder
Your Donation will help in so MANY WAYS
Equine Rescue Groups - a portion
of monies raised will go to assist non-profit equine rescue groups
who are working at the grassroots level; those who are going to
livestock auctions to purchase the most helpless, ill, elderly
and bring them back to the safety of their shelters to either
rehabilitate or humanely euthanize.
Education - the main goal of the Gingersnap Girls Equine Education
and Rescue Foundation is to EDUCATE the general public to the
plight of many horses, ponies, donkeys, and burros who have either
been cast aside or, many times even worse, suffering horrible
abuse at the hands of man. If we bring awareness about the situations,
we have more eyes and ears to help protect these beautiful animals.
Care - At the present time, the Gingersnap Girls has room
for only 6 horses at a time. Because of the tremendous need, we
must seek out foster homes in order to continue our rescue work.
In the future, we would like to have our own shelter with slightly
larger facilities. Large or small, your kind, tax-deductible donation
will help us reach our goal.
THANK
YOU
The
three Gingersnap Girls were each rescued by people who were not
afraid to involve themselves in helping them. They were not professional
"horse people", just people who saw something wrong
and did something about it.
Someone
Helped These Girls ... YOU
can help, too -
Everyone is part of the solution!
Through
this foundation we hope to educate everyone - not just the equine
community - that there are agencies, individuals, county governments,
and local human and rescue groups to call when you see something
that doesn't look "just right."
How
You Can Help
Let people know about our foundation.
Attend our Fund
Raising Events or donate items to be auctioned or given as
door prizes.
Don't patronize businesses that breed horses and then send
their unwanted equines to slaughter.
Check out riding academies and camps - find out where their
"used up" horses go. There are humane operations - take
the time to find them!
For estrogen replacement therapy, ask your doctor about
one of the numerous alternatives to Premarin, including Cenestin,
a new plant-based form of conjugated estrogens.
DON'T breed your horse: rescue one - from camps, riding
academies, race tracks, a local equine rescue shelter, etc. You
could save a horse from ending up as "dinner", while
gaining a new best friend.
Don't buy articles made from horse hide, i.e. "Corinthian
leather", clothing and accessories made from "Pony Skin",
and brushes and other items made from horse hair.
Before attending an auction, familiarize yourself with
all animal HEALTH, TRANSPORTATION, and CRUELTY laws in your state.
If you see a horse who is in poor
condition, and/or having no food, shelter, or water, please contact
your local animal control office.
Document all violations effectively and report them to
local law enforcement. Getting laws enforced will cost the offenders
money and help prevent suffering.
Support efforts in your state to oppose horse slaughter.
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT HORSE SLAUGHTER AND ABUSE.
REMEMBER: You do not have to be a "horse person"
to know when something is inhumane and just plain wrong. Contact
your local animal control office if you see any abuse.