2016 ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2. OUR MISSION, OBJECTIVES & OUTCOMES 3. YEAR IN REVIEW 4. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 5. THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS 6. IN THE MEDIA 7. PHOTOS 8. CONTACT US
LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR February 2017 is the one-year anniversary of our 501c3 status
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The history, heritage and legacy that the Marsh Tacky represents for Daufuskie Island belongs to all of us and it should be celebrated by everyone!” @daufuskiemarshtackysociety
Your contributions have had a direct impact on the accomplishments we have been able to make. Also made possible thanks to your support during this formidable year was the careful selection of the next two horses to join our herd. These horses would be chosen based on their ideal Marsh Tacky characteristics and compatibility to be bred to Lucero, who is quickly maturing from a doe eyed little colt into becoming the father of the very first Marsh Tacky baby to be born on Daufuskie in decades. I made a phone call to Jeanette Beranger with the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, who did the field work for the original DNA testing, research, record keeping and development of the Marsh Tacky stud book and registry as it stands today. Turns out her daughter is going away to college and she is looking to sell her two pedigree mares to the right home. We made the arrangements and in May, They were shipped from North Carolina to Daufuskie along with The Horse Tales TV entourage and the Pee Dee cowboy Mr. David Grant himself. Naturally we threw a party and made a few episodes out of it. Again, thanks to everyone who helped make that effort a success. Just as we were preparing for our fall line up of special events and programming, Hurricane Matthew sucker punched Daufuskie. We were also in the middle of a capital fundraising campaign for a horse trailer. The one I’d always had reserved for emergencies through a friend got pulled out from under me like a rug after Nikki Haley announced the mandatory evacuation. We made the executive decision to stay behind with our horses and rode out the storm with the rest of the “Daufuskie 100.”
erica@daufuskiemarshtackysociety.org 843-290-9119
Dear Donors, Sponsors, Partners, Volunteers, Friends, Family and Fur Babies, 2016 was our first full fiscal year. The previous year was defined by the formal incorporation of our organization in September, and the homecoming of the first two members of our herd to Daufuskie from Mr. DP Lowther’s farm in Ridgeland. Reina, then a yearling, and Lucero then just 4 months old, seem to have grown just as many leaps and bounds as the organization itself. Perhaps our most defining accomplishment was in February with the receipt of our IRS 501c3 award status. Looking back on the long and tedious application process I’m proud to say we are celebrating the one year anniversary of our charitable status this month. Now that this foundation for the organization has been laid, we have been able to build upon it by igniting new relationships across a wide landscape of donors, sponsors and partners.
Incredibly, but I suppose just like they did for hundreds of years here before we came along, the horses survived the Category 2 storm unscathed. The island did not fare as well. It took 2 months to clear the massive tree debris from our barn and pastures before we could move the horses back home from their temporary haven at Melrose. They say every rain cloud has a silver lining and I never really understood that until now. I’m very proud to be a part of the community that pulled together to help one another in our time of need. While the storm was devastating and damaged us in ways that can never be repaired, it has reoriented my priorities. I have a great deal of gratitude to be here and be able to contribute to this community in my work of protecting and preserving this little mustang which is about so much more than meets the eye. The history, heritage and legacy that the Marsh Tacky represents for Daufuskie Island belongs to all of us and it should be celebrated by everyone! Head Up and Heels Down, Erica
OUR MISSION, OBJECTIVES & OUTCOMES
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Our mission is to promote and protect the critically endangered Marsh Tacky horse within the context of its historical roots on Daufuskie Island through breeding, training and sales plus educational and special events programming.”
OBJECTIVE 1. Daufuskie Marsh Tacky Breeding Program As there are only 400 in the world, the core of DMTS’s function is to grow the Marsh Tacky breed numbers until they are no longer an endangered species. We now have the foundation for a long term breeding program with the acquisition of one stallion and three mares who have been carefully selected for their ideal breed characteristics such as temperament, size, color and lineage to promote the integrity of the offspring and overall breeding stock future. OBJECTIVE 2. Daufuskie Marsh Tacky Training and Sales Program As the only organization to promote and protect the endangered Marsh Tacky horse in its natural habitat, our horse training programming adheres to the principles of Natural Horsemanship and takes advantage of Daufuskie Island’s natural resources and landscapes to produce talented, willing, well rounded horses which further promote and propagate the breed as they continue in their careers. OBJECTIVE 3. Daufuskie Marsh Tacky Road Show A traveling, experiential, show-and-tell history lesson for all ages of the general public in partnership with South Carolina institutions, museums, historic sites, public schools. Attendees learn about the history of South Carolina while following the Marsh Tacky and its contributions to development, transportation, agricultural and wartime efforts in history and throughout the state. Attendees get to meet and greet a Marsh Tacky.
YEAR IN REVIEW
JAN Phase 1 barn & pasture capital improvements underway FEB First Annual Report complete 501c3 Award Letter received MAR Carolina Marsh Tacky Association lecture at Heritage Library in Hilton Head attended APR Phase 1 barn & pasture capital improvements complete MAY Sarah Grant Carriage Restoration attended Barn Raiser Event - Welcome to Mama and Flaca Horse Tales TV Special Guests and new episode filming JUN Summer Volunteer/Internship Program Begins UHaul truck added to fleet JUL Parelli Video Nights DP Lowther’s Historic Marsh Tacky Auction in Ridgeland attended AUG Horse Tales Episode 1 airs Horse Tales Episode 2 airs SEP Summer Volunteer/Internship Program Ends Leatherman Lane Clinic with Carson James attended OCT Hurricane Matthew Okatie Rotary Polo for Charity attended in cooperation with Haig Point NOV Hurricane damage repairs complete so horses can return home DEC CMTO as guests for Daufuskie Island Rum Co. Music Fest Participate in Annual Daufuskie Deer Drive
THANK YOU
DAUFUSKIE MARSH TACKY SOCIETY RECOGNIZES THESE COMMUNITY DONORS, SPONSORS AND PARTNERS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT IN 2016: HH5H (HORSES HAVE 5 HEARTS) CLUB
CAROLINA GOLD CIRCLE
PALMETTO
PORCHES ALFORD & THORENSON LAW / LORI KAUFFELT
RHINESTONE COWBOYS
JEANNE LAND
FOUNDATION DEBRA HEALEY / REBECCA FLASK / ROSS AND TONI MEYERS
BITS AND SPURS
Equestrian
Images BONNIE GEYSTON / BRUCE AND LINDA WOEBECK / JESSICA FARTHING / THE ROYALS / THE RHODENBERGS
BRAGGING RIGHTS
ANGELA LANGSTON / ANNE. PHILIPS / BARBARA GROSS / THE SWEETONS / CHARLES TUCKER/ CHRIS WALTON / THE BRUNNINGS / THE TIGHES THE BOZZUTOS / THE BROWNS / LEIGHTON AND WYLIE BELL / MARIA VERTUCCI / MARY ETTINGER / SHERRI COONEY
IN THE MEDIA
“South Carolina’s State Heritage Horse the Marsh Tacky” http://tailsofthelowcountry.com/south-carolina-state-heritagehorse-the-marsh-tacky/ “Around Carolina feat. Daufuskie Island” http://www.twcnews.com/ nc/charlotte/around-carolina/2016/ “Travel+Culture Island Escapes Daufuskie Island” Southern Living Magazine May 2016 HORSE TALES TV RETURNS TO DAUFUSKIE EPISODE 1 https://youtu.be/6j9nYK9udyo HORSE TALES TV RETURNS TO DAUFUSKIE EPISODE 2 https://youtu.be/PZre9 5cLCaQ
Daufuskie Island’s residents, horses OK http://www. islandpacket.com/news/ weather/hurricane/article10 7086022.html “Saving the Marsh Tacky - The Best Little Gun Horse Ever” Sporting Classics Magazine Autumn ‘16 Marsh Tacky Horse Arrive Ahead of ‘Barn Raising’ http://www.islandpacket.com/entertainment/localevents/article78133452.html The Daufuskie 100 Post Matthew http://www.wistv.com/ clip/12856586/watch-the-daufuskie-100-has-a-story-to-tell-postmatthew Marsh tacky breeder, savior hopes for ‘closure’ at auction http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article82983312.html
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