WELCOME HEEHAW CREW TO YOUR NEW MONTHLY NEWS LETTER!
** PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE A NEW EMAIL – ranchcritters.heehaw@gmail.com ** As many of you know a LOT has been going on in order to prepare both physically and monetarily for our upcoming FUNDRAISER – APRIL 18TH 11AM-3PM. CHANGES/FUNDING/NEEDS: First off, Caroline Duwaerts has started a Bravelet (https://www.bravelets.com/ bravepage/heehawranch-equine-rescue-sanctuary) page for us. For every Bravelet purchase the ranch will receive $10. So far we have sold 6 bravelets, raising $60. She has also started a Booster page (http://www.booster.com/ heehaw). So far we have sold 53 shirts, raising over $530. Finally, she has revamped our website and taken over our Facebook page trying to increase awareness and funding. PLEASE SHARE THESE POSTS! We are reaching in the 100s with each post but at most are getting 4-10 shares/likes... If you do not like the increase in posts, please feel free to turn notifications off for our page, but please know that this is the only way we have of reaching out to our followers in hope of securing more funds to help our horses! We are also in the process of finding corporate sponsors/donors. So far we have a serious promise from Tractor Supply Co in Brenham and have been dismissed by Steinhausser. We have calls in to Cowboy Magic and Dilorio’s in Hempstead as well as looking into “A house for every Horse/Purina” for food sponsorship. If you have any ideas of potential corporate sponsors/donors, please try to approach them on behalf of the Ranch! We would be glad to add their logo to our website as well!
FUNDRAISER: We have received numerous and very generous donations for both our silent and live auction. A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE DONATED! The list is as follows:
A fiddle autographed by Charlie Daniels (Donated by Noelle + Brent) Autographed Baseball, basketball, and football (Donated by Noelle + Brent) Autographed picture of Roger Clemens (Donated by Noelle + Brent) 1996 Vintage Opus One Red Wine (rare) (Donated by Nicole) Original comic from “The Idea of Order” Gift Cards: o Pappasitos o Starbucks o Cypress Breakfast house o Astros Baseball (Rangers) o Alisha’s Restaurant Australian hybrid saddle (Donated by Nicole) Alcohol ink painting of Swayze (Donated by Laurie Henry) Handmade Earrings (total of 14) (Donated by Caroline) Photography (Donated by Caroline)
EAR-WORM OF THE MONTH: Many people don’t realize how much it actually costs us to save all these animals. Well here are the BARE-BONE numbers PER MONTH:
$275 for an adult horse $315 (and up) for a senior horse
ANNUALLY:
$90,000
BUT IN REALITY, there is never a year without an EMERGENCY... SO THE ACTUAL COST OF RUNNING THE RANCH CRITTERS IS: ... $130,000-$150,000 WE ARE GREATFUL to all our monthly donors, one-time donors, donors in kind, AND donors in time!
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