Cream Ridge, NJ — The Standardbred Retirement Foundation’s (SRF) 12 Days of Giving campaign is already on day eight and still has great needs. The campaign started on Dec. 13 and runs until Dec. 24.

More than 400 trotters and pacers are under SRF’s full care and expense. Help is needed and gifts are tax-deductible. Options include:

• Senior feed for a month for one of the very golden oldies. ($125)
There are more than 80 over the age of 24, and they need as many friends as they can get! Choose a horse from the SRF website or let SRF choose one for you!

• Fill the hayloft for a month for the fillies and mares at the New Jersey location. ($850)

• A pedicure (hoof trim) for one or a pedicure for one every 6-8 weeks through 2019. ($35 one-time, $245 for the year)

• Fill the hayloft for a month for the geldings that just love to guard the fillies and mares. ($1,200)

• Retire one of the SRF companions to your farm, a priceless gift for the horse, or sponsor one at the SRF farm in any amount monthly.

• Because SRF now has a 35 percent increase in the number of horses it has under its expense and care, one Mac desktop computer is needed. ($950. All of SRF’s computers are near ready for retirement.)

• SRF’s aging laptops have already been turned out to pasture. Two down, one left. If just one can be replaced it would be immensely helpful. ($1,100)

• Sponsor the favorite visit from the dentist. As horses age their teeth change; many get points that make it painful and difficult to eat. ($50 average)

• A heavy-duty cross-cut shredder for privacy. ($200)

• Become SRF’s special sponsor for the Elitlopp fundraising trip in May. ($4,000)

• SRF’s horses live long healthy lives in fields with sheds, so preserving hay by using hay racks saves a great deal and keeps the bossy horses from the sweet and meek so all can keep their bellies warm this winter! Six hay racks are needed. ($249 each)

• Winter Newsletter Sponsor. Keeping in touch with all — sharing the accomplishments, enlightening all with facts, seeing the loving transformations of the great warriors in need, and highlighting those in awesome homes and new lives — is important. ($1,000-$4,000)

To make a tax deductible gift please contact Tammy Cailliau at 609-738-3255, or visit SRF’s website.

Please make a note in your payment, or mail to: SRF, 42 Arneytown-Hornerstown Rd., Cream Ridge, NJ 08514