SRF begins 12 Days of Giving

Cream Ridge, NJ — The Standardbred Retirement Foundation’s (SRF) 12 Days of Giving comes at a difficult time with the 53 trotters and pacers at risk for slaughter. While SRF continues to try to help them, raise the funds needed and find homes before the deadline, three hundred seventy-seven others are under SRF’s full care and expense, and there are really only eight days to fill their needs.

Thank you so much for helping with these tax-deductible necessities for the horses in need. We wish you a very happy holiday season and all the best in 2020.
1. Fill the hayloft for one month for the geldings who wear down the earth as they pace back and forth checking out the nearby fillies and mares $1,200.
2.Senior feed for a month for one of the very golden oldies – $125. There are so many in their late twenties and thirties, what a very sturdy breed with so much heart!
3. Retire one of our companions to your farm and let the smiles begin, a priceless gift for a horse, or how about sponsoring one at our farm in any amount monthly-To sponsor a horse click here!
4. Fill the hayloft for a month for the fillies and mares who strut around and tease the geldings over the fence- $850
5. Stall guards, we don’t even have one. For our last event, so guests could enjoy nuzzles from our horses, SRF borrowed them. Three are needed at 36.90 each with shipping included. Here is a link to the least expensive. You may purchase and send, or donate and we will do the ordering!
6. How precious is it to be able to walk out of the kill pen in the opposite direction of a crammed 18 wheeler to that unthinkable place. There are 20 horses still tagged for this trip. Can you offer a home (priceless); make a donation in any amount to help release one, should a home be available; foster one; or sponsor one so SRF can take him/her in and find a home? A new horse may be with SRF for as long as a year; a full year of sponsorship including hoof care, worming dental, etc. is $4,500. This situation for these remaining horses is urgent, your help here is truly life-saving.
7. 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! 2 hay racks are needed – $249 each
8. Be SRF’s special sponsor for the Elitlopp fundraising trip in May; This makes our very important fundraiser possible. $4000.
9. A pedicure! When these noble warriors come out of the rural communities in-particular, after working so hard plowing fields and serving as transportation, it is horrifying to see their feet (and their teeth). Not one angle on a foot matches another, and all are so long in their toes yet have heels about 4 inches high, like Stilettos. It’s just $35 to trim once, but most need several trims to get them right. Would you bring us the blacksmith for one or more, please?
10. Just like us, horses’ teeth need regular care and the older ones need it more often. Their teeth break and fracture, wear down, move, and loosen. Please help one or more in any amount $40-$160 depending on the actual need of the horse sitting in that dreaded chair.
11. A new Server – we are an Apple (Mac) based non-profit and are in need of a new server due to upgrades on software. The Apple Mac Mini fits our needs perfectly with a 3.6Ghz 6-Core Processor, lots of storage (for all those gorgeous horse photos!), and a super-fast processor for running our databases.
Cost range from $1200 to $1600 depending on storage purchased.
12. Wormer, my goodness with 377 we go through a lot of wormer. Boehringer-Ingleheim is generous during the year, but we cant expect them to donate it all. When on sale and in bulk the cost is about $1.99 to $5.50 each. Eqvalan, Zimectrem or anything similar that is Ivermectim paste, and any number of them is appreciated.https://www.statelinetack.com/Search.aspx?query=wormer
Need a gift-giving idea? Sponsoring a horse is perfect! Who needs another ugly sweater anyway? Any amount monthly, or one time makes a great gift and if it totals more than $250 we will send an SRF sweatshirt to your favorite person. To sponsor a horse click here!
To make a tax-deductible gift please contact Tammy at 609-738-3255, you can also visit SRF’s website at AdoptaHorse.org/donate please make a note in your payment or mail to:
SRF, 42 Arneytown-Hornerstown Rd., Cream Ridge, NJ 08514
Thank you for changing their lives, there are very few people who have love and respect for these noble horses. Please don’t assume someone else will help, these horses are in need and every day SRF spends approximately $3,500 just to keep them fed. Only 4% of SRF’s funding comes from harness racing organizations, more than 80% comes from people like you who care. Thank you and we wish you happy holidays and the best of good luck in 2020!

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