Cream Ridge, NJ — The Standardbred Retirement Foundation’s 12 Days of Giving campaign has just two days left and still needs help. Please help by granting what is needed for these warriors that have given so much.

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:

1. Senior feed for a month for one of the very golden oldies – $125 each. There are more than 80 over the age of 24. They need as many friends as they can get! Choose a horse from our website or let us choose one for you. AdoptaHorse.org/Sponsor. Thank you to TL & BL Bates, Peter Gennes and Kymberly Haas.

2. Fill the hayloft for a month for the fillies and mares at the NJ location – $850.

3. A pedicure (hoof trim) for one, $35, or a pedicure for one for 2019 (every six-eight weeks) seven times in 2019 – $245. Choose a horse from our website or let us choose one for you. AdoptaHorse.org/Sponsor. Thank you to Sue & Adam Skipper, Cheryl Scordliss, Wendy Jennes and Kymberly Haas (sponsoring three horses).

4. Fill the hayloft for one month for the geldings that just love to guard the fillies and mares – $1,200.

5. Retire one of our companions to your farm, a priceless gift for the horse, or sponsor one at our farm in any amount monthly. To sponsor a horse click here. What a gift, thank you to our anonymous heartfelt friend.

6. 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. Refurbished $950 (All of SRF’s computers are near ready for retirement). Thank you Kathy and Matt Pickup.

7. 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 refurbished. Thank you to Alan Edison.

8. Sponsor the favorite visit from the dentist, average is $50 a year. As horses age their teeth change, many get points that make it painful and difficult to eat. Choose a horse from our website or let us choose one for you. AdoptaHorse.org/Sponsor. Thank you Jean Bokman, Josh Milton, Pinky Littel and Kymberly Haas.

9. A heavy-duty cross-cut shredder for privacy – $200. Thank you to Mommie Kemp.

10. Become SRF’s special sponsor for the Elitlopp fundraising trip in May – $4,000. Thank you to Marc and Marcia Goldberg of the Arch Madness fame.

11. 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. Three hay racks are still needed – $249 each. Thank you to P. Middleton, and Lisa & William Gorn for two.

12. Winter Newsletter Sponsor. Keeping in touch with all is very important, 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. Please a full or partial sponsor of $1,000-$4,000. Thank you to the estate of Henrietta Chiarello for your partial sponsorship in memory.

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 732.616.8836 or email SRF at SRFHorsesandkids@gmail.com. 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 a 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 $3,000 to keep them fed. Only two percent of SRF’s funding comes from harness racing organizations, more than 80 percent comes from people like you who care. Thank you and we wish you happy holidays and the best of good luck in 2019.