So here’s what.
We have four bags of feed left (a day and a half), no hay (well, we have five small bales in the hay room for Beryl, Amy and Tyler) and a rain storm coming tomorrow night. And now $31 in the bank after using every penny raised so far for hay and feed.
I have no more rabbits to pull out of my hat, I have no organs to sell, I have maxed out all of my credit cards and my house hasn’t sold yet. I have applied for grants and everything I can think of.
I have less than 24 hours to raise money for hay to get us through the cold storm and then the rest of the month.
It costs between $8,000 and $10,000 to run this rescue every month (more lately because of rising costs) and that’s for the basics. Everyone needs dentals and will be due for vaccinations, too.
We don’t raise nearly that any month. Every time we get a big donation, it goes to paying off debt and before long it starts to accrue again. It is an evil cycle.
Every single donation goes to the horses, every one. And we have jobs so most of our paychecks go to the horses, too.
We have the most wonderful supporters, a group of amazing people who carry us from month to month. But they are already stretched thin.
And to add insult to injury those in the industry who could help won’t. Ya’ll saw the letter.
These horses gave their very lives to better the industry and what they got for it was me (largely unsuccessfully) begging for their survival all month every month.
I don’t know how much more I have left in me, but I will continue for as long as I have to. I hope when I move to more land with pasture and a well I won’t need to worry as much about hay and $700 water bills, when there’s not a drought there will be sufficient pasture for them to graze on.
I cannot imagine what it will look like out there with no hay for them tomorrow. It’s never happened before.
I need help right away.
(Video of Tyler tonight with all of his buddies, he is so handsome and so happy, thank God. Spicy, too.)
We received $193.77 in donations toward our hay fundraiser since yesterday (thank you again Lana, Joanne, Karen and Michelle!) so we made it to $3,738.77 and $2461.23 left to go.
Will you join our wonderful friends who have already helped us and donate, too?
Many, many thanks… Your kindness means so much.
Donation links below ⬇️: (thank you!)
Venmo: @TheBridge-Sanctuary
PayPal: [email protected]
CashApp: $redransom
Zelle: (626) 676-2556
Direct link: paypal.com/paypalme/thebridg…
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The only person I want to see on tv talking about this ground stop is @PeteButtigieg only guy I trust
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“You gotta call a blacksmith.” ~Yogi Berra
Today was farrier day. I thought to cancel because we have no money, but a couple really needed farrier intervention.
I hate having to choose, feed or feet. Crushes my soul.
We did seven — Cricket, Conrad, Greg, Millie, Evelyn, Clarence and Tink the Hinny.
Cricket had a terrible abscess in her toe, too. I had been working on it and could not get it to rupture, but today our farrier easily found it and relieved the pressure. She’s bandaged and a little sore, but will improve over the next couple of days… she was already better back out with the herd.
Tink has terrible feet overall and needed to be tidied up, too. She’s feeling pretty good now, I think.
But here’s what..
We used some hay money to pay for our farrier. We had no choice.
And we are so far behind on our hay fundraiser and we have to get hay in before the rain on Saturday night.
Our hay guy got stuck in the mud the last time and had to bring his tractor over to pull his truck out. It was a muddy mess. So he has to deliver on Saturday before the mud.
So I am here begging again…
We haven’t received any donations since yesterday and our fundraising for November hay has stalled at $3,080, minus the $420 I just paid the farrier. It’s now November 12 and we have $3,340 left to reach goal.
Will you help us get to goal so we can buy hay before the storm? (And it’s a cold one, I suspect they will be eating a lot more hay but I have to have hay for them to eat)…
Thank you to everyone who has donated and to those who we know still will. Your kindness means so much…
Donation links below ⬇️: (thank you!)
Venmo: @TheBridge-Sanctuary
PayPal: [email protected]
CashApp: $redransom
Zelle: (626) 676-2556
Direct link: paypal.com/paypalme/thebridg…
#rescue #Texas #ottb #ForgottenToForever
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I visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier several times a year. I’ve seen this happen multiple times.
Absolute fucking embarrassment that it had to happen to SecDef.
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DOJ is now 0-28 in these lawsuits. ELG remains undefeated. democracydocket.com/cases/de…
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As we do every 3 years, we must put together our 2026 "Keep Snowflake Rolling" committee! We need 4 tires for Snowflake. $800 or $20 from 40 creatures gets it done! Docs given to all supporters. We do as much of our own work on Snowflake as we can to keep expenses down, but new tires we leave to America's Tire! Any assistance is so needed and appreciated! paypal.me/thepasturebar
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Four Thoroughbred rescue organizations say they are struggling to pay for horses discarded by the racing industry and asked The Jockey Club for emergency funding.
Chairman Everett Dobson declined their request.
The racing industry depends on their work while inadequately funding their efforts—and punishing some of those who speak out.
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This guy should never pay for a beer again
🇵🇱 Jakub Kulik – bohater pochodzi z Bielska-Białej. Nasz druh. Nasz policjant.
Wczoraj w Krakowie, na Rynku, dwóch policjantów stanęło oko w oko z uzbrojonym napastnikiem. Nie mieli karabinu, hełmu ani kamizelki kuloodpornej. Mieli tylko służbowe pistolety i coś, czego nie da się wydać rozkazem – odwagę.
Jednym z nich był starszy posterunkowy Jakub Kulik.
Facet z Bielska-Białej. Były żołnierz 6. Brygady Powietrznodesantowej. Druh OSP Leszczyny.
Dostał kilka postrzałów. Ma niesprawne jedno płuco. Walczy o życie 😞
Patrzę na to zdjęcie – młody chłopak w mundurze strażackim, z podpisem „dh Kulik Jakub” – i myślę, że właśnie tacy ludzie noszą ten mundur. Nie dla lajków. Nie dla awansów. Dla innych.
Cała Polska powinna dziś trzymać za niego kciuki.
A kto może – niech odda krew grupy AB Rh+, zaznaczając, że dla Jakuba Kulika.
Wracaj do zdrowia, druhu.
Wracaj do zdrowia, policjancie.
Jesteśmy z Tobą.
Cześć i chwała Bohaterom. 🇵🇱
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