Mountain View Rescue Newsletter
Spring 2009 Edition
March 20, 2009Featured Product
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In This Issue:
- It's Official!
- MVR Sponsorship Program
- Please Join Us!
- Don't Breed...Adopt Your Steed!
1. It's Official!
We are now a 501(c)3 public charity! Our tax status goes back to October 24th, 2007 Anyone who donated from that point on is eligible to receive a tax donation receipt. Product donations are eligible as well. Please contact us with dates and amounts and we will be glad to get those out to you. Please also be advised we are now eligible for employee match funds. Ask your office manager about their policies today!
Link: http://www.mountainviewrescue.com/IRS%20Determination%20Letter.pdf
2. MVR Sponsorship Program
We have implemented a new Sponsorship Program for the rescue, to help offset the rising costs of our adoption and sanctuary programs. In Kentucky the cost of hay has increased by 50-150% in the past years because the 2007 & 2008 drought and subsequent hay shortage. In addition to the droughts, Kentucky has faced several severe storms that have damaged homes, barns, and crops. In the past 6 short months, mother nature has twice demonstrated her remarkable power, with the September 2008 wind storm and the January 2009 ice storm. It was, as Governor Beshear said, "the biggest natural disaster that this state has ever experienced in modern history" and these historic storms have tested us in many ways. By sponsoring a horse of your choice, you help to ensure our programs will grow and continue.
Link: http://www.mountainviewrescue.com/Sponsorship.htm
3. Please Join Us!
We will be attending the Farm & Garden Expo offered by the KY Ag Extension, held here in Columbia at our local elementary school Friday, April 3rd. Galahad will be in attendance to tell his story of the nurse mare industry. We will be have booths inside and out from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM central time. If you are in the area, please join us! We have a wealth of educational materials and info on display. Not to mention bad bad Galahad:) Also we will be unveiling our "Bulbs For Bales" fundraiser. Please check back with our fundraising page the 1st of April if you can not attend!
Link: http://www.mountainviewrescue.com/fundraising.htm
4. Don't Breed...Adopt Your Steed!
Last but certainly not least, we have some GREAT horses available for adoption. In order to be able to serve horses truly in need, we need to make room at our farm by placing the horses who are fully rehabilitated. MVR is a no-kill rescue, but we can only house 12 horses at any given time. Please take a look at the deserving horses we have available and pass it on to your friends!
Link: http://www.mountainviewrescue.com/Current%20Horses.htm
It has taken many years of hard work and many sleepless nights to get to where we are today. I want to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who has contributed to our success. So many of you have touched this organization and the lives of its horses in so many ways. We could not have done it without you. As the first day of spring ushers in a new renewal of the land, we hope to see a renewed spirit of hope for our horses.
Warm spring wishes from our farm to yours,
Raquel Ferotti
Founder/ President
Mountain View Rescue