| | MVHR's High School Rescue Club Launches Fundraiser As part of their year-long participation in MVHR's High School Rescue Club, members are asked to create and implement a fundraising project that advocates for the horses through education and awareness. In the past, members have done this through creative, individual projects. However, this year's high schoolers wanted to work together as a team and combine their efforts to spread awareness and raise funds to help support MVHR. Their first fundraising effort is launching today and will run through November 15th. HSRC members are selling custom-designed t-shirts sporting one of three eye-catching designs. Each design is available in your choice of pink, blue or black long-sleeved cotton t-shirts for only $20 ($22 for 2XL). Every t-shirt will have the MVHR logo on the back, and will be packaged with a list of facts about MVHR's mission. These one-of-a-kind t-shirts will be individually hand-crafted by our HSRC members and delivered during the first week of December. Order your t-shirt today to show your support of MVHR! They also make wonderful gifts. You can place your order directly with a High School Rescue Club member or email nancy@mvhr.net. Design options shown above (left to right) are "Hopeful Hearts", "Mare & Foal" and "Running Home". Long-sleeved men's, women's and youth sizing is available from S-2XL. All proceeds go directly to the horses at MVHR. |
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| | Horse Updates: New Intakes Keep Coming We welcomed 8 new intakes to the Rescue last month. Blue Moon, a handsome paint gelding, and Beamer, a beautiful grey mare with feet in terrible shape, arrived in early October. Beamer has started her road to recovery and is feeling much better already. Hawk, Estrella, and Ruby 2 arrived next from the Delancey Street Foundation in New Mexico. Sadly, the foundation is winding down its livestock program due to COVID-19. MVHR is honored to be asked to help find these amazing horses a next chapter in life. Hawk is already on his way! Two retired English horses named Buddy and Torec arrived towards the end of the October. If you're keeping count, this our third "Buddy"! And last, but not least, Mr. Z joined us at the end of the month. You may have seen a touching post we shared on our Facebook page October 27th of Mr. Z and his late owner. We look forward to helping him, and all of our new charges, begin this next chapter of their lives. Adoptions & Sponsorships! New Delancy Street Foundation intake, Hawk, was only with us for a few weeks before heading off on his trial adoption. Congratulations to Hawk and his new family! Phantom, one of our newer mares, now has a sponsor of her own. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to support a horse at MVHR as it waits to be adopted. If you would like to sponsor a horse of your own, please contact Shana at shana@mvhr.net. |
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| | Volunteer Spotlight: Matt Fuller Matt, his wife Ellen, and daughter Mattie found MVHR soon after relocating to Colorado from Nebraska. They fell in love “with the ideals, the people/horses and the location immediately” in the quest to combine their love of animals with giving back to the local community. |
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| | Horse of The Month: Buffy This handsome draft cross mare in her mid-teens has already won the hearts of many here at MVHR. In spite of extensive neglect, she is friendly and loves people. As she recovers at MVHR, we are hopeful to have her in training soon, where we can get to know her sweet, goofy personality even more! If you'd like to be part of Buffy's recovery journey, please visit https://www.mountainvalleyhorserescue.com/donate. |
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| | Programs: Fall Updates High School Students & Your Families: spend time with the horses and give back to your community! Our next High School Service Day is on November 14th from 3:00-6:00 pm at the Rescue. Participants will work together to complete the afternoon chore shift and any other needed ranch projects. To register, email nancy@mvhr.net. Numbers are limited to allow for adherence to social gathering guidelines. We look forward to seeing you there! Mini Horse Heroes Pre-K & Kindergarteners (ages 3-5) are invited to join us, along with their parents or caregivers, at the Rescue on November 7th from 9am to noon. We need at least 5 participants to hold the program and group size will be limited to 10. Cost is $40 per child. Registration and payment are required to reserve a spot. To sign up or for questions, please email kensie@mvhr.net. NEW! Wednesday School's Out Program Kids, ages 8-13: join us for a day at the Rescue! Help with chores, groom horses, make observations about equine behavior and enjoy other horse-related learning and activities. This program will be offered November 4th & 11th from 9am-3:00pm. We need at least 6 participants to hold the program and group size will be limited to 12. Cost is $40 per day. Transportation is not available at this time, and this is not a horseback riding opportunity. To sign up or for questions, please email kensie@mvhr.net. |
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| | November Volunteer Opportunities & Events -
Schedule your Colorado Gives Day donation starting November 1st! Visit MVHR's Colorado Gives Day page and under "Donation Frequency", make sure "Colorado Gives Day" is selected. This option will schedule the donation to process on December 8th, 2020, Colorado Gives Day. -
Community Volunteer Day: This month, we will continue to host Project Days as needed. Please email info@mvhr.net to help with project completion and getting the property ready for winter. -
Basic Volunteer Orientation: Limited number of sessions available by appointment. If you want to help with our horses, this is the way to get started. - Feeding & Chore Shifts: After completing Basic Volunteer Orientation, please sign up for AM, mid-day and PM chores or PM Feeding. Open shifts are shown on our website calendar.
- NEW! Horsemanship with Joel: Joel is looking for some interns to assist with our new intakes. If you are interested in learning more about Joel's horsemanship methods, helping restart horses after abuse or neglect, AND can commit to working with horses once a week, Joel would love your help! Text him directly at (970) 376-1963 to get started.
For questions or to sign up for project help, volunteer orientation or feeding & chore shifts, please email info@mvhr.net. |
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| | Mountain Valley Horse Rescue
33933 Colorado River Road | McCoy, Colorado 80463
970-653-0185 | info@mvhr.net |
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