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Tucson:  10 Reasons to Go to a Very Special Horse Event – March 31

Hey Tucson, get ready to attend one of the most fun and satisfying events of the season hosted by Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary.  Here are 10 reasons why you should check it out and spend a few hours.

1. This event is not just for “horse people.” (for the horses’ safety-leave dogs at home)
2. Meet some of the horses, learn their heartbreaking to healing stories
3. 150 volunteers are needed to make this event possible (some many still be needed)
4. Right now at the Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary in Amado there are 48 horses, plus 18 PMU mares in Canada and 8 horses being fostered.
5. Equine Voices buys 300 bales of hay a month.
6. Horses eat large amounts of hay. Equine Voices hay bill is $6,000 per month.
7. The equine vet bill was $11,000 barring any unforeseen major surgery like Taylor or Solo Vino, approx. with injections etc. per year.
8. Enter the raffle to win an iPad2 (I’d like to win this) and other cool raffle prizes
9. Bid on fantasy cakes at the exciting Dessert Auction. The competition is usually fierce during this event as people bid in the hundreds of dollars for cakes & pies from Tucson’s best pastry chefs.
10. This non-profit organization is dedicated to saving PMU (premarin) mares and foals from slaughter and for giving broken and abused horses a second chance. You can read about their latest rescues here.

What: 8th Annual – A Very Special Horse Event
Where: Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, 3482 E. River Road (at Alvernon Way)
When: Saturday, March 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Why: Celebrate the rescue, rehabilitation, recovery of Equine Voices’ horses
How: $5/pp admission, includes raffle ticket

Here’s the flyer.

In 2011, some Equine Voices’ successes were – 1) an NBC Nightly News segment; 2) The Shining World Compassion Award given presented by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Asia; and the rescue of 15 foals from a Premarin farm that went out of business of which EV committed to 7 and 6 arrived at the Sanctuary on December 21.

Equine Voices goals for 2012:
–Increase donations by 25%
–Acquire more land
–Raising funds for a trailer that fits Gulliver and a truck to pull it

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