Over 400 Guests Attend the EQUUS Benefit Luncheon & $25,000 Fairfield Grand Prix
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WESTPORT, CT – June 28, 2006 – Over 400 guests attended The EQUUS Foundation Benefit Luncheon held in conjunction with the $25,000 Fairfield Grand Prix on Saturday, June 24, 2006, the culminating event of the Fairfield County Hunt Club June Benefit Horse Show in Westport, Connecticut.
Despite the rain, guests cheered on the winner, Shahrazad, owned by the Beyaert Farm, and David Tromp, who were victorious over a field of 17, including corporate sponsors the Callari Auto Group, Fairfield Equine Associates, Wachovia Securities, Monaco Government Tourist Office, Skyy Spirits, Swiss International Airlines, Bank of America, Hospital for Special Surgery, Newhouse Financial & Insurance Brokers, Balducci’s of Westport, Chopard, Conte’s Market & Grill, The Higgins Group, Barbara C. Manion, O.D., The Saxon Group, and Torys LLP.
“We are extremely grateful to the hundreds of individuals and organizations that donated to EQUUS in 2006”, said Lynn Coakley, President, The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., “In just three years, we have awarded over $350,000 in grants and have helped thousands of horses and people, and hope to award another $200,000 in 2006.”
For additional information, contact The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., 168 Long Lots Road, Westport, CT 06880, or telephone (203) 259-1550, or Email to: equusfoundation@aol.com.
ABOUT THE EQUUS FOUNDATION, INC.
The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit fund raising organization, was founded in August 2002 to promote the positive use of the horse for the benefit of the general public and the equestrian sport as a whole. In just three years, EQUUS has awarded over $350,000 in grants, benefiting thousands of horses and people, thanks to the generosity of its many individual and corporate donors. The 2006 Grant Recipients include:
Public Welfare: Therapeutic horseback riding for individuals of all ages with physical, mental & emotional disabilities: Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center (BTRC), Buffalo, NY, http://www.ryegate.com/; Heartland Therapeutic Riding, Inc., Stilwell, KS; High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc., Old Lyme, CT, http://www.highhopestr.org/; Pegasus Therapeutic Riding, Inc., Stamford, CT, http://www.pegasustr.org/; We Will Ride Therapeutic Riding, Inc., Cross River, NY, http://www.wewillrideinc.com.
Schools and other organizations offering after-school horseback riding and horse care programs for "at-risk" and emotionally troubled or economically disadvantaged youth: City to Saddle, Weston, MA, http://www.citytosaddle.org/; City Slickers, Inc., Wolcott, CT; Green Chimneys Children's Services & School, Brewster, NY, http://www.greenchimneys.org/; Heritage Schools, Provo, UT, http://www.heritagertc.org/; Horses in the Hood, Tarzana, CA, http://www.horsesinthehood,org/; Living Bridges International Inc., Glenyeare Equestrian Program, Lumberton, NJ; New Canaan Mounted Troop, Inc., New Canaan, CT, http://www.newcanaanmountedtroop.org;/ Work To Ride, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, http://www.worktoride.net.
Organizations offering horseback riding programs for children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses: Camp for All, Houston, TX, http://www.campforall.org/; The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Inc., New Haven, CT, http://www.holeinthewallgang.org/.
Horse Welfare: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), New York, NY, http://www.aspca.org/; Bridgeport Police Mounted Unit, Bridgeport, CT, http://www.bridgeport.ct.us/; Equine Orthopaedic Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, http://www.csuequineortho.com/; HEART Equine Ambulance, Northampton, MA, http://www.equineambulance.com/; Hope for Horses, Woodinville, WA, http://www.hopeforhorses.net/; H.O.R.S.E. of Connecticut, Inc., Washington, CT, http://www.horseofct.org/; and Ryerss Farm for Aged Equine, Pottstown, PA, http://www.ryerss.com.
Equestrian Sport: The American Hunter-Jumper Foundation, Inc., West Boylston, MA, http://www.ahjf.org/; Equestrian Aids Foundation, Inc., Flemington, NJ, http://www.equestrianaidsfoundation.org;/ Intercollegiate Equestrian Foundation, Inc. (IEF), Fairfield, CT, http://www.ihsainc.com/; R.W. Mutch Educational Foundation, Inc., Upper Saddle Ridge, NJ, http://www.rwmutch.com/; United States Equestrian Federation, Inc., Emerson Burr Horsemanship Fund, Lexington, KY, http://www.usef.org/; United States Equestrian Team Foundation, Inc., Gladstone, NJ, http://www.uset.org/.
For additional information on The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., contact The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., 168 Long Lots Road, Westport, CT 06880, or telephone (203) 259-1550,: equusfoundation@aol.com or visit the website, http://www.equusfoundation.org.
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