EQUUS Foundation Awards $250,000 in Grants in 2006
Equestrian News Release
WESTPORT, CT – September 5, 2006 – The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., recently awarded $250,000 in grants to charitable organizations that promote the positive use of the horse for the benefit of the general public and the equestrian sport as a whole. The “all volunteer” EQUUS Foundation raises funds from two annual events – one held in February during the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, and the other - its Benefit Luncheon held in June in conjunction with the Fairfield County Hunt Club June Benefit Horse Show in Westport, Connecticut.
“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 four years, we have awarded over $600,000 in grants and have helped thousands of horses and people.”
Corporate sponsors at the Florida and Connecticut events included the Callari Auto Group, Fairfield Equine Associates, George N. Venizelos & Wachovia Securities, Show Circuit Magazine, FTI Consulting, 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, Torys LLP, Skyy Spirits, Swiss International Air Lines & the Monaco Government Tourist Office
Grant recipients include charities that benefit the public using horses to help people therapeutically and recreationally, especially children, with life threatening illnesses, physical and emotional handicaps, and children "at risk" of succumbing to a life of violence. Other recipients promote the health and welfare of our most treasured partners through rescue and rehabilitation as well as veterinary research. EQUUS also supports charities that benefit the equestrian sport by offering scholarships and grants to support the competition, training, and educational needs of equestrians.
The deadline for the 2007 Grant Program is October 1, 2006. The Grant Application can be downloaded from the website at http://www.equusfoundation.org. 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 $600,000 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/.
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