THANK YOU SMARTPAK!

SmartPak Equine has generously donated a $100 gift certificate to CANTER Ohio.  With the funds we are buying a vial of Legend for our 10yo ex-racer, Day Bue.  A Canadian-bred, Day Bue raced 89 times in 7 years and earned $119,000+.  He recently underwent surgery to have chips removed from both front ankles, and he is recovering nicely.  The Legend will help ensure success for Day Bue in his second career.  He should be available for adoption at the end of May.  Day Bue is a great character and loves all the attention he's been getting.  He's a cool horse and the barn favorite!  Here he is getting his dressings changed shortly after his surgery:

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Thank You!

CANTER Ohio offers a great big THANK YOU to everyone who donated to help our CANTER horses over the holidays. We received donations from Thanksgiving through the end of December totaling $12,833.35. This included our annual Christmas Card Fundraiser as well as other donations and awards. These funds helped cover our December and January expenses. We are enormously grateful for your support.

Financial Update

With total income of $18,782.10 in November and December, we were able to pay our board through the end of December and even catch up on some back board bills. In fact, that allowed us to pay most of our board and other expenses through January!

But now we’re faced with due bills for February board. That’s the thing with board bills: they keep coming month after month. And too often for us, income doesn’t. We were disappointed to learn recently that another grant we had applied for totaling $12,500 was not funded.

We recently calculated that in order to pay our monthly board bill for our 25 boarded horses, we need to bring in $5,850 per month. When we add our other expenses and obligations, that figure grows to $9,250/mo. That’s the bottom line in terms of what it costs per month to run our operation and pay our outstanding debts. With adoptions currently comprising only 23% of our total income, that means $7,122 is needed EVERY month from OTHER sources.

We’ll continue to track our income from all sources in 2008 on this page, so you can see where we stand in reaching our goal.

INCOME THROUGH 1/31/08: $2,276
INCOME NEEDED FOR FEBRUARY: $9,250

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Good news! We now have our own Ebay Store Thanks to the generosity of World Equestrian Brands, we will have a steady supply of new/never used equestrian apparel and tack to offer for sale at great prices. All of the money raised goes to care for our horses! So please bookmark the eBay store and check back often to purchase great merchandise at great prices.

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