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AjPHA PRESIDENT’S LETTER Hello, “j” members! Congratulations to all of our newly elected AjPHA national directors. Along with being a national director comes lots of new responsibilities and opportunities. I encourage all AjPHA members to get involved with our “j” committees: Painting Relations, Shows and Events, and Clinics and Education. If you are interested in being on a committee, please contact myself or Shelly deBarbanson, our Director of Youth Activities. You can reach us at haltershowdude@sbcglobal.net or youth@apha.com, respectively. For the first time in recent history, we will have a Youth-only World Show! The AjPHA Youth World Championship Show takes place June 24–July 2 in Fort Worth, Texas, and it is a great thing for both our Youth members and the association. I hope you all come out and join in the fun. We have lots of fun events planned—turn to page 13 for a sneak peak at a few new activities. Visit aphaworldshow.com for more details. Come out and live it up with us, whether you have a Paint or not. The dawning of the Youth World Show also means my presidential term is coming to an end. It has been a very productive year. We made a lot of AjPHA improvements, and we also raised a lot of money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association through my Presidential Service Project, “See it in Color.” To date, we have raised about $40,000 for the MDA. I am hosting a benefit golf AjPHA Executive Committee President—Garret Skinner, Conroe, Texas President-Elect—Kate Peterson, Chico, California Vice President—Danielle Kemper, Gilbert, Arizona Secretary—Madison Malsch, Castle Rock, Colorado Treasurer—Kaitlyn McCulley, Kenney, Texas 14 summer 2011 • PAINT HORSE CONNECTION tournament in May to conclude my project (see page 12 for more details). I would like to thank all of the AjPHA and APHA members, members of the AjPHA and APHA Executive Committees and APHA staff, as well as my mom and dad, for their support. Everyone has been extremely helpful this past year, and I couldn’t have done it without any of you. I think it is great that everyone involved with AjPHA and APHA has supported me in raising this money. We are so fortunate that we can help others in need—that is really what the AjPHA Presidential Service Project is all about. I hope I have fulfilled all of your expectations as your 2010–2011 AjPHA President. Happy trails, jessica hein Garrett Skinner 2010–2011 AjPHA President Zone Representatives Zone 1 Representative—CJ Fisher, Newberg, Oregon Zone 2 Representative—Cassandra Stambuk, Yorba Linda, California Zone 3 Representative—Bailey Johnson, Loveland, Colorado Zone 4 Representative—Kelsay Singleton, Granbury, Texas Zone 5 Representative—Colt Cumpton, Adrian, Missouri Zone 6 Representative—Helena Hattendorf, Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee Zone 7 Representative—Taylor Dixon, Dover, Delaware Zone 8 Representative—Sarah York, Greentown, Indiana Zone 9 Representative—Carlee McDuffie, Morganton, North Carolina
Bridging the gap Though members live far apart, a love of Paint Horses brings the Alberta Junior Paint Horse Club together. In a Canadian providence nearly the size of Texas, members of the Alberta Junior Paint Horse Club overcome sizeable distances to get together. Fueled by their camaraderie and the love of Paint Horses, however, the Youth stay in touch via social media—and when they are able to meet face to face, the AjPHC members enthusiastically take Paint promotion and support to the next level. “Our club is quite small, with only about 41 members, most of whom live miles apart from each other,” Club Advisor Melissa Barber said. “This makes it very hard to get together except at shows. During our club’s meeting and banquet in January, the Youth members meet to go swimming, have lunch or make crafts that are auctioned off to excited parents. Most of the members also enjoy staying in touch with their equine friends via Facebook, of course.” Paint shows and other equine events provide opportunities for AjPHC members to get together. in between face-to-face outings, they rely on social media to stay connected. AjPHC Treasurer Rinske Rupert says club members stay in touch via texting, e-mail and Facebook—and they always try to get together at horse shows. To raise funds for their year-end and show high-point awards, AjPHC members have sold 50/50 raffle tickets, flower arrangements, scavenger hunt fundraisers and “slave” auctions, where the Youths’ services are auctioned off to help with winning bidders’ barn chores. But they also make time to relax as a group, too. “The Youth find that getting together is a great way to interact with their horse show friends when the competition is over,” Melissa said. “They have had pizza parties and ice cream socials, for instance.” By JessiCA Hein CourTesy MelissA bArber Another great opportunity to get together and promote Paints comes at Mane Event, one of Alberta’s largest equine extravaganzas held annually in Red Deer. “The club has a booth there, and the Youth try to get together and have fun,” AjPHC President Brooke Barber said. “We paint faces, talk about Paint Horses, dress up as Paint Horse Pete and hand out AjPHC tattoos. Last year, we did a Paint Horse demonstration to music—we had all color patterns represented, with some of us in English and some in Western tack. It was so much fun to hear the crowd cheering.” While it’s difficult to recruit new members because of the expansive providence, Brooke says the Youth make an effort to promote the club as a fun way to interact with other horse lovers. “I tell everyone in my 4-H club and at Open shows to come and see what we’re about and how much fun we have,” she said. “I think more people are coming to our shows—even Quarter Horse people who hear how much fun we have. Next year, they might come and join us with a new Paint.” Jessica Hein is managing editor of the Paint Horse Connection. To comment on this article, e-mail jhein@apha.com. Members of the Alberta Junior Paint Horse Club PAINT HORSE CONNECTION • Summer 2011 CourTesy MelissA bArber 15
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