Autumn Newsletter 2008 - Redwings

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12FUNDRAISINGTo request a Will pack orrecycle your mobile envelopesimply contact RedwingsOnce again, Redwings says a big thank you toeveryone whose events and fundraising ideashave helped fund our work providing for thewelfare, care and protection of horses, ponies,donkeys and mules across the UK. Here are afew ways our supporters have been helping usin recent months...Frequent FundraisersMr and Mrs McHenry from Essex have organisedseveral supermarket and shop collections aroundthe Clacton area for Redwings and raisedhundreds of pounds for us this year. Our gratefulthanks go to both of you once again.Singing FundraisersPupils at Hadleigh High School in Suffolk sung theirhearts out at their school production of ‘The Sound ofMusic’ and raised the fantastic sum of £114.63. Welldone to all the students and thank you to everyone whocontributed.Silent FundraisersNicola McDermott and Kate Ward, keenpony owners from Cleveland, managed asponsored silence for three hours at theirlocal stables and raised the magnificentsum of £96.50. What a great effort!Busy Fundraisers1st Iver Brownies in Buckinghamshirecollected £63.23 from saving smallchange in their horse ambulance boxes.Well done and thank youBrownies.Festival FundraisersSandra Durose and friends joined in the fancy dress parade at theirlocal Stone Festival in Staffordshire. They used a ‘red’ theme, takenfrom Redwings’ name and took part in memory of one of their riders’horses, Major, who very sadly passed away the night before thefestival. In the last few months they have sold pin-badges andorganised a sponsored ride to raise a total of £325.20 thisyear. Thank you to Sandra, all her friends and fellow riders.Anniversary FundraisersNigel and Janet Sycamore from Suffolk donated £250 toRedwings from their 25th wedding anniversary celebrations afterthey asked their guests to make donations in lieu of presents.Janet has been a horse lover for years and has ridden sincethe age of six; recently she has taken up the art of driving. Thepicture shows Janet and Nigel setting off to renew their vowsaccompanied by two of their beloved miniature Shetlands,Syd and Solly. A big thank you to Janet and Nigel.If you areplanning afundraisingevent or would likesome information aboutraising valuable funds forRedwings, please callLinda on 01508 481000.
call 01508 481010or visit www.redwings.co.ukWhere There’s a Will There’s a Way,We depend on your GenerosityRedwings depends entirely on the generosity of all its supporters to fund its vitalrescue and welfare work. Every year we receive a number of gifts from kindsupporters who decide to leave a legacy to Redwings to assist our work far intothe future.Lynn Cutress, Redwings’ Chief Executive, said “Legacies are an invaluable source offunding to us and sometimes a generous bequest or several bequests together willprovide enough funds to get an entire project off the ground.”13FUNDRAISINGWill Scarlett outside his field shelter“We are hoping that we may be able to use legacy money to get two schemes underway at our Ada Cole Rescue Centrein Essex. We’d like to start work on a new isolation unit at the centre to provide a block of stables we can use to treatinfectious illnesses in safety. We also need some new shelters out on the paddocks. The cost of these two buildingprojects amounts to tens of thousands of pounds and we can’t begin until we know we have enough money.”“We are hoping to use two very kind bequests to fund these schemes. We are indebted to supporterswho leave money to Redwings in their Wills; it is because of their generosity that we are able to seeentire projects like these through from beginning to end.”If you would like a copy of our informative ‘Where there’s a will there’s a way’ booklet or you’dsimply like to discuss your Will or any bequest with our Legacy Officer, please call Sheila Millaron 01508 481030.Dylan on the Road...Meet Dylan, the star of our Winter drawWe rescued Dylan from bleak commonland in South Wales andbrought him with a group of ponies to our veterinary centre in Norfolkwhere he was treated for a condition called‘locking stifles’ which had made it very difficultfor him to move around and find food.Redwings never makes an unnecessary journey butruns a fleet of horseboxes and trailers for urgentrescues and welfare cases - just like Dylan.Redwings relies entirely on your generosity tofind the funds for essential equine transport.Every time you buy a Redwings’ PrizeDraw ticket you are helping us tomeet the travel costs that come withour vital welfare and rescue work.Pictured top is Dylan when he moved toour Oxhill Rescue Centre and above,other Welsh ponies being loaded aspart of the same rescue.Above, Dylan on the current drawtickets enclosed in this mailing.Spring Draw 2008 resultsThank you to everyone who took part in thedraw and helped us to help horses in need.Winners of our Spring Draw on Friday 23rd May2008 were:Mrs Hardwick of Stalybridge won our first prize of £5,000Mrs Blackburn of St Albans won second prize of £1,000Mrs Whiteaker of Bedfordshire won third prize of £50030 more supporters won fourth prizes of £20 RedwingsGift VouchersNote: Please help keep our administration costs down by letting usknow if you do not require us to send you tickets in the future, or if weare writing to someone under 16 years of age, as minors cannotpurchase tickets.Our Winter Draw takes place onFriday 23 January 2009
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