2nd Annual Fundraiser Playday

Yesterday was crazy (but in a good way)! We had our second annual fundraiser playday on Sunday. I was originally hoping to simply get 20 people to show so that it would cover the cost of arena rent (better to bring awareness of senior equines than do nothing but sit on my hands). So I figured if we didn't actually raise any money, we would at least be raising awareness.

Instead we had almost 50 people show up to play!! Of course, I was not expecting that many so was not prepared. Unfortunately, by the time we were done with three of the events, some people had to head home. There was a family that had driven 1.5 hours to get to our fundraiser playday!!

The weather was nice, although windy. I was a little worried that people wouldn't want to spend the last nice day that we'll probably have until spring sitting around in an arena. But the support really came out. We were truly blessed to have so many people come out and to help out to make the playday run so smoothly. There's a definite learning curve to running a playday and I've learned A LOT!!! This is only the third playday  I've ever been to. The first was the one we held last year as our first annual playday. So the learning curve is still going on and I'll use what I learned from last year and this year to make next year even better!

We raised over $600 at the playday!!!! That will cover the cost of alfalfa for all the senior equines and maybe a couple bales of hay as well! There's still stress of figuring out how to make ends meet and make sure the Sanctuary horses stay happy (and fat). But this playday really helped!

I will post pictures some time this week of some of the events. I doubt the pictures will turn out very well because of the dust (which is normal for an arena...btw it was a beautiful facility with a big arena and everything very well thought out!)

Thank you to all who were able to come out (participants and spectators)! I hope you all had a great time (I know I did). I'll continue to work out the kinks for the next playday. My apologies to those that couldn't participate in all the events because it was running so long. I'll find a way to make it run smoother next year!

We are always looking for volunteers to help with the playday or to donate items for the playday (food or other items to sell).

From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Your generosity and willingness to come out and support the Sanctuary humbles me.