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(more photos at bottom of page)	the new indoor roundpen  (click to enlarge)
Balance for expenses already incurred as of 12/1/07:  $2,900.  GOLD/SILVER STALL SPONSORS DESPERATELY NEEDED. Please donate, every dollar helps! (details below)

We're Moved!!
We couldn't be more excited! The Cross family has purchased a new farm where CWER can grow! The new facility boasts 41 acres. One of its many amazing assets is a 35-acre pasture shown in the photos here, with a creek, old growth trees, rolling hills, and enough grass to have been baled into approximately 20 TONS worth of round bales each summer! There are also 4 smaller paddocks, two with shelters from the weather, numerous barns and outbuildings and more...

• 35-acre main pasture with varied terrain for self-exercising and grazing all day every day!
• less than 30 minutes from Danville -- cuts the commute in half for our president, AnnMarie Cross
• 4 smaller paddocks for easy separation, limited activity, etc.
• one barn already houses our indoor round pen
• a second has 6 stalls which are usable for feeding time only currently, and require significant rework (see below)
• a third was a cattle barn and is currently usable for hay storage but little else
• a fourth includes the leanto shelter for one of the 4 small paddocks and potential to be a small indoor riding space with significant work
• multiple garages provide space for the farm's equipment, horse trailer, etc to safely be stored
• small, classic early 20th century house provides a place for Mike, AnnMarie and Tory when they're not out working on the farm(!)

So, what does this mean for CWER? It means so many things. 

1. AnnMarie has approximately an hour more per weekday to work with the horses.

2. After this winter, we should not need to purchase hay, unless for special needs cases. We spent approximately 8% of the 2006 budget on hay!

3. Each horse can self-exercise more significantly, thus getting fit faster and in a safer manner.

4. The indoor round pen means training can be done on a more regular schedule, year round, thus accelerating our rehabilitation and retraining, and helping horses be ready to move on to a new home more quickly.

5. We can increase the number of horses in our care at any one time, and are less reliant on foster homes. We are NOT bringing in any new horses until the Cross family sells the Tuscola farm; however, once that sale is closed, then the board has agreed to increase our max from 12 to 20 horses, IF we have hay sufficient to feed them. We already have a waiting list.

6. There will be less pressure to find foster or permanent homes to house rescued babies until they are old enough for riding training, so that we can ensure they are trained as we feel is best and are eased into the most suiting jobs for their skills and personalities.

7. The added space and indoor work areas will allow us to expand our programs with special needs students and other public education or awareness events. 

NOTE: Our Fall 2007 newsletter also includes photos of our new farm! (More photos below.)

What do you need? There's lots of materials and items we'll need to continue to improve CWER's new home. Here are some examples:

1. Gold/Silver stall sponsors (click for details)
2. lumber of varied sorts to build the new stalls, replace missing fence rails, etc.
3. stall hardware (latches, door rails, etc) for the new stalls
4. gates and round pen panels (standard horse sized gates in usable condition, please)
5. high tensile wire & tools (for repairs, fixing our south fenceline, etc)
6. fence posts for replacements and the holding area between the paddocks and the pasture
7. water tanks
8. rain gutters, to add to most of the buildings for better water management
9. sand to base the indoor round pen (its up and usable!!! see photos below.)
10. full size farm tractor (ARRIVED! A special thanks to David Cross of NY for this donation! At a later time, we'll be looking to acquire hay baling equipment to for it.)
11. wiring, safety lights, breakers and breaker boxes, and other electrical supplies. Several buildings require either a complete rework or significant improvements for safety. Thank you, yet again, to Kelly & Brent, Town & Country Electric, for helping us with wiring items needed so far.

What's it going to cost? The list is ever-growing, but at least for now we're going to try to keep a running tally listed here of expenses incurred so far related to updating the new property. There will be some big projects in the years ahead, but for now we're just working to make things safe and manageable, and to allow us to expand CWER's herd safely as rapidly as possible. If you can help with any of these areas, whether financially, by donating supplies, or by offering labor, we'd sure appreciate it!

Please visit our donations page to make an instant donation via paypal, or to mail a donation, if you would like to help us reach this critical goal!

Expenses so far: We've incurred approximately $2800 in expenses so far for the new farm -- including vaccinations, fencing materials, water supplies, transporting the donated tractor, and more. Generous donors have covered approximately $700. Even $25 will help us cover these expenses. Please, won't you help us to help the horses?

*Note: The Cross family purchased this farm, personally, specifically to give CWER a larger home. They've paid all the expenses relating to the purchase and closing and everything related to their move. CWER pays no salaries whatsoever -- not even to Mike when he is performing training or farrier work -- and CWER did not incur any costs related to this move other than the actual fuel costs to transport the 12 horses to the new facility, and any materials needed to make the property safe for the horses.

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