DoubleHP (Horse Help Providers, Inc.)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="e1b785a3.jpg"> <div> <B>DoubleHP (Horse Help Providers, Inc.)</B></div> <div> a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with programs in horse rescue, adoption, and education, based near Sioux Falls SD</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="e1cd2b03.jpg"> <div> Thank you to Jean Lacher for our beautiful DoubleHP logo.  </div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e12b0850.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> 501c3 nonprofit</div> <div>  South Dakota, Volunteers</div> <bR> <div> <B>if you are new to our website, you might want to start here:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DoubleHP, Intro 1"><U><B>Intro. to</B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DoubleHP, Intro 1"><U><B>DoubleHP - what we do</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us/Contact Us"><U><B>CONTACT US</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://doublehphorseshelter.blogspot.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://doublehphorseshelter.blogspot.com"><U><B>GET MORE UPDATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE,</B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="http://doublehphorseshelter.blogspot.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://doublehphorseshelter.blogspot.com"><U><B>FROM OUR BLOG</B></U></A><B>               </B><B>www.</B></div> <div> <B>doublehphorseshelter.</B></div> <div> <B>blogspot.com</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>website updated June 25, 2009                         </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Horses Available"><U><B>Horses Available to Sponsor </B></U></A></FONT><B>    </B><B> </B><A HREF="id211.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="officers/directors"><U><B>DoubleHP Directors</B></U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=14882" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charit"><U>What's on ebay</U></A> <A HREF="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=14882" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charit"><U>to benefit DoubleHP Horses?</U></A>       <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="sponsor/thank you list"><U>List of horse sponsors/volunteers/other helpers</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="735" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 1222 WIDTH="252"><div> <IMG SRC="ff5fb9a0.jpg" border=0 width="251" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Thank you Tri-Valley High School Mustangs FFA Chapter, for sponsoring 6 months for Paul's Prince.</div> <bR> <div> Thank you to Hazel Schjodt for sponsoring 5 months for Paul's Prince.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="fa2fa640.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Thank you to <B>The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (the ASPCA)</B>. Our grant application for Emergency Hay Support was approved and, on April 16, 2009, we received from the ASPCA a check to be used to purchase hay for our rescued horses. www.aspca.org</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Thank you to the American Association of Equine Practitioners, Unwanted Horse Veterinary Relief Campaign, Intervet/Shering-Plough, and DVM Michelle Jensen from Dakota Large Animal Clinic in Harrisburg SD.</B></div> <div> Dr. Jensen helped us apply for a grant for vaccines for 10 of our rescued horses. And our application was accepted! The vaccines were administered by Dr. Jensen on May 1, 2009, during spring vet check day at DoubleHP Horse Shelter.</div> <div> www.unwantedhorsecoalition.org</div> <bR> <bR> <div> To learn about sponsoring a DoubleHP rescued horse,</div> <div> call (605) 359-0961.</div> <div> Riding privileges are possible.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=14882" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charit"><U>DONATE NOW</U></A></div> <div> Make a safe, easy tax-deductible</div> <div> donation now through Paypal. </div> <div> <B>Just look for the</B></div> <div> <B>DONATE NOW button.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="310"><div> <A HREF="id247.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="calendar club"><U><IMG SRC="1003efc90.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Help us create our 2010 desktop calendar. Vote for horse photos to use.</B></div> <div> <B>Voting is free. Membership is free.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id247.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="calendar club"><U><B>Read all about it here!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Below: Beautiful Jewel needs a Person!</B></div> <div> <B>click on her picture below for more info.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id204.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jewel"><U><IMG SRC="1002f0ce0.jpg" border=0 width="240" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> More Thank Yous, June 2009:</div> <div> Thank you to Tom & Karolynn Biegler from Bismarck ND, for sponsoring another month+   for a rescued horse!</div> <div> Thank you to Debbie Davis from Concord CA, for your donation for our rescued horses.</div> <div> Thank yo to Robert Gloe from Lebanon OR, for your donation.</div> <bR> <div> Thank you to everyone who helped with or attended our Raffle/info. booth at the Vendor Fair during Harford (SD) Jamboree Days June 20, 2009. Thanks for your donations and raffle ticket purchases.</div> <div> Thank you to Artist Lisa Madsen and Director/Volunteer Heidi Skancke, both from Baltic, SD, for "Womaning" the booth for us. We raised another $200, enough to sponsor another month for Paul's Prince!</div> <div> Thanks Kyrstin Baker's Family & her mom's Pet Grooming business in Crooks, SD, for the fly protection gifts for our horses.</div> <bR> <div> Thank you to Volunteers Rick, Brian, and Sara Knobe for spending Father's Day with us at the Horse Shelter and for doing morning chores.</div> <bR> <div> Thanks to  Bridget for your donation.</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#A6CAF0 WIDTH="147"><div> <A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pauls Prince"><U><IMG SRC="fb67cbc0.jpg" border=0 width="124" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Paul's Prince:</div> <div> A Sponsorship Program</div> <div> for Special Hearts.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> DoubleHP Garage Sale later this summer. Donate items, call</div> <div> (605) 359-0961</div> <bR> <bR> <div> scroll down to read more recent thank yous from DoubleHP.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="743" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2766 WIDTH="380"><div> <B>"WANTED"</B></div> <div> what an excellent word!</div> <div> what a great feeling!</div> <div> (we rescue unwanted horses and</div> <div> help them become <B>WANTED</B> horses)</div> <bR> <div> <B>ONE HUMAN HEART & MIND AT A TIME</B></div> <div> Lily, Rocky and Minerva came to live at DoubleHP Horse Shelter near Crooks, South Dakota, about a year ago.  We rescued them from starvation.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Thanks to all of you</B></div> <div> who have made such a difference in their lives.</div> <div> And in the lives' of our other rescued horses too.</div> <div> It's what we do: We make a difference -- </div> <div> -- one horse, one rescue, one story, </div> <div> <B>ONE HUMAN HEART & MIND AT A TIME</B></div> <bR> <div> Like most of the horses we rescue from starvation, Rocky and Minerva were owned by their "breeder" at the time of their rescue. Lily was owned by the person who bought her at the salebarn where Lily's "breeder" had dumped her off.</div> <bR> <div> This does NOT mean we are against horse breeding. Quite the opposite. We have great respect for the successful, reputable, compassionate horse breeders of our area.</div> <div> We know how difficult it is to make money in the horse breeding industry these days. And we want horse breeders to make money selling their horses. Because that means they are raising really nice horses.</div> <bR> <div> But there are way too many people still allowing their already unwanted, neglected horses to reproduce. And, unfortunately, these horses usually produce more horses just like themselves -- unwanted and neglected. It's not the horses' fault. It's the irresponsible humans' fault. These horses would not be unwanted & neglected if their humans were responsible horse owners.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The American Association of Equine Practitioners estimates that it costs between $1,800 and $5,000 each year to keep a horse. </B></div> <bR> <div> That is a minimum of $1,800.00 per horse per year!</div> <bR> <div> Please consider that figure when you think about becoming a horse owner.</div> <bR> <div> And think about it even more carefully when you think about breeding a mare for the purpose of selling the offspring FOR PROFIT.</div> <bR> <div> It takes a very special combination of a very special mare and a very special stallion  to make the offspring special enough to turn a profit for the horse breeder these days. </div> <bR> <div> And it is really best left to the Pros. The people who already have a successful, profitable, humane breeding program in place. The horse breeders who provide proper nutrition, shelter, deworming, vaccinations, dental & farrier care, and age-appropriate training for the horses they raise.</div> <div> That is the kind of horse breeder we support.</div> <bR> <div> Not the kind who raised Rocky and Minerva. Rocky and Minerva had never had their hooves trimmed, never had vaccinations, they were full of worms, were without food and water, and Minerva had never been handled. </div> <bR> <div> <B>And Lily, who was emaciated & dehydrated and had every point of neglect you can think of. Her friend died of starvation before the rescue.</B></div> <bR> <div> Lily, Rocky & Minerva ended up lucky though. Because they ended up with us.</div> <div> But thousands of other horses every year in the United States are not so lucky.</div> <bR> <div> They are born unwanted and neglected, with very little chance of ever becoming wanted and well-cared for.</div> <bR> <div> Please just really think about the big picture of our nation's unwanted-horse population, before you make the decision to breed your mares. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Every single day, I think about our Saint Nick and Jack Frost. I am so glad we were able to show them some kindness before they were humanely euthanized and sent off to live with the Sky Herd. They both died as a result of their severe neglect. Saint Nick was owned by his "breeder" at the time of his rescue (though we didn't know that until after he was euthanized, because the owner had left him tied to a fence in a road ditch, on Christmas Eve Eve. And the Sheriff's Dept. had to do some investigating to find out who the owner was). Jack Frost was owned by a person who bought him at the salebarn where his "breeder" had dumped him. The new owner then fenced him in with no food.  And by the time we were called to rescue him, he was so wasted away he could not even get up without the help of us and our sling.</div> <div> Their stories are very sad. You will find them here as you wander through our website.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Please make a donation to us.</div> <div> Horse Help Providers, Inc. (DoubleHP).</div> <div> We are 501c3, so your donation is tax-deductible.</div> <div> We don't get any government funding and we are Volunteers. The true meaning of nonprofit. </div> <div> So we really do need your donations to keep going.</div> <div> To keep helping our horses,</div> <div> and to keep telling their stories.</div> <bR> <div> To keep making a difference.</div> <div> <B>One Human Heart and Mind at a Time.</B></div> <div> Thanks!</div> <bR> <div> To learn about sponsoring a DoubleHP rescued horse,</div> <div> call (605) 359-0961.</div> <div> Riding privileges are possible.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=14882" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charit"><U>DONATE NOW</U></A></div> <div> Make a safe, easy tax-deductible</div> <div> donation now through Paypal. </div> <div> <B>Just look for the</B></div> <div> <B>DONATE NOW button.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="344"><div> <IMG SRC="fc4504b0.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="331" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> DoubleHP Lily feeling <B>"WANTED"</B></div> <div> by her Sponsor, Pat</div> <bR> <div> DoubleHP Minerva feeling <B>"WANTED"</B></div> <div> by Trainer & DoubleHP Director</div> <div> Kinsey Risty</div> <div> <IMG SRC="fc6524e0.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> To learn about sponsoring a DoubleHP rescued horse, call (605) 359-0961.</div> <bR> <div> Riding privileges are possible.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Below is our Saint Nick,</div> <div> not as lucky as Lily, Rocky & Minerva</div> <div> <IMG SRC="f5251fa0.jpg" border=0 width="337" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Here is our Jack Frost. Also not so lucky.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="f474cf90.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> If you would rather send a check, please make it out to Horse Help Providers, Inc.</div> <div> and send to 25337 470 Avenue</div> <div> Crooks, SD 57020</div> <bR> <div> Here is a sponsor/donation form you can print, fill out, and send to us along with your donation.</div> <div> <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="printable sponsor form"><U>link to form.</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> W<A HREF="id231.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="whats on the website?"><U>hat else is on the website link here.</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> There are some really neat items listed on ebay right now to benefit our DoubleHP rescued horses. DoubleHP is an approved Missionfish nonprofit, and we have several nice ebayers who list items to benefit our horses.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=14882" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charit"><U>Link to item Details Here</U></A></div> <div> one of our newest ebay friends is <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >coolbabyjewelry.</FONT> From Hawaii! Several listings for our benefit and really cute items!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Susan, an ebayer from New York (<FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Arial" >chouxbear2</FONT>), found our website and our nonprofit membership and has listed a beautiful handquilted <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Arial" >King size Quilt </FONT>with a horse/Southwestern theme, with 25% of the sale price going to DoubleHP.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=14882" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charit"><U>Link to item Details Here</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> What Susan says to DoubleHP:</div> <div> My husband and I both love animals</div> <div> of all sorts, so it was only natural</div> <div> to select an organization dedicated</div> <div> to horse welfare as a beneficiary</div> <div> of this quilt. My husband used to ride</div> <div> frequently, and I grew up on a farm</div> <div> with all kinds of animal life,</div> <div> including some work horses, which</div> <div> we also were able to ride</div> <div> occasionally. We are both very happy</div> <div> to lend a hand wherever we can, and</div> <div> I thank you so much for helping to</div> <div> promote the quilt on your site. </div> <div> Yours,  Susan</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e10e2c90.jpg" border=0 width="738" height="457" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>FALL 2008</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>