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Sarah K. Andrew's
2013 Horses and Hope Calendar
Price - $19.95
(100% of profit goes to charity)
Printed in full color on heavy paper
Coil bound calendar opens to 12"x24"
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Sarah K. Andrew's Horses and Hope 2013 Calendar
The 2012 debut calendar contained over 100 beautiful photographs of auction horses. Thanks to the support of horse lovers all over, it raised nearly $40,000 for One Horse At A Time, helping hundreds of horses in need directly, and untold others indirectly through increased public awareness. Now that photographer Sarah K. Andrew and HoofPrints' owner Gina Keesling have one calendar's worth of experience to draw upon, the 2013 version promises to be even more exciting - even more creative, and as always, inspirational and positive.
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2013 Calendar now in stock
Gina's note: The most astonishing thing about all these lovely photographs is how much "soul" you see in the horses. Shooting pictures in this environment is incredibly challenging. The lighting is bad. The animals are stressed and unpredictable. The quarters are cramped - it's hard to get far enough away and/or at the best angle. There's undesirable clutter in the background. The list goes on. But, you look at these - it's like Sarah's got angels helping her out. They're truly divinely inspired, and HoofPrints is proud to be a part of this project.
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Horses and Hope 2012 Calendar is still available
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#CALSKA12
Sarah K. Andrew's
Horses and Hope 2012 Calendar
Price - $14.95
Sale price $10.00
(100% of this amount goes to charity)
Printed in full color on heavy paper
Coil bound calendar opens to 12"x24"
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Sarah K. Andrew's Horses and Hope 2012 Calendar
This calendar illustrates the remarkable accomplishments of a group of folks who saw a very big problem, and set about solving it. Each week, dozens of nice horses were being sold at an auction house. Trouble was, most nights there were more horses than bidders, and the bulk of the herd was being sold to the feedlot. These horses collected in a pen until there was a truckload, then, unfortunately they were "shipped".
Instead of sitting around complaining about how awful this is, a group of dedicated women jumped in and did something. Award-winning equine photographer Sarah K. Andrew makes time to photograph every horse sold to the feedlot. Volunteers evaluate the horses the best they can and a large network of horse people distribute photos and descriptions of the horses, from Facebook to feed stores. They work with the owner of the auction to resell the horses who didn't get a high enough bid to leave the sale. Since the effort began in November 2009, no horses have shipped to slaughter from the auction house, and nearly 3,000 horses have been purchased out of the feedlot.
The photos in this calendar were taken of the horses at auction and in their new homes. 100% of the profits from the calendar sales will be donated to a dedicated fund with One Horse At a Time, Inc.; the funds will be used for the aid of horses in need.
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Gina's note: The most astonishing thing about all these lovely photographs is how much "soul" you see in the horses. Shooting pictures in this environment is incredibly challenging. The lighting is bad. The animals are stressed and unpredictable. The quarters are cramped - it's hard to get far enough away and/or at the best angle. There's undesirable clutter in the background. The list goes on. But, you look at these - it's like Sarah's got angels helping her out. They're truly divinely inspired, and HoofPrints is proud to be a part of this project.
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100% of the profit from the sale of this calendar goes to
One Horse At A Time.
This amount is approaching $40,000. to date, and One Horse At A Time has distributed it wisely and judiciously in ways that an average person wanting to help could not. They are incredibly well networked, both with equine service providers and with entities displaying need. They monitor political happenings that affect the equine industry. They've been around the block and are not apt to be duped by someone scamming for funds. In short, they are doing all the necessary things to make sure monies get where they can do the most good. Stuff that we all wish we could but don't have the time (or stomach) for. If you want to give them a hand, you can do so by purchasing a Horses and Hope Calendar.
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Recent Press
Teresa Genaro's Raceday 360 column: Horses and Hope: From Auction to Adoption
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Fran Jurga's Horse Tip Daily Radio Show: Horse Tip Daily #563 - Great Gifts from Fran Jurga's Library - Inspirational
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Photographer Sarah K. Andrew's own blog account of the project: Horses and Hope: My Year at the Auction - A 2012 Calendar for the Cyber Monday blues
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EQUINE Ink - Soapbox for Equestrian Writings blog mention
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A Home for Every Horse article by Natalie Voss
here
(It's nice that this article points out that the
Camelot Horse Weekly
group has placed enough horses to account for 1% of the total that go to slaughter each year. That's just a group of volunteers in NJ doing legwork, and an army of others sharing online. Just think if there were a group like this in every state?!)
Horse and Man Blog's Booty with Benefits - Favorite Gift ideas that help the animals
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