He arrived at the rescue last July when we were asked to let him live out his years after his owner passed away. A fabulous lady named Nature had been providing for him since the owner passed away, but her health necessitated him finding a new home so we offered to give him one and are so glad we did.
Today is Ned's (registered name: Contenders Nieto) 31st birthday and we are so happy to celebrate it with him. He seems very happy here and has such a positive spirit.
But in his old years he also suffers from arthritis which we treat with daily Previcox (Equioxx) as a long-term pain medicine and with about half his teeth he also gets 15 pounds of Purina Equine Senior a day to keep his stylish figure, and Absorbine's Bute-Less and Flex-Max Joint Supplement...all to help him feel better.
If you would like to help celebrate Ned's birthday with a small donation for his feeding and care it would be so appreciated. With his energy and loving old soul we hope he is with us for years to come.
After years of service as a riding horse, we want him to enjoy his retirement and stay care free.
Thank you all for your love and support....together we provide for their WellBeing!
SNOWFLAKE – The management team at the Show Low Home Depot store call themselves “Team Depot” and they recently completed a community project at Equine WellBeing Rescue Inc. (EqWBR) in Snowflake.
Equine WellBeing Rescue Inc. president and founder, Christin Griffin, (far right) presents the Home Depot management team with a ‘Thank You’ plaque for their efforts in organizing the grant project from supplies to trenching to installation of electric lines and light fixtures. From left are Show Low Home Depot Operations Assistant Manager, John Hutchens, Store Manager Dawn Moreno, TeamDepot Captain Mike Taylor and Christine Griffin.
Laura Singleton/The Independent
One might say they “knocked it out of the pasture.”
Team Depot led an industrious group of about 10 staff members in a project to bring much-needed power, lighting and water lines to the equine rescue’s office, hay barn, machine shed, stalls, pasture areas and out-buildings. (More staff wanted to be involved but the group was limited by COVID precautions.)
Front row, from left, are Team Depot Captain and Asst. Store Manager Mike Taylor, Henry Stanislawski, Cassie Cline. In the second row are Assistant Store Manager Dina Rudolph, Assistant Store Manager Clinton Misner, Store Manager Dawn Moreno. In the back row are Operations Assistant Store Manager John Hutchens, Don Collier and Terrie Shepherd (not pictured.) The crew also received behind the scenes help from Tool Rental Team, Jim Andrews and Tony Palumbo. Terrie Shepherd (not pictured is Team Home Depot staffers and managers pose for a picture amidst their work at Equine WellBeing Rescue Inc. in Snowflake. A grant from the Home Depot foundation, along with the hard work of staff and volunteers resulted in much needed electric to the water troughs, lights to the stalls, hay barn, office, shed and pasture areas inside the equine rescue facility.
Photo courtesy of Christine Griffin
“Day in and day out we get to have the community in our store,” said Show Low Home Depot Operations Assistant Manager John Hutchens. “This time we got to go outside and see our efforts make a difference.”
A “very nice couple” who wish to remain anonymous, approached Show Low Home Depot’s management last year about pursuing a grant for an improvement project at the local, non-profit, volunteer equine rescue.
Some time after the couple’s inquiry, a substantial grant from the Home Depot Foundation was awarded for this specific project in 2019 but the work was postponed due to COVID-19. The spring project became a November project on a day of perfectly mild weather — ideal for working outside and for social distancing.
“We have a store of orange-blooded employees who could see tangible, positive impact in the community,” said Home Depot Store Manager Dawn Moreno.
The view from the residence, looking (west) out toward toward the barn, stalls and pastures BEFORE the lighting was installed during the Home Depot community project.
Photo courtesy of Christine Griffin
Now that the work is done, the local equine rescue has lighting and water lines in areas that were previously dark. This eliminated the need for multiple, long extension cords to run electric to water trough heaters. The improvements reduce the risk of fire and have made water available at each trough, eliminating the need to fill each 300-gallon water trough, by hose and by hand, daily. Also, the water hoses had to be drained and brought into the house to prevent freezing during the winter.
Stalls, barn and other parts of the Equine WellBeing Rescue Inc. facility are lighted and visible from the Griffin residence. The new lighting is a significant improvement for the health and safety of the animals and those caring for them.
Photo courtesy of Christine Griffin
The additional lighting at the hay barn, offices, stalls, pastures and outbuildings allow the rescue and the volunteers to see what they are doing at night. Shorter winter days made the chore of feeding and watering over 30 horses and donkeys a tough task in low lighting. Now, they can see better and have less chance of tripping or falling. Also, it’s easier to see if an animal is injured, not eating or needs attention.
The hay barn and shed are illuminated by the new lights installed by the Home Depot staffers and Equine WellBeing Rescue staff and volunteers.
Photo courtesy of Christine Griffin
Project day prep work
Friday, Nov. 13, Equine WellBeing Rescue Inc. founder and president, Christine Griffin and her husband, Larry (co-founder), were ready for Team Depot.
Larry Griffin had already dug the trenches where the electric and water lines would run. In fact, the Griffins completed a long list of prep work before Team Depot arrived.
“It took an entire day to get all the trenching done for the electric to be brought from the Griffin’s house out to the buildings and pastures,” said Christine Griffin. “The job was made easier with the Ditch Witch that Show Low Home Depot allowed us to use.”
Horse’n around is hard work!
Team Depot showed up with nine people and there were 14 community members and EqWBR volunteers on site to help.
Conduit was buried to run the electrical lines, water line/pipe was laid and water hydrants and posts were installed in all the right places. Rocks were hauled, lighting fixtures were hung, fuse boxes were installed and re-connected to a larger fuse box at the barn.
“We got it done pretty quick and I think we knocked it out of the park,” said Moreno.
All of the steps had to be checked and re-checked before the final phase of the project took place — and the switches turned on.
“There were so many people working together. It was a lot of fun and the results are amazing!” said Christine Griffin. “With all the phenomenal help were were done early and all enjoyed a lunch provided by Beth Williams Realty Executives of the White Mountains.”
“The most frequent comment I heard was how much fun everyone had even though we were working,” said Griffin. “I have to say that the Home Depot staff were the most courteous and friendly and a pleasure to work beside.”
When all was said and done, Team Depot and the volunteers at Equine WellBeing Rescue “knocked it out of the pasture!”
RAFFLE “Jewels for the Holiday” – The raffle ends December 12, 2020 at 9:30 am MST.
This year's health concerns has changed the way we need to raise funds as we had to cancel this years open house. We received the fabulous donation from the Wallis family of this gorgeous Blue Sapphire, Diamond and White Gold 7.25” bracelet just appraised by Helmut the Jeweler at $2738.00. Since we were unable to offer it in person as a raffle fundraiser, we are offering it via this email and online via our Facebook page for people who want to help the rescue and get a chance to receive a stunning bracelet for yourself or a gift for a friend or loved one.
Appraisal states, Ladies 14 karat white gold 7.25” bracelet containing twelve (12) round brilliant diamonds and thirteen (13) oval blue sapphires in a flowy 4-proung setting. Each blue sapphire measures 5mm in length by 4mm in width, .48ct weight each, quality “A” with a medium strong blue hue. Each diamond measures 1.30mm 0.01 carat, clarity I, color G-H, total diamond weight is 0.12 carat. Pictures simply don’t do it justice. (Original appraisal from Helmut the Jeweler will go with the bracelet).
Raffle tickets will be purchased through www.EquineWellBeing.org/donate (click the button below), choose your payment option by scrolling down to links for PayPal, Debit/Credit card or Venmo (checks will not have time to get to us) mark it how many raffle tickets you are purchasing in the payment area for comment or notes. Ticket prices:
1/$5
5/$20,
10/$40, 15/$60, 20/80 or 30/$100.
When payment is received, tickets will be pulled in your name, a picture of them taken and sent to you for your records. If you want them texted to you include your phone number along with the number of tickets being purchased.
The drawing will be held live on Facebook on December 12 at 10am MST and the winner announced. If we have your phone number we will call you immediately or you will be sent an email so delivery arrangements can be made.
Tickets must be purchased by 12/12/20 at 9:30am MST.
The response to our 2020 calendars was so positive that as we speak, we have the 2021 calendars being printed right now and we are able to offer them at the same price as last year too. $25 each, plus shipping.
We owe a big thanks to Leslie from Leslie Brucker Photography who donates her time and her fabulous skills to provide the many pictures we use for the calendar and other fundraisers. We are in awe of her talent. We would also like to thank Christine for her time as Leslie's 'in the field' assistant and also working with Leslie to choose the best pictures for the calendar. Additionally, she finds the quotes to go with each pictures and does the actual creation of the calendar. Great teamwork to say the least.
If you would like to place an order for calendars just reply to this email with how many you would like and include your mailing address. Calendars should arrive around the 12th. We will let you know how much your total cost with shipping is and get them out as soon as possible.
During our Open House in 2019 we were approached by a very nice couple who saw our recently built shelters in the pastures and they asked if there were any other projects we needed help with. I told them how dragging 150 foot hoses through the snow to put water in all the troughs and numerous extension cords to each of those troughs to run tank heaters to prevent the ice from forming was not safe and hard work. If we could trench underground water and electric from the Griffin's house to the pastures and the out buildings the rescue uses we would no longer need to do that. In addition, that would allow us to have lights and power in the office, hay barn, machine shed and any place else needed for the rescue A lofty dream and one I had dreamed of often.
One year and three months later, boots hit the ground and the project was finally completed thanks to a grant from The Home Depot Foundation, Team Depot volunteers from the Show Low, AZ store, volunteers from the rescue, and that very special couple, John and Donna.
It took an entire day to get all the trenching done for the electric to be brought from the Griffin's house out to the buildings and pastures. The job was made easier with the Ditch Witch the Show Low, AZ Home Depot allowed us to use. The water hydrants were installed and a post at each location for the electrical boxes to be installed. Six volunteers were able to get all that done in one day.
On November 13th, we had 9 management and other employees from Home Depot who took there personal time off to come help, and 14 community and EqWBR volunteers to do a variety of tasks needed to complete the project. Conduit needed to be buried to run the electrical lines, water pipe laid in the trenches, rocks hauled to finish the water hydrant installation, lights hung and connected, electric boxes placed and outlets installed, and electrical wire run and connected a new fuse box located closer to the barn. See the following pictures.
We were excited to have the folks from Home Depot meet the horses, donkeys and minis at the rescue and see what we do here in Snowflake. They listened as we told them the story of Poco, the Brave Little Burro who wandered in the wild, injured, for 11 years before being rescued and his mini friend Teddy who is over 30 years old, both who recently came to live at EqWBR.
It was so good to see them enjoying their time with the fur babies.
With all the phenomenal help we were done early and all enjoyed a lunch provided by Beth Williams Realty Executives of the White Mountains. The most frequent comment I heard was how much fun everyone had even though we were working.
Sunday the 14th we had just a little bit of work left installing the outlets in each of the electrical boxes at each pasture and the power was hooked up from the 200amp service at the Griffin's house to the 60 amp service box by the barn and turned both the water and power on. Now to see how well all the lights looked we had to wait until dark, really dark. Here are pictures of the hay barn and machine shed, back of those buildings and back of the barn and finally the front on the barn and sides.
The changes will make work in the wintertime, when it is dark before 5pm, so much easier and the lighting extends way out in the pastures and even into Poco and Teddy's stall. If we need to put hay out at night, want to work with any of the equines or have an emergency, we are now better able to deal with it so things will be safer for all. No more flashlight, headlights, headlamps....we can now see.
Those who help with the chores have it so much easier with the water hydrants and the water troughs fill faster, no more dragging hoses and the water pressure is even better. All of us at EqWBR feel blessed and again extend our thanks to everyone involved in seeing this wish come true.
The Home Depot Foundation Home Depot Management and employees from the Show Low, AZ store. Equine WellBeing Rescue volunteers and adopters who helped. Beth Williams Realty - Realty Executives of the White Mountains. John & Donna
DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE!!!
Equine WellBeing Rescue, Inc. is its own non-profit corporation managed by a board of directors and 100% volunteer run and operated. There are no paid employees or staff. Everyone working together makes EqWBR possible.
Unlike small animal rescues such as the Humane Society located in their owned buildings on public streets, we are located on a families private property and as such, are open to visitors by appointment only.
We are thankful to the Griffin family who let EqWBR use their barn, pastures, out buildings and facilities within the Griffin private ranch for $1.00/year. We would not be able to help as many horses, donkeys and minis without such generosity. We thank them for their love of equines and support of EqWBR.
We are an IRS approved 501c3 so donations made to EqWBR are tax-deductible. IRS #45-2835562 incorporated in 2011 after having been a private rescue since 2006. Thank you ALL for your support!!!!
