Special “THANKS” need to be made to those individuals that have helped our programs

If I forgot someone-please remind me, that ADHD(or old age) kicking in!

• Thanks to the Hoyt family, without whose support, many hours of hard work, and belief in the work we do, these programs would not exist
• All the volunteers, without you, we would simply not be in existance, thanks can never be enough for each and every little (or BIG) thing you do ( especially the B-B’s- you know who you are!)
• Morgan Endicott and I 2Tech for donation of $5000!!
• Jill Polk $100 and help with grants!
• Prairie Meadows $5000!! for youth Sponsorhsip -2009
• Miccio Foundation- $600 for solar waterer
• US Bank  $850 for chiropractic care for some of ouor horses
• ASPCA $2000 for flood damage repair of barn and stalls
• Channel 8 News Stacey Horst for her segment of us on her Working Woman segment
• PBS for airing our segment with Dennis Brouse with Lily ( aka Lula)
• Altoona Herald for article on us
• Jerold and Elizabeth Johnson, Ankeny for monthly sponsorhsip
• Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church $500
• Billy Elrod 25 round bales of hay!
• Sarah  and Dale Stevens $250
• Russell Wagner $500
• C and J Andrews $50
• University of Iowa $400
• Michael McDonald $500
• All the donations from Karl Chevrolet YEAH!!!
• Firestone Tire Company $1000
• US BANK $1000
• Morgan Endicott and family and I 2 Tech Company who have donated again and again!!I’ll have to put a grand total at the end of the year, lets just say they are our biggest donator to date- over $5000 –plus our BELOVED TRUCK!!  THANK YOU!!!
• Amy Sorenson family for $$$ donation for hay!
• Morgan single handedly got the radio show interviews, the Des Moines Register article , the Fun Run, and 2 other fundraisers through her company, PLUS comes and help throw hay bales and THEN gives US a cash donation!! What a woman!
• Iowa Horse Industry Council $250
• Donation of Lula ( finally a good beginner horse!We call her the “princess” horse as she is all white)
• Bequeath for Howard Collins from the Huffey family
• Gwen and family who did 2 PACK THE TRAILER garage sales in Ames, raising $275!! WOW!!
• Donation of Sage
• Bequeath from the family of ERMA M HAWKINS
• Donation of Baby Doll
• Donation from Billie Elrod and friends for HAY!! 23 round bales!! our favorite donation!! 
• Donation of “Sweet Chief”
•  Donation of Outlaw our “rodeo horse”
• Donation of Katie the mule
• Bequeath for Nurse Deb Braun by Beverly Johnson, Omaha NE. $75 for care of the rescued horses, Deb had a passion for horses.
• Debbie Helley and her son Will for setting up, answering my 1000’s of ?? and paying for our website. She does the PSA’s and much of the ads for our events! She was also the previous owner of Solitude.
• The Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church for their generous donations of $$ for hay and $3000 !! THANKS!!
• For the kindness from strangers who send checks or gifts of tack (the latest a SADDLE and several nice misc. tack items- also from Kathy Fahey!!) in the mail THANKS!!!
• Paul & Kathy Fahey- $200 for their parents Christmas gift!!
• To everyone who helps with the Sunday “Poop Scoopin” parties, nothing makes me all warm and fuzzy like seeing clean stalls for our “babies”
• Jane, Lizzie and Lyle, for feeding us -(Jane is our cookng QUEEN!!)so well and use of their nice horses Rosie and Izzy,  many cash donations and for saving us when we broke down picking up a donated horse!
• Cathy Cline, who designed and prints the new brochure, donated various items and cash donations and for WILD BILL “Willie” r mini
• Joel and Lisa Haverman, cash donation $150
• Everyone who helped with the Heath family fundraiser,we raised over $1200!
• Jill Woolcock for bridle brackets, cash donations,ideas and support
• Tom McGinn and Tina White-Tucker for round hay bale donations
• Bill and Mary Young for the $500 cash donation and a much needed R & R for Deb in Colorado, also continued financial and emotional support!
• The Pleasant Hill Church for $200 donation for hay and special thanks to Bill for the 4 round bales you brought over
• The Larson family and their neighbors for many donations of hay and $100 cash donation
• The Adams family for donating $350 toward the purchase of Solitude, our POA
• Amy Keeling for donating tack items to sale
• Rhonda Ferguson for donating tack and many nice misc items (including the mounting block) to sale or use
• Elizabeth for making us think it was Christmas in July with her many nice items for use or sale
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• Knoxville Kiwanas for their generous cash donations ($50), especially Jerry and Sheila Weldon ($43.05) who invited me to speak to the Kiwanis
• Also Jerry’s mom Kathryn Stevenson for her $25 cash donation
• Ron Griffey for cash donation of $300 to “feed the horses”
• Hay donations from Randy and Kathy Craig and Barb and Jim Simpkins
• My Aunt Jan for cash donations
• My Aunt Cecelia for cash donations
• Bequeath for Don and Agnes Hoyt by the Hoyt family of $250
• Mary Young for making jewelry for our fundraising efforts
• Norman and Sherri Klein for saddle racks, bridle hanger, and for signing Healing Hearts with Horses with the Arabian Club
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colfax, Iowa for having a Brunch to help Healing Hearts with Horses with sales totaling $177.00!!!
• Memorial donation from Ron Griffey (my dad) in memory of his wife, Gracia Griffey (my step-mom) who passed away Feb 1 2005. The Internet will not be the same without her, sorry shopping network; your best customer is busy in Heaven!
• Nancy Lamb, for her support, rubber for the arena,continuing donations of various kinds and excellent help in helping to train and rehab our motley crew of rescues!
• Brad Lamb for hard labor, and cash donations from Mid -Iowa Heating and Cooling
• Brenda Long (realtor for Iowa Realty) for her generous donations which paid for our T-shirts and the donation of Shiloh
• Steve Long -hay donations
• Jane Ryan (author of Broken Spirits, Lost Souls) for her training and donation of sales from her book, and her idea about using interns, which blessed me with Josie Stephens
• Karen Ratzel, a friend, soul sister, mentor, and some one who is always there to perk me up when the going gets tough by reminding me what a monumental undertaking Healing Hearts with Horses is!!
• Vicky Huffey, a great friend who is always there whenever we need help, lots of misc. donations,fencing for the petting zoo, our picnic tables , watering tank,  lawn chairs
• Stephanie Reeves, who kept pushing me to get the paperwork together and organized, and get that 501c3 !
• Thanks to her donation of Quickbooks and all of her help with my accounting needs.
• Wendy Schuring for helping me get started with the 501c3