30 October 2006 - Vol. # 6
CARRIAGE HORSE FUND RAISER
A big success
Our
fund raiser at the No Malice Palace was a big success thanks to all
of you. The place was packed. Dan Piraro and Fiona Walsh lent their
comedic talents and Deni Bonet gave a rousing musical performance.
Nellie McKay, whose filming schedule prevented her from performing
at our party, made a surprise visit and gave a very poignant
statement in support of a ban on the horse-carriage trade. Our slide
show, which provided a pictorial image of this issue, was very well
received.
We were thrilled to have as our guests Vicky Berry and Cheryl
Syriac from
Central New England Equine Rescue - home of rescued, former
carriage horses Monty and Lilly who are finally living a peaceful,
happy life. Vicky's son Tom drove them all the way from the
Springfield, MA area to show their support.
ART STILL AVAILABLE
And it's not too late to donate
The
exquisite paint and ink drawing by Marshall Arisman - "Work Horses"
- was sold. However, all the other pieces are still available -- a
charcoal drawing of Union Square by John Ruggeri; A Sue Coe
lithograph - "Action Mules at Toyota Dealership"; an embossing "Journies"
by Rand Huebsch similar to a bas relief - shown to the left; and
lovely portraits of horses done in pastels by Carol Brown - one
shown above. These will be available until the end of the year. They
would make an excellent gift - for a loved one - or for yourself.
You will be helping us raise money for the carriage horse issue and
at the same time acquiring valuable art. If you are interested in
submitting a bid please
click here.
If you have not yet donated to our carriage horse advertising
campaign, it is not too late. We are still a little shy of our goal.
Please be part of history by
making a
contribution. The horses are counting on all of us to help them
and we cannot do this without you. The year end holidays are a very
busy time for the horse- carriage trade when people line up to take
rides. It is heart breaking to see how overworked and unappreciated
the horses are.
VOLUNTEER
This Saturday, November 4th
After
two Saturdays off, the Coalition to Ban Horse- Drawn Carriages will
be tabling this Saturday, November 4th. If you can volunteer some
time to help get signatures on petitions to the Mayor and City
Council to ban the horse-drawn carriage industry, please contact
Teresa at
