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VOL. VII ISSUE VI JUNE 2021

Dear Friends

In June we welcomed three new residents to begin their much deserved foreverretirement; Worked on getting ready for our reopening on July 24th; Welcomed ournewest Team Member; Had some special equine socks donated for the horses;Introduce you to some horses looking for a sponsor; And we share our WildlifePicture of the Month.

— Mary and Paul Gregory, Brad, Dakota, Pearl, Brian, Dallas, The Volunteers and all theHorsesRetirement Home for Horses, Inc. at Mill Creek Farm

WELCOME

MA IMPEKHABLE & SONGIS

MA IMPECCABLE (FRONT) AND SONGIS

Here they come! Ma Impekhable (with tail out)and Songis

Kyla & Ute saying goodbye totheir good friends

Paul, Pearl, Ma Impekhable,Kyla, Mary, Songis and Ute

Pearl with Ma Impekhable andJamie with Songis...off to an

Arrival Paddock

Almost there!

MA IMPEKHABLE

SONGIS

Both are beautiful and bonded Arabian mares.Rescued by GRUNE HEIDI FARM RESCUE

in Lakeland, Fl when found abandoned on a farm in Ocala...left tofend for themselves for years. Both horses had been show horseswith impressive breeding histories but abandoned when age and

disabilities made them "useless".They have been fostered since October with friends UTE and herdaughter KYLA whose love of horses provided them with expert

care and treatment (extensive rain rot) and brought them back tothe beautiful mares they are.

REOPENING JULY 24TH

FROM 11-3

Ella painting the directionalsigns

Robin paintingthe bio boards

Ruth paintingthe pasturename signs

John heading to work on thebio boards

Orlandoworking on the

signs

Brian, Dakota,Brad and Russ

working onfencing

BRING LOTS OF CARROTS, APPLESAND BANANAS

Welcome DALLAS FORD to the Team

RHH welcomes DALLAS FORD to the team!Dallas is 16 years old and a junior at Santa Fe High School and will

be working at the farm full time until school resumes in the Fallafter which he will continue working on the weekends.

He comes with a full set of farm skills and we think he learned todrive a tractor before a bicycle.

We are so grateful to have him here and the retirees look forward toseeing him with their morning feed buckets!.

MAKE A DONATION HERE

Wildlife Picture of the Month

The CICADA

(Cicadetta floridensis)

It’s the season for our cicadas and we can hear the buzzing.Difficult to spot but they leave behind their brown

exoskeletons on tree trunks. This is one Brad found. Onlymales make that power tool sounding buzzing due to the

timbals…drum like body parts…on the sides of theirabdomen. They spend most of their lives in trees eating,

singing, mating and laying eggs before they die a few weekslater. We love their company …especially since they neither

bite nor sting…and are a food source for wildlife.

THANK YOU SOX FOR HORSES, INC

SIR VALAHAD models hisSilver Whinnys

Handsome GUS happy tomodel his Sox

THANK YOU SOX FOR HORSES, INC (https://soxforhorses.com/)for your donation of over $200 worth of your "Silver Whinnys"

leggings for our retirees! We greatly appreciate your generosity andsupport of RHH and its mission of providing the best care possiblefor all our retirees living at their forever home here at Mill Creek

Farm.It is very helpful to have some leg protection for a horse that hashard to heal scratches, summer sores, dew poisoning etc on their

lower legs. These socks breathe while blocking dirt and insects...the"silver" in the socks creates an antimicrobial barrier that aids in

healing and we are grateful to have them available for our pastureliving retirees.

WELCOME BUCK

BUCK's new (and old) friends give him a proper welcome

Stepping intoRetirement...Shelly leads Buck

out with son Landon

Shelly introduces Buck to Pauland Mary

Mary takes Shelly and husbandJeremy and children Landon,Mackenzie and friend Addy on

a tour

Hello handsome!!!We are sure happy you are here

xoxo

Champagne sez "hey he's more interested in grass than me!"

Buck is a 29 year old Tennessee Walker gelding that was rescued byRainbow’s Edge Equine Transition Center in Greenville, Fl. He had

been cared for and loved for 29 years by his owner until a healthcrisis created an emergency and an uncertain future for him. Roxanne Spear of Rainbow’s Edge along with their volunteers

stepped in to care for Buck until a safe place was found for him. Shelly Hoornstra, a volunteer and trainer at the rescue transported

him to RHH.We are so grateful to these front line rescuers that spend time,

money, effort and heart in saving these wonderful horses.And RHH is extremely thankful for our volunteers and donors thatmake a forever home possible for them and to our own team thatworks with great dedication to giving them the best lives possible.

The Horses Love Volunteers

Ann and Rick Carol The Graduates Ben and Abby

Jennie-Lynn Caryn and Bob Pam

U.F. Alpha EpsilonDelta Healing

Animals Division

Gail, Rhett and Bill Russ

Help By Sponsoring a Horse Click on my name to learn more about me

HERMAN PIP

By co-sponsoring a horse on an annual basis you can have a specialrelationship with your “retiree” while helping to contribute to the cost of

care for our horses.We will send a Certificate of Sponsorship along with photos, informationon your horse as well as updates throughout the year on your new friend!To begin your yearly co-sponsoring we ask that you commit to a minimum

of 3 months ($150) in advance which will allow us to create yoursponsorship package.

Co-Sponsoring a horse is a unique opportunity to make a difference inhelping us help our horses.

List of horses available to sponsor

Ways to Help

Where There's a Will.... Your bequest to the Retirement Home for Horses, Inc.

will enable us to continue caring for abused and neglected

horses even when you are no longer here to share their world.

Please consider these wonderful animals when you are

planning your estate. Thank you.

Create a Fundraiser for RHHGo to our Facebook Page and choose

"Create Fundraiser."

What is Amazon Smile?AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products,

prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that whenyou shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5%of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of

your choice.

Choose Retirement Home for Horses Inc. as your charity

You Can Help Make A Difference

Please share this newsletterUse the buttons at the bottom to share the Mill Creek Gazette via your favorite social

media platform.

Follow us on FacebookYou can follow us by clicking on the Facebook icon below.

Volunteer or make a contributionThe task of providing a refuge for these noble animals is not an easy one. We count on

donations and manual help from those who share the same love and respect for horses as

we do. Please use the button below to learn more.

Get Started

A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM

THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1-800-435-7352 WITHIN

THE STATE, or (850) 410-3800 – calling from outside of Florida. The department's website is

www.800helpfla.com. [s. 496.412(1)(c), REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT,

APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. #CH3218

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