[W2CRA] Fwd: Ride for the Ribbons - A BIG Thank you!

[Tony Ploski]

To all CRA members who participated in Blackwell Mills trail riding event.

Tony
W2HWW

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Subject:     Ride for the Ribbons - A BIG Thank you!
Date:     Wed, 8 Oct 2014 12:06:42 -0700
From:     Jessica Wysocki <syreino at verizon.net>
To:     Sherri Blose <sblose at ptd.net>, horsedds at aol.com, Sarah Ralston 
<ralstonvmd at msn.com>, MUSTOFUSTO1369 at hotmail.com, Holly Corcoran 
<hrc1963 at ptd.net>, ebusch at live.com, Cate Peloquin <cpenguin57 at aol.com>, 
Hanna Weightman <hlweightman at gmail.com>, deb at kauffmanfarm.com, Suzanne D 
<MiamiSuzanne698 at aol.com>, shelley rahe <shelleyrahe at hotmail.com>, 
abrotunno at aol.com, Valerie Wierzbicki <greyninja1990 at yahoo.com>, Kara 
<karalt13 at yahoo.com>, nsacco at pa.metrocast.net, Kate Vogel 
<katie.vogel59 at gmail.com>, cheryl_lynn at comcast.net, debbie camplone 
<warwagonette at hotmail.com>, bhall <bhall at featherhills.com>, Cheryl 
Miller <paintedhorses37 at yahoo.com>, Kariann Marshall 
<ekhcmarshall at embarqmail.com>, mackneas at aol.com, 
susan.j.weber at zoetis.com, mprubb at hotmail.com, sheldon.beth at gmail.com, 
renee71149 at icloud.com, Gina Weismann <gina.weismann at td.com>, LeeAnne 
Einsel <horsegirl64 at ymail.com>, resaecker at hotmail.com, Meg Sleeper 
<sleeper at vet.upenn.edu>, Laura Yen <lauratyen at gmail.com>, Sherry Morse 
<sherry_morse at yahoo.com>, Evelyn Flores Baig <baige73 at hotmail.com>, 
Renee fisher <hoofit18224 at yahoo.com>, Karen Villani 
<cocoloco33 at gmail.com>, Joe Ecker <eckerjoe12 at yahoo.com>, Wendy Mancini 
<wendym2 at optonline.net>, Sandy Howland <sandy.howls at gmail.com>, 
aploski at comcast.net, Lisa Theodore <lisa_theodore at yahoo.com>, Sandy Terp 
<SandyTerp at icloud.com>, Hugh MacDonald <hmac34 at yahoo.com>, 
sbright54 at gmail.com, spamspambacon at gmail.com, keveinbrewer321 at gmail.com, 
beezbear at aol.com, wil2sig at aol.com, michael.j.turner at gmail.com, Laura 
Domin <keramaha at yahoo.com>, Becca Wachtel <becwwachtel at verizon.net>, 
plsayles at aol.com, eriz0513 at optonline.com, dominika.nawrot at gmail.com, 
Robert Albright <Robert.Albright at fmc.com>, Lucha Malato 
<lmalato at hudsonreporter.com>, juneteenthfest at aol.com, 
saveawildone at yahoo.com, abbeyrose36 at aol.com, dhoffman76 at comcast.net, 
dani712282 at yahoo.com
CC:     Sandy Howland <sandy.howls at gmail.com>



Hi Riders and Volunteers,

Thank you all for your support of the Ride for the Ribbons!  We had a 
wonderfully beautiful weather day, and it looked like all riders had 
fun.  We can't hold a ride without the volunteers - so thank you all for 
volunteering your time so that others could spend the day riding - 
especially those nonriders that came out to support the ride!  If I have 
inadvertently forgotten someone, please pass this along.  I hope I have 
gotten everyone (except all the radio crew since I don't have everyone's 
email addresses - Tony, please forward on!), but if you see a friend of 
yours missing, please pass this along.

With the help of our sponsors for the ride, we are able to donate $1750 
to New Bolton Center in Taffeta Ribbons memory!  I am sure they will 
appreciate our efforts to help them help our horses, and other large 
animals.  I know that the staff will send their thanks to each and every 
one of you for making this possible.  And I especially thank you for 
helping me keep Ribbons' memory alive through this ride.

Each year is a learning experience, and we take all comments on the 
evaluations seriously (I have not had a chance to look at any evaluation 
forms yet, but I hope there are good comments for next year!).  If 
anyone wants to help organize and plan the ride - it starts with the new 
year.  It takes nearly a year to plan the ride, talk to the park, get 
sponsors for awards, etc, any help is much appreciated.  Otherwise, I 
hope to see many of you in the same location next year - either riding 
or volunteering:-)  And lets hope for another beautiful day.

Many of you have expressed concern for McKenna.  She is healing well and 
will be back on Digger's back in no time and already looking forward to 
another ride.  Welcome to distance riding McKenna!  And always always 
wear your helmets when riding - it may very well have saved McKenna's 
life, or at least her brain.  Attached is the picture of her helmet 
after the fall - I know we all have to wear a helmet when competing, but 
I hope this makes you think to wear one every time when mounted.

Thank you again for supporting the ride and helping to donate to Penn 
Vet's New Bolton Center in Ribbons name.

Forever grateful,
Jessica and Sandy

If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man, but 
deteriorate the cat.
Oh what fun to be a cat!



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