Dear friends and community,

I just had to write to tell you that Topaz took blue ribbons in his first horse show, ever! He is of our therapy horses and has been training, since he needed a little something more in his life at Great Strides. Topaz, ridden by his trainer Jen, took blue ribbons in Training Level 1 and Training Level 3 tests and left the competition in the dust.

Congrats, Topaz!

Brad

Brad Lewis
Board Chair
Great Strides
www.GreatStrides.org

Our mission is to promote emotional healing and growth in partnership with horses.

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Hiya ... in cooperation with the National Youth Leadership Council and Learn and Serve America, there are online streaming sessions from the National Service-Learning Conference, happening live in Minneapolis, this week in Second Life. Sessions on Friday include: Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu from 7:00 am to 8:30 am SLT; as well as a Featured Forum with him from 8:45 - 10:15 am; 12:30 - 2 pm a Global Kids workshop; and from 2:15 - 3:45 pm SLT Youth in Media Featured Forum.

On the main grid, drop into Teaching Island at: Teaching 117, 120, 22. If you have trouble finding it, IM Rhiannon Chatnoir. For more info on the conference, see: www.nylc.org. For more info on service-learning, see: www.servicelearning.org. For more info on funding for young people who want to get involved with service-learning see: www.learnandserve.gov or IM me at: Veri Oddfellow or EM me at: BLewis@cns.gov. Thanks!

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Dear Friends of Great Strides (a member of the Nonprofit Commons on Aloft Island),

Katie, a 5 year old Gypsy Vanner who lives at our farm and works with
clients, sustained a rather severe leg injury this week. While we are
pleased to report that she is recovering from her surgery, she will
require several weeks of hospital care, followed by an extensive
recovery period back home.

With seed funding from our JAM Fund, which covers extraordinary
expenses for horses participating in our program, we are launching a
fundraiser whose first priority will be to cover the cost of her
surgery and subsequent care. The cost of the surgery alone is already
exceeding our available funds by several thousand dollars. Any
donations raised in excess of the cost of her care will be used to
replenish the JAM fund.

Each and every member of our herd selflessly contributes to the
healing work at Great Strides each and every day. Here is our
opportunity to give something back when one of our herd is in need.

Please keep Katie in your thoughts as she begins her journey toward
recovery. And, if you can, please make a contribution to the JAM fund
in Katie's name. Any assistance you can provide will be greatly
appreciated.

To help, please go to (where you can see a photo of her in better times):

http://www.greatstrides.org/Katie2.html

or our Facebook Cause page

http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/6822?recruiter_id=2240190

and click on Donate or Donate Now.

Or visit our barn on Aloft Island in the Nonprofit Commons.

Thank you one and all.

Brad/Veri

Brad Lewis (RL)
Veri Oddfellow (SL)
Board Chair
Great Strides
www.GreatStrides.org
Brad@greatstrides.org

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