DWF Hope and Community Fund
Donation protected
After another blizzard dropped an additional two feet of snow in parts of New England, the roof at the Dry Water Farm started to collapse.
At 2pm, with 33 horses moved to the side of the farm that was stable, the Fire Department said, "we need to make a decision of whether we are going to allow people to be able to go back into the barn. That roof could go at any moment." The horses need to be evacuated NOW.
The first thing we did was turn to our Facebook page. We needed stables, barns, trailers, and trucks. We needed help. And, the Horse Community RESPONDED. You / they responded in such a way, we are so proud, loved, and humbled to be a part of this great community. And. WE are just that. A community. Within minutes, we had 500 vies and shares, then 1000, then 3000, then 10,000! People from all over the region called, texted, emailed with the same question, "what can I do to help."
We want to use this medium to first say THANK YOU. Thank you for all the people that just showed up. Thank you for digging out your trailers from a nine foot snow bank and driving two hours. Thank you for the support.
Yes, the worst and nightmare is behind us. We safely moved 33 horses in under three hours to neighboring barns because of YOU.
We still need help. Now, if you can control weather patterns and make spring arrive tomorrow, please do that. I'm sure all of New England would be grateful.
In lieu of that, we are incurring costs upon costs that insurance (oh insurance) will not cover. For thus in the Community, you can only imagine. We are setting up this fund to help keep the horses happy where they are, in their new environments, but there is also a team and staff that have been displaced as well. We just want to make sure we have the resources available with this healing and rebuilding process.
I know our Community has already showed up for us. And, we would (and will) hug each and every one of the now 80,000 people that shared, viewed, called, and helped. If this can help us get over that hump, we would – again – be ever so grateful. Again, really, if you can control the weather, don't hesitate.
Humbly, Dry Water Farm.
Proud to be part of THE Horse Community.
At 2pm, with 33 horses moved to the side of the farm that was stable, the Fire Department said, "we need to make a decision of whether we are going to allow people to be able to go back into the barn. That roof could go at any moment." The horses need to be evacuated NOW.
The first thing we did was turn to our Facebook page. We needed stables, barns, trailers, and trucks. We needed help. And, the Horse Community RESPONDED. You / they responded in such a way, we are so proud, loved, and humbled to be a part of this great community. And. WE are just that. A community. Within minutes, we had 500 vies and shares, then 1000, then 3000, then 10,000! People from all over the region called, texted, emailed with the same question, "what can I do to help."
We want to use this medium to first say THANK YOU. Thank you for all the people that just showed up. Thank you for digging out your trailers from a nine foot snow bank and driving two hours. Thank you for the support.
Yes, the worst and nightmare is behind us. We safely moved 33 horses in under three hours to neighboring barns because of YOU.
We still need help. Now, if you can control weather patterns and make spring arrive tomorrow, please do that. I'm sure all of New England would be grateful.
In lieu of that, we are incurring costs upon costs that insurance (oh insurance) will not cover. For thus in the Community, you can only imagine. We are setting up this fund to help keep the horses happy where they are, in their new environments, but there is also a team and staff that have been displaced as well. We just want to make sure we have the resources available with this healing and rebuilding process.
I know our Community has already showed up for us. And, we would (and will) hug each and every one of the now 80,000 people that shared, viewed, called, and helped. If this can help us get over that hump, we would – again – be ever so grateful. Again, really, if you can control the weather, don't hesitate.
Humbly, Dry Water Farm.
Proud to be part of THE Horse Community.
Organizer
Danielle McNamara
Organizer
Stoughton, MA
