| Teen Ranch Scotland | |||||||||
| Inchture | |||||||||
| Perthshire | |||||||||
| PH14 9SF | |||||||||
| 01828 686227 | |||||||||
| Dear Friend | |||||||||
| FUNDRAISING - SPONSOR A HORSE | |||||||||
| As you know, with Teen Ranch having a Western theme, horse riding is the main activity here. | |||||||||
| It never ceases to amaze me, the way the campers fall in love with their horse. Even the horses that try to | |||||||||
| eat grass the whole way round a trail, will still be enthusiastically spoken about at meal times by their | |||||||||
| challenged rider. It's lovely. | |||||||||
| You may not be aware that Teen Ranch Scotland depends highly on donations to meet many of the | |||||||||
| upkeep and running costs of the work. Camp fees received cover direct camp related costs, such as | |||||||||
| food, heat & light, some activity costs. But most other Ranch costs have to be met by donations | |||||||||
| kindly given throughout the year. | |||||||||
| You may be interested to help meet an area of specific cost - relating to the upkeep of our herd of horses. | |||||||||
| The following shows horse costs for two specific years: | |||||||||
| To Jan 2003 | To Jan 2002 | ||||||||
| (final a/cs) | (final a/cs) | ||||||||
| Hay costs - fertiliser, hay cutting and baling | 2,991 | 2,348 | |||||||
| and other feed | |||||||||
| Veterinary (worming, injuries, etc) | 1,608 | 2,482 | |||||||
| Farrier | 2,619 | 2,015 | |||||||
| Tack and yard maintenance | 551 | 678 | |||||||
| Licences and other costs | 465 | 434 | |||||||
| £8,234 | £7,957 | ||||||||
| Total say £8,000 per year. The herd varies in total, usually between 24 and 30 horses/ponies. | |||||||||
| That makes the average cost per year per horse, at least around £240. | |||||||||
| Which if met by one person, would involve a donation of £20 per month. ** | |||||||||
| If we received additional donations of £8,000 a year for 'sponsor a horse', that means that as well as | |||||||||
| having our horse costs covered, we no longer have to use our usual donations for horse costs. | |||||||||
| As a result, the money out of normal donations that had to be used on horse costs, can be used for other | |||||||||
| things eg maintenance, programme equipment, TREE. So it is not only the horses that will benefit from | |||||||||
| your donations but we hope, the Ranch as a whole. | |||||||||
| ** You may not be able to contribute the whole amount but should you wish to contribute £x per | |||||||||
| month towards the horse you would like to sponsor, details can be found on the following page: | |||||||||
| We are going to put a poster up at the barn, with a photo of each horse on it, and the heading | |||||||||
| "These horses are kindly sponsored by:". As we get replies, "your group" or "your name" can | |||||||||
| be put under each horse as they get chosen. | |||||||||
| Thank you in anticipation of your interest. | |||||||||
| Yours sincerely | |||||||||
| Colina | |||||||||
| Colina McCulloch (Assistant Stable Manager) | |||||||||
| Bob Ockenden (Director) | |||||||||
| Please fill in this response page as appropriate and return it to Teen Ranch: | |||||||||
| Name: | |||||||||
| Address: | |||||||||
| E-mail: | |||||||||
| Phone: | |||||||||
| YES | NO | ||||||||
| Please send a photo of 'my' horse, and keep me up to date with horsy news: | [ ] | [ ] | |||||||
| I would like to donate £5[ ] £10[ ] £15[ ] £20[ ] £25 [ ] £30[ ] Other £ [ ] (tick a box) per month | |||||||||
| for which I have filled in the bank mandate below, in sponsorship of the following horse: | |||||||||
| (fill in horse's name, or we can simply choose an unclaimed one for you) | |||||||||
| Should donations for 'sponsor a horse' ever exceed the amount of money needed for horse costs in | |||||||||
| the year, I am happy for surplus donations to be used for other Teen Ranch Scotland projects for | |||||||||
| which donations are relied upon. Eg field fencing or purchase, property maintenance, | |||||||||
| equipment repairs & renewals, | |||||||||
| I am a tax payer and want the charity to treat as Gift Aid all donations I have made since 6/4/00 and | |||||||||
| all donations I make hereafter until I notify them other wise. | YES | N/A | |||||||
| (ie the Ranch can claim tax back from the Government on your donations) | [ ] | [ ] | |||||||
| Signature | Date . | ||||||||
| Please print name: | |||||||||
| IF you have NOT filled in the ABOVE BOX please tick appropriate box(es) below: | |||||||||
| Sorry, I cannot be involved in 'Sponsor A Horse'. | [ ] | ||||||||
| Please however advise me of other fundraising issues in the future. | [ ] | ||||||||
| I cannot be involved in 'Sponsor A Horse' but enclose a donation of £ towards the ongoing | |||||||||
| work of Teen Ranch. (Taxpayer - please sign Gift Aid section above) | [ ] | ||||||||
| I do not want to 'Sponsor A Horse', but would like to give £ per month towards the ongoing | |||||||||
| work of Teen Ranch, and have filled in the bank mandate below | [ ] | ||||||||
| and the Gift Aid section above | [ ] | ||||||||
| . | |||||||||
| Bank Mandate | |||||||||
| Please transfer | £ | per month | to Teen Ranch Scotland a/c no: 00877800 | ||||||
| Bank of Scotland | Branch no: 80-91-28 | ||||||||
| On the ... day of each month, commencing ... till further notice; | |||||||||
| From my account detailed below: | |||||||||
| A/c No: | |||||||||
| Bank Name: | |||||||||
| Address: | |||||||||
| Branch No: | |||||||||
| Signature | Date . | ||||||||
| For those who do wish to Sponsor A Horse, and are particularly interested in which horse, | |||||||||
| there follows details of our 24 horses (herd as at June 2006): | |||||||||
| Horse Name | Details | Age | Height | ||||||
| (hands) | |||||||||
| REGRETT | Black | 22 | 15 | ||||||
| COBBITTY | Palomino | 23 | 14.2 | ||||||
| COYOTE | Palomino | 24 | 13.3 | ||||||
| RENEGADE | Chesnut | 27 | 13.2 | ||||||
| ROCKY | Grey | (connemara x) | 16 | 14.1 | |||||
| CLANCY | Brown | (exmoor) | 25 | 13 | on loan | ||||
| JUDY | Dark Bay | 27 | 13.1 | ||||||
| MUSTANG | Bay | 17 | 14 | ||||||
| FREYA | Piebald | 11 | 14 | ||||||
| PROMISE | Coloured | 15 | 14.2 | ||||||
| CHEYENNE | Black | 28 | 14 | ||||||
| COCHISE | Bay Roan | (thoroughbred x) | 21 | 15.1 | |||||
| BEN | Bay | (clydesdale) | 16 | 16.3 | on loan | ||||
| DAX | Chesnut | (quarterhorse) | 10 | 14.2 | on loan | ||||
| DOUGALL | Bay | 13 | 14.3 | ||||||
| MOJAVE | Skewbald | 12 | 15 | donated | |||||
| MICKEY | Dark Bay | 19 | 13.1 | donated | |||||
| WHISPER | Grey | (highland) | 8 | 13.3 | |||||
| DYLAN | Chestnut | (welsh section d) | 11 | 14.2 | |||||
| WYATT | Chestnut | (welsh section c) | 6 | 14 | |||||
| CHIQUITA | Black | (fresian) | 6 | 15.2 | |||||
| DODGE | Black | 6 | 16.1 | ||||||
| MINNESOTA | Bay | 9 | 15 | ||||||
| TEX | Bay | (clydesdale) | 6 | 17.1 | |||||
| Certain horses shown above are kindly on loan to us, or donated from their owners. | |||||||||
| Teen Ranch meets the upkeep costs of all 24 horses. | |||||||||
| PHOTOCOPYING GUIDE: | |||||||||
| Copy page one - the 'Dear Friend' page | |||||||||
| Copy page two - the list of horses names and details - ONTO THE BACK OF PAGE ONE | |||||||||
| Copy page three - the 'response page' - on it's own so that it can be filled in and sent back | |||||||||
| Thank you!! | |||||||||
| You can do all three separately if you want, but doing one and two TOGETHER just saves paper! | |||||||||