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At <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/" target="_blank">HorsePlay Collective</a>, we understand trauma and what it takes to begin to recover &amp; heal from a life-altering event. Our hearts ache for the countless souls who lost so much in the LA fires. We are proud to be building a place where the survivors of such a traumatic natural disaster, as well as the first responders who who put their lives on the line helping and saving those homes and communities, can come to find pieces of healing as they sift through the ashes and begin to put their lives back together. At <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/" target="_blank">HorsePlay Collective</a> believe we can heal our community by harnessing the uniquely powerful connection between humans and horses in nature. Together, we are building a place where everyone can come and Give What They Can and Get What They Need and find healing through helping. So we are asking you to Please Pony Up to Open Up our Pastures for our Healing Herd so we can begin our mission of healing the countless trauma survivors in our community. How you can help us build and realize the dream of the <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/" target="_blank">HorsePlay Collective</a> at <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/reciprocity-ranch" target="_blank">Reciprocity Ranch</a>:<ol><li>Donate: Your generous donation will help us complete building the necessary infrastructure of <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/reciprocity-ranch" target="_blank">Reciprocity Ranch</a>. While the location of our property is invaluable and unrivaled in its opportunity for client access and community partnerships, it was also wildly overgrown &amp; raw land requiring a huge amount of work &amp; investment on the front end before we can welcome our healing herd into our pastures. Given the populations of trauma survivors we will be serving, we will have access to tremendous grant funding for programming &amp; operations once we are up and running. However, it is very difficult to be awarded funds for capital improvement and property development; and so we are asking you to help us complete the heavy lift of getting this dream off the ground.<ul><li>We have raised and spent ~$250,000 so far (as well as hundreds of hours of hard labor) preparing Reciprocity Ranch to be the home of the HorsePlay Collective; we need ~$250,000 more to open our pastures to our healing herd by April 1.</li><li>What we have done so far: replaced perimeter fence &amp; repaired all existing pasture fencing, improved driveway &amp; perimeter road, dug two steep 200-foot trenches to bring water &amp; electricity to the property, tied in &amp; brought water to the valley floor &amp; back-filled the water trench, built electricity platform for SDG&amp;E sub-meter, filled electricity trench with sand and conduit, dug out &amp; repaired drainage throughout property, cleaned out &amp; chipped entire 10-acre property and eradicated nuisance &amp; toxic plants (wild artichokes, castor bean, pampas grass, stinging nettle &amp; poison oak), built a 4-terraced orchard with compost from our wood pile and planted 40 fruit trees, worked on erosion control, improved entrance &amp; built entry gate.</li><li>What we have left to do: purchase aluminum wire for electricity project, trench the property to bring water &amp; electricity to all necessary locations, build 3-sided shade structures for each paddock, install automatic watering system for all paddocks, complete building village infrastructure, purchase con-ex containers for feed storage, etc., purchase sheds for our admin village, purchase horse supplies (food bins, troughs, barrels, round-pen panels, etc.), build a portable restroom trailer, build retaining walls to protect against further erosion, pave our driveway.</li></ul></li><li>Donated &amp; Discounted Ranch &amp; Horse Supplies: We are looking for &amp; in need of everything it takes to run a horse ranch, and we don't need it to be new &amp; shiny! If you are in the horse-world or know people who are, please spread the word and keep your eyes &amp; ears open for any hand-me-down ranch &amp; horse supplies that may be looking for a new home. The list of what we need is too long to list, so please just email us at <a href="mailto:info@horseplaycollective.org">info@horseplaycollective.org</a> if you hear about or know of anyone ready to part with used ranch &amp; horse equipment. We would be happy to give their old equipment a new life supporting our healing herd!</li><li>Auction Items: We are having our <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/neighbors-helping-neighbors-the-westmont-carmel-valley" target="_blank">first onsite event &amp; fundraiser on March 8</a> hosted by the <a href="https://westmontliving.com/our-communities/california/san-diego/westmont-of-carmel-valley/" target="_blank">Westmont Carmel Valley</a>, where we hope to finish raising the funds we need to open our pastures to our healing herd by April 1. We will have an amazing silent auction at this event, and we would be so grateful if you have an item or experience to contribute. These items can be big or small. Examples include wine/food baskets, week/ends at a vacation home, private dinner experiences, a massage or spa day, tickets to sporting or entertainment events, art, gift cards, or anything else you can think of that someone might want to buy! If you have something you would like to contribute for our March 8 auction, please email us at <a href="mailto:info@horseplaycollective.org">info@horseplaycollective.org</a>. And either way, please <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/neighbors-helping-neighbors-the-westmont-carmel-valley" target="_blank">JOIN US for our March 8 event</a> at the <a href="https://westmontliving.com/our-communities/california/san-diego/westmont-of-carmel-valley/" target="_blank">Westmont Carmel Valley</a> so you can see the progress we have made and the dream we are building.</li><li>Volunteer: Come join our stable of <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/join-our-herd" target="_blank">HorsePlay volunteers</a> and get your hands and boots dirty at <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/reciprocity-ranch" target="_blank">Reciprocity Ranch</a>! We are always looking for volunteers with time, energy, and skills to share. Please visit <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/join-our-herd" target="_blank">our website</a> and let us know how you would like to get involved!</li><li>Share &amp; Sign-Up: Share our dream &amp; motto ("Give What You Can, Get What You Need") with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact. Our social media presence has been slow to start because we've had our hands full &amp; dirty getting the ranch ready for our healing herd. But we will be launching our full story with pictures of our progress in the coming weeks, so please stay tuned! And visit <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/" target="_blank">our website</a> to <a href="https://www.horseplaycollective.org/join-our-herd" target="_blank">sign-up for the HorsePlay Collective mailing list</a>.</li></ol>With Profound Gratitude &amp; Reciprocity,Ali Freedman &amp; Shannon LerachCo-founders, HorsePlay Collective<a href="mailto:info@horseplaycollective.org">info@horseplaycollective.org</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1737403090/tdja03pmomtmgab54k6w.jpg" style="width:388px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto 5px 0px;text-align:left;padding:0px 1px;max-width:100%" />

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