OCTOBER 2011
October 8, 2011: Tack Swap
Double Diamond Feed is hosting the Cosumnes River Horseman’s Association 13th Annual Tack Swap & Raffle on October 8th, 2011 from 8a to 1p.
AAE will be participating and needs your donations of excess or unwanted (and usable) tack. If we don’t need it in our tack collection, surplus will go to the tack swap. We also need volunteer help preparing/cleaning tack at AAE, loading, unloading, and setup at Double Diamond, help during the tack sale, and reloading, returning, and reorganizing tack at AAE.
October 15-16, 2011, 9:00a to 4:00p: Pasture Clean Up
Do you have and know how to safely operate a chain saw, pole saw, pruners? Can you bend and pick up branches or rocks? Do you have and can safely operate an ATV to tow heavy branches? If so, we need YOUR help!
The weekend of October 15 and 16 has been set aside for volunteers to come help make our pasture more safe for our horses. Fallen trees and branches are abundant in our large pasture area, and they represent ongoing hazards to the horses’ eyes, flesh, limbs, and hooves.
One of our volunteers has offered to spearhead a pasture cleanup day, and we need your help to eliminate as many of these hazards as possible. This is a great opportunity for students and scouts to load up on community service/volunteer hours!!!
If you can help pick up fallen branches, trim low hanging branches, remove sharp, protruding limbs, trim high branches, cut oak and/or pine, or help in any other way, we would love to see you.
Any wood we collect can be cut and sold for firewood to help defray winter feed costs.
If you are able to help, please RSVP via email and put “pasture clean-up day” in the subject line. Let us know what you are able to do, and we will follow up with more information.
Volunteers should wear long pants and boots; no open toed shoes. Gloves recommended. Bring your tools or ATV(s), and bring a sack lunch. AAE will provide bottled water.