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The 'Skate Park for Flin Flon' has taken some sort of crazy breakaway lead. I doubt we'll catch it now. But with consistent voting over the next 5 days (5 days left to vote!) we might be able to crack the top ten.

Thanks for your support. As of right now we are #25 in our category. We need votes to keep coming in so spread the word and remember to vote every day. Causes that finish in the top 10 will go on to the semi-final round, so that's what we're aiming for.

Edit: Overnight we rose to #17. Thanks guys!

Edit: We still need your help to make this happen! I posted Christy's video in the OP.

BUT YOU CAN STILL VOTE, even if you like to eat horse meat, because I'm sure you would appreciate the fact that somewhere, animals are being treated with care and respect.

And even if you don't vote because you find yourself ideometirically opposed, you can still tell all your friends about our operation by spreading the message around, because you are an intelligent person who respects other people's opinions even if they are different from your own.

You need to register for an account before you can vote. It takes 15 seconds and an active email account. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote. Thanks.

Hi guys, this topic asks for you to vote for our not-for-profit organization, Earth Spirit Horse Rescue in the Aviva Community Fund Challenge so that we can get up to $500,000 in funding to help save horses in Atlantic Canada.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE HERE
PLEASE VOTE HERE

EDIT: You can vote Once A Day, Every Day until Novemeber 15th. Also, it would be great if you could help spread the word!

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My sweetheart and I live in New Brunswick, and we started Earth Spirit Horse Rescue Inc. earlier this year with the aim of rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming abused and neglected horses in Atlantic Canada. SPCAs in Canada were orignally founded in the early 20th Century for care of neglected urban horses. Since then, the SPCAs have shifted thier focus to smaller pets, and are now ill-equipped to handle such large animals. According to the NB SCPA, the most animal abuse cases in the province today are reported to be for dogs, cats, and horses.

A lot of horses get a pretty rough deal. Old racing horses are usually "retired" when they are shipped to the slaughterhouse. Horses cared for by the older generation become at risk of neglect as their owners become incapable of giving them the attention they need. Every year, thousands of domestic horses in Canada shipped to feedlots, and then slaughtered for foreign cuisine, (mostly for France, Belgium & Japan). Slaughtering horses for meat is illegal in the U.S.A., but not in Canada. We hope that our little non-profit can make a big difference and save the lives of thousands of horses in the years to come.

We are entered into the Aviva Community Fund Challenge, which offers up to $500,000 in funding. If we are lucky enough to get it, we plan to devote that money to developing the 130 acres of land we have in Sussex, New Brunswick with stablage, pasture, water, power, and accommodation so that we can start taking in abused and neglected horses. We will aslo devote a chunk of that money to veterinary support for the animals.

We also plan to develop a community out reach program and use our facilities to partner with organizations like the Boys & Girls Club to provide youth with learning experiences with horses and other animals. In doing so, we can give back to our community and help improve the lives of not only animals but people as well.

You can vote once a day between November 15 and November 25, 2010. I am humbly asking that you vote as often as you can and invite any friends to do the same. This is something that has become near and dear to our hearts, so I'm asking all of you as well-wishers to throw your votes our way.

You can visit our website at http://www.earthspirithorserescue.com, and click on the blue banner to vote for us at the Aviva Community Fund. The next best thing you can do aside from voting yourself is helping to spread the word. By doing this, you help raise awareness and get other people interested in our cause. Thanks in advance for your support.

TLDR: Trying to get funding from this contest to build a horse rescue. You can help by voting.