One of the prizes of the Horsey Ladies Okanagan annual fundraiser (Photo credit: Horsey Ladies Okanagan)

By Vernon Matters Staff

Funds to animal welfare group

Horsey Ladies roll out 2021 fundraiser

Oct 22, 2021 | 1:30 PM

The Horsey Ladies Okanagan’s annual fundraiser will help an animal welfare group in Lavington.

The following is information on the event from Nancy Roman of the organizing committee:

Our annual fundraiser will be online again this year, thanks to Covid, and following all the necessary health regulations from our provincial health advisor.

Safe is better! Last year we held our fundraiser online too, and we were still able to raise $5,765, given to Old Friends Canada Society in Lake Country.

In 2020 since we were not out soliciting for donations (because of Covid), we only offered a handful of prizes versus our usual 100+ on the auction tables at our banquet. But those handful of prizes still had our Horsey gals and others buying tickets to win any one of them!

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This year, again, we are selling $20 tickets towards any of the prizes on offer. A $20 ticket will get your name entered once for a prize (let us know which one). For every $20 increment, your name is entered again, for that prize or another one – your choice.

This year our committee will give the ticket proceeds to “Forever Home Sanctuary” located in Lavington B.C. Their mission is: To provide a healthy, caring, loving and safe home to abused, neglected, and/or unwanted (small) farm animals. A Forever Home! See their Facebook page for updates. Our Horsey Ladies committee admires their commitment and dedication to starting a grass roots, off-the-ground, new project that is so needed in this area. We look forward to helping them help the animals!

You can purchase tickets now and up until November 17th with a draw date of November 19th (to be confirmed). See our Horsey Ladies Okanagan Facebook page for prizes and more info, or you can call Nancy Roman at 250-546-9922.

Lots of stuff on offer this year – and we thank those who have donated already… we very much appreciate it! Photos as options Cutline if needed: One prize on offer is our Scratch’n Win Lotto basket – wow!!!

by Vernon Matters Staff

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