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FoReVERescueDate: Jul 8, 2007 7:12 PM
I AM WRITING THIS PLEA SO THAT EVERYONE WILL UNDERSTAND A BIT BETTER WHAT THIS CONTEST IS ABOUT.
FIRST OF ALL YOUR POETRY NEED NOT RHYME, AND THE FREE~STYLE CATEGORY DOES NOT NEED TO BE ABOUT ANIMALS.
sECOND WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST...WE ARE TRYING DESPERATELY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR 2 HORSE RESCUES, ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN.
LAST ANGEL RESCUES HORSES AND LACKS THE LAND AND FUNDING FOR THE LAND NEEDED SO THEY CAN RESCUE MORE HORSES AND PONIES...SHE TIRELESSLY EVERY MONTH WITHOUT FAIL HOLDS THE SUE BUNDRICK EMERGENCY RESCUE FUND FOR ANIMAL RESCUERS IN NEED, AND DOES NOT KEEP ANY OF THIS MONEY FOR HER RESCUE EFFORTS. IF SHE DOESN'T GET THE MONEY SHE NEEDS TO AQUIRE THE LAND SHE WILL BE HELPLESS TO HELP THE HORSES. HORSES ARE IN DANGER EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, SO LETS GET TOGETHER AND HELP OUT!
REALIZE THAT WHAT IS RAISED HERE IN ANERICAN DOLLARS TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT HALF THAT AMOUNT IN GBP....SO IF I ONLY RAISE 100.00 USD AND WE SPLIT IT..SHE GETS ABOUT $25.00 GBP...NOT MUCH AT ALL....
WE ALL HAVE THOUSANDS OF FRIENDS ON MYSPACE...A FEW DOLLARS BETWEEN US ALL COULD ADD UP TO ALOT OF FUNDS TO HELP TWO WORTHWHILE RESCUES.
I AM NEEDING FUNDS TO TRY AND KEEP JINNY ALIVE AFTER I FOUND OUT ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK, BUT IT IS WORTH A TRY BEFORE I SEND HER OFF TO THE BRIDGE.
ALSO IF YOU ALL REMEMBER MY YARD WAS DEVASTATED THIS SPRING BY HAVING 2 TRSACTORRS STUCK IN THE MUD...IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MOW THE LAWN NOW, AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET BACK TO THE HORSES WITHOUT FALLING ON YOUR FACE BECAUSE YOU FELL IN A RUTT THAT IS A FOOT DEEP...
I MYSELF AM GOING IN FOR A PARTIAL MASTECTOMY ON THURSDAY JULY 12TH...THAT KEEPS ME FAIRLY BUSY IF YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I AM ALSO TRYING TO GET A PREGNANT BEAGLE HERE FROM COLUMBIANA POUND IN OH. AND AM STILL TRYING TO HAVE A PLACE FOR MY HORSES TO EXERCISE.
SO PLEASE I AM BEGGING FOR YOU TO HELP OUT IN ANYWAY YOU CAN...EVEN IF IT IS JUST A DONATION MADE IN THE NAME OF THE CONTEST FUNDRAISER, LAST ANGEL WILL RECIEVE HALF OF ALL DONATIONS AND ENTRY FEES. I HAVE OVER 1100 FRIENDS ON MY LIST, CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH $5.00 USD WOULD DO FOR BOTH OUR RESCUES IF YOU ALL DONATED TO HELP OUT???
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,
RENEE
ATTENTION POETS AND ASPIRNG POETS AND WRITERS OF ALL KINDS!!!
MARIA DAINES, TERRI, AND TINA-MARIE WILL BE JUDGING THE FIRST EVER CONTEST OF THIS TYPE AND MAGNATUDE.
THIS IS A POETRY CONTEST TO BENEFIT BOTH LAST ANGEL EQUINE DEFENSE'S LAND FUND AND FOREVERESCUE'S BARN AND RECONTRUCTION FUND.
THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES TO ENTER...YOU MAY ENTER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH, AND THERE WILL BE A GRAND PRIZE WINNER FOR BEST POEM OVERALL. SO ENTER AS MANY PIECES OF WRITINGS AS YOU WANT.
ENTRY FEE IS $5.00 USD (TO BE SPLIT 50/50 BETWEEN FOREVERESCUE AND LAST ANGEL EQUINE DEFENCE) PER ENTRY, AND PER CATEGORY.
FOR EXAMPLE: IF YOU WISH TO ENTER ALL THREE CATEGORIES IT WILL BE A $15.00 ENTRY FEE. OR IF YOU WISH TO ENTER ONE CATEGORY TWO TIMES THE ENTRY FEE WILL BE $10.00.
TO ENTER, SIMPLY SUBSCRIBE TO MY (FOREVERESCUE'S) BLOG, PAY YOUR ENTRY FEE THROUGH PAYPAL OR BY MAIL (YOU MUST MESSAGE ME FOR ADDRESS), AND SIMPLY POST YOUR POEM/WRITING IN MY BLOG AS A COMMENT IN THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY.
TO PAY BY PAYPAL SIMPLY CLICK THE PICTURE OF JINNY AT THE TOP OF MY PAGE AND PUT IN THE OPTIONAL NOTE SECTION ON PAYPAL YOUR MYSPACE NAME AND "POETRY CONTEST" SO I CAN ADD YOUR POEM TO THE JUDGING. ONCE PAYMENT IS CONFIRMED YOUR POEM WILL APPEAR IN MY BLOG FOR EVERYONE TO SEE...ALSO A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO GET EXPOSURE FOR YOURSELF AS A WRITER!
THE CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
CATEGORY 1: BEST ANIMAL RELATED POEM
CATEGORY 2: BEST ANIMAL RESCUE POEM
CATEGORY 3: BEST FREE~STYLE POEM/WRTITING
FIRST PRIZE IN EACH CATEGORY WILL RECIEVE THE FOLLOWING PRIZES:
A HAND SIGNED MARIA DAINES CD
A HAND SIGNED PETRA LUNA CD
A BAG OF HOMEMADE DOG/CRITTER TREATS FROM TERRI (TRUST ME...THE DOGS AND THE HORSES EAT THEM LIKE THEY ARE GOING OUT OF STYLE)
A SMALL BOXED SET OF RIEDEL CARDS (MY CHOICE OF CARDS)
THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER ( CHOSEN FROM THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS OF EACH CATEGORY) FOR BEST POEM/WRITING OVERALL WILL RECIEVE THOSE PRIZES PLUS A CUSTOM MADE PIECE OF JEWELRY MADE BY ME AND YOU HELP DESIGN.
IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO DONATE ANY PRIZES FOR THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER AND THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS PLEASE CONTACT ME SO I CAN UPDATE THE PRIZE LIST.
