Last year I received a job offer that really made us stop and think. We did some investigating and found that the county we would have to move to was in need of a horse rescue. The company I would be working for was solid and it was a good career move for me. We talked it over and ten months later I accepted the job. In May we relocated to Calhoun County. Dillon was being boarded and was finally able to go home with his original family. Daisy is here with us. Grand Ma succumbed to old age; Siera, Brandy and Bronson were adopted into good homes. My wife was able to get a job with the new company as well as our daughter.

Now that we have finally found a place where we have jobs we both enjoy, it is our dream to continue what we started all those years ago by establishing a new Patch of Heaven here, in Calhoun County. But a few things seem to be standing in our way. We need help with the 501(c)3 status, I have no idea how to fill out all the paperwork, much as I’ve tried I just can’t seem to get it figured out. We also need help obtaining land. We are currently renting an old single wide trailer that is 26 miles from work and has no ground suitable for horses. It has 10 acres of woods and swamp. Daisy is being feed various grains, hay and supplements but has no fresh pasture.

We would like to ask everyone for their help resolving these two problems with the hopes of reopening the Patch of Heaven Horse Rescue early spring 2010. I grew up on a dairy farm, and my wife has been around horses all her live. We share the same love for animals and it makes our hearts ach not being able to help the horses in our area that need love attention, good feed and shelter. Thank you all for your help and support.

TV 9&10 did a short story on our horse rescue back in August of 2006, you can view that short video clip by clicking on this picture

A big "Thank You" to all you folks from the Ntractorclub.com forum, and Mytractorforum.com Your donations, advice, offers for help and laughs are greatly appreciated. Thanks also to Brad and Ginny for sending us the correct drawbar so I don't break my tractor again or worse hurt myself.

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Donations

Donations are always needed, appreciated and welcome. Please use the "Button" to make donations through PayPal it is safe and easy. PLEASE NOTE: YOUR DONATIONS ARE NOT TAX DEDUCTABLE! We are not a 501(c)3 charity, we are not a charity organization of any kind, we have not filed for any type of tax exempt status. We are just a husband and wife trying to make a difference in the world by saving horses. All donations go straight to the horses so that they may have a better life.

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Land. We currently rent and old single wide trailer that sits on ten acres of woods and swamp land. We have a small front yard that I never mow, it's the only place Daisy can play. We need help financing and finding good pasture land, ten acres or more would be needed to reopen the horse rescue

Non-Profit Status. We need help getting our non profit status. I can't figure out all this paper work and we can't afford to hire a lawyer, does anybody know how to do all this paperwork?

Farm Equipment. We started with a 1949 Farmall Cub. It didn't take long to realize that this was not enough of a tractor to work the fields with. We sold it and used the money from its sale to buy a 1940 Ford 9N. We have a six foot landscaping rake that works just fine. I have also made a 3 point bale spear that works for moving small round bales into the barn. We need a lot of implements for this tractor. I have built a 6' snow blade that mounts to the front of my 1940 Ford 9N without using the 3-point hydraulics. The "N" Tractor Club has a "How-To" document that shows how I built it. I have also picked up a two way dirt scoop and a 3-point cultivator for our garden.

The House. Is an antique single wide trailer with two rooms added on. When the washer is running it shakes the addition. This place is nothing to wright home about. The roof leaks, half the doors won't close, each room has only one power outlet. If you put too many forks in the silverware drawer the bottom falls out of it. We are still hanging onto the dream of starting our horse rescue again in the spring and my wife is always working on ways to get us into a good farm. Did I mention how much I love her?

Patch of Heaven Horse Rescue is located in Homer, Michigan now. A small trailer house on ten acres of woods