Colorado Horse Rescue wins $1,000 grant
October 28, 2010
LOVELAND, Colorado – Colorado Horse Rescue (CHR), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping horses in trouble, won a $1,000 grant in Group Publishing’s Community Service Awards today at Group’s annual grant-giving banquet.
CHR, based in Loveland, is “dedicated to providing emergency relief, shelter, care, rehabilitation, and adoption services for abused, neglected, abandoned and unwanted horses.” CHR won the award for “Services Related to Ecology or Environmental Stewardship”. Last year, a nearby Loveland horse organization, Hearts and Horses, won the overall $25,000 Group Publishing award for its “Changing Leads” equine-assisted learning program.
Group is an interdenominational Christian publishing company. More than 150 organizations competed for 29 grants in this year's awards. The banquet took place at the new Embassy Suites hotel at Larimer County's fairgrounds complex, "The Ranch".
Hearts and Horses is hosting a haunted house through Halloween.
Colorado Horse Rescue is hosting an open house Saturday, Nov. 6.
