Re: Charity/Benefit events

["Karen Steenhof" <steenhof@cyberhighway.net>]

> > 
> > Has anyone on this list participated in or sponsored an endurance
> > related event to raise money for a charity? <SNIP> we rode our horses
and
> > collected pledges from friends and family for each mile we rode. All
the
> > money was donated to some equestrian research project
> 
Our local distance riding club has helped to put on a Horse-A-Thon for
Diabetes for the past several years.  It is not an endurance event.  It is
an 8-12 mile trail ride.  The Diabetes Association gets merchants to donate
prizes that are either raffled off or given to the riders who collect the
most pledges.  Last year, there were 350 riders, and they raised more than
$20,000. 

Karen Steenhof
Boise, Idaho
steenhof@cyberhighway.net