Lovelane received a grant from students at The Fenn School in Concord’s Youth in Philanthropy Program!  The grant will help to fund our tuition assistance program. Please check out the article for details.

Too young to help us out in the ring, allergic to horses?  Hold a bake sale to benefit Lovelane…..run a bottle drive…ask your girl scout troop to make Lovelane the beneficiary of a community yard sale….even if you can’t work here, you can still change the life of a child.

Lovelane is a non-profit organization and we ALWAYS need your help!  There are so many ways you can participate and make a big difference in the lives of the wonderful children we serve.  Please give us a call if you think you can help us out with any of this:

• We always need volunteers at Lovelane.  We need them in the barn, in the ring and in the business office.   Check out our volunteer page to learn about becoming a program volunteer.  Or email sally@lovelane.org or karen@lovelane.org if you can give us a couple of hours of help in the business office.
• Donate to Lovelane.  Sixty percent of our operating budget is raised through our development office.  Every contribution helps….it’s not too late to donate to the Lovelane annual fund.  Tell all your friends. 
• Register to Run or Walk at our June 12th Susan McDaniel Run for Lovelane. 
• Solicit pledges to support your run or walk.  Print out a pledge sheet or create your own online fundraising page.  Set a goal to raise $500-$1000 between now and June! 
• Keep checking back to see if we have posted a new wish list.  If we have, you can bring us things we really need……..
• Does your company match donations?  Does your company encourage volunteerism?  Check it out and let us know…..this could be the beginning of a great relationship!

Lovelane welcomed Lincoln residents to tour the barn and meet the horses on Saturday, January 29th from 1-3pm as a part of the Town of Lincoln’s weekend long Winter Carnival event.  Sylvie, Logan and Delaney, our superstar students, gave terrific demonstrations of their riding skills to the crowd while Lovelane founder, Debby Sabin, talked about the specific therapeutic goals of each child.   All three students really wowed the crowd!  Children who visited the barn participated in a scavenger hunt and learned about the barn, our special horses and the equipment needed to take great care of them.  They also had the chance to make treat bags for their favorite four-legged friends and fill them with tasty goodies like apples, carrots, oats and mints.    Thanks to everyone who made it out here!

Please read our Report of Giving 2009.

Be sure to read about our new student Eddie and our new horses Pumpkin Pie, Will, and Spike.  All in our December Newsletter.

Double your gift to Lovelane with a corporate match from your employer!

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Make your annual gift to Lovelane go farther!

Follow this link link to list to see a list of companies that we believe will match the charitable donations made by their employees.  Check to see if your company is there.  If it is, contact your HR department to see if your gift to Lovelane qualifies for a match.  Send us your matching gift form c/o Lovelane Development Office, 40 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, MA 01773.  Please let us know if you find that we’ve listed a company in error.

If your company is not listed, go ahead and check anyway! Let us know if your company will match a gift and we’ll add it to our list.  This is a great opportunity for your money to work harder at no additional cost to you. 

If you have any questions, contact the Lovelane Development Office at sally@lovelane.org or Jennifer@lovelane.org.

Help us secure a sustainable future for the special athletes at Lovelane!

In Memory of an Old Friend:  The Echo Fund
Contribute to the care and comfort of Lovelane’s therapy horses.

On Saturday, October 24th over 100 people joined us on Baker Bridge Road to celebrate the fifth birthday of our beautiful barn. What a wonderful event it was! Parents & students, neighbors, volunteers, newcomers, staff and supporters came in out of the rain to hoist a glass of cider and sing happy birthday to Lovelane.

The barn looked beautifully festive, bedecked with photographs, lights, pumpkins and gorgeous ‘mums’ donated by Winston Flowers for the occasion. Guests sampled the wonderful gourmet cupcakes donated by Sweet while their children played games, made horse treats and had their faces painted. Down the hall in the therapy room, “Silly Willy” the clown entertained the little ones and made fantastic balloon animals.

It wouldn’t be a true Lovelane event without a student demonstration. Founder Debby Sabin introduced the therapeutic riding program and three Lovelane students willingly rode for the crowd. The beaming face of M.E. as she high-fived her instructors spoke volumes. Eddie rode while his parents told the crowd his story and there wasn’t a dry eye in the place. Both Eddie and M.E. are new to Lovelane and showed how this new state-of-the-art facility has enabled Lovelane to increase our capacity and bring children from the waitlist into the ring. Finally, one of our longtime students rode independently. Both Campbell, who has been with us since before we moved here, and his mother spoke eloquently about how the barn has changed their experience so dramatically.

After the demonstration, Allison Moskow, long time volunteer, friend and supporter, spoke about her commitment to Lovelane and why ongoing financial contributions are so vital to a place like this. The crowd participated in a rousing version of “Happy Birthday” while the cake was brought out to the middle of the ring. Student, Sylvie L. helped to cut the cake.

Special thanks to the many volunteers who worked to make this event such a success and to the parents who contributed items for games. Additional thanks to Wilson Farms, Blue Ribbon Barbeque, Sweet and Winston Flowers for their in-kind contributions. Happy Birthday, Lovelane!

This event is supported by generous in kind donations from:

Catch up on the latest news in the Lovelane Post.

Lovelane Post, Fall 2009