In our last newsletter I spoke about my pending meeting with Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black. I have since had that meeting and I must say that it was “informative”. Commissioner Black assured me that they have no immediate plans to close the Mansfield impound. That is a good thing. Other than that, I came away […]
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GERL and the Equine Division of Georgia Department of Agriculture
I have carefully considered my topic for this quarter’s newsletter. Over the more than ten years that I have been President of GERL, I have worked successfully to build a working relationship between GERL and the Equine Division of Georgia Department of Agriculture. During that time, I realized that simply to rescue horses in need […]
Another successful year for GERL – By Cynthia Anderson
Another successful year for GERL – By Cynthia Anderson Well, we are closing out another successful year for GERL. Overall, 2018 has been very positive and productive, thanks to all our dedicated volunteers and everyone that supports GERL and our mission. While we have had a few bumps along the road we have also been […]
A challenge to our members…Cynthia Anderson
A challenge to our members… It is time again for the GERL quarterly newsletter. Every quarter we publish articles to keep our members updated on what is going on with GERL. I have always enjoyed reading the stories, learning about upcoming events, what companies support GERL, and just basically being amazed by what our members […]
Homeless Horses: An Update on Unwanted Horses in the United States
Homeless Horses: An Update on Unwanted Horses in the United States I recently had a couple of people forward a link to an article that appeared in The Horse magazine. The name of the article was “Homeless Horses: An Update on Unwanted Horses in the United States”. While I read with interest, I noted that […]
Reflecting on what I have learned…Cynthia Anderson
As most of you know, I am fairly new to the position of Secretary for the Georgia Equine Rescue League (GERL). I took over the job one year ago. I would like to reflect on what I have learned since taking over the position from Anne Ensminger. First, I would like to thank the board […]
HAHD event transforms the way we do things.
HAHD event transforms the way we do things. In the last edition of the newsletter, I spoke about several areas of the GERL daily process that needed transformation. We were on the cusp of the ASPCA’s Help A Horse Day (HAHD) contest that officially kicked off on April 26th. Since that time, there have […]
Preparation for growth…
Preparation for growth… With the annual meeting behind us, I have plenty of areas that I want to concentrate on to tighten things up in preparation for growth. We have so many great programs that we offer and do so many things to help horses, but we don’t do such a great job at promoting ourselves. We […]
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about goals for GERL.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about goals for GERL. Not that we’re not still holding our course on all the things that we’ve been doing, but I was thinking about GERL with relation to our recent partnership with the Georgia Horse Council. GERL has been promoting our Equine Get Well Plan for seven […]
A rash of hotline calls
We have had a rash of hotline calls for the past 6 months from elderly, disabled and broke people needing desperately to rehome their horse(s). So many calls, in fact, I decided to write about it. I also decided to go online and see what info I could find about “Baby Boomers” and their horses. […]