Equine Designs™ by After the Finish Line
Let After the Finish Line "paint" with your horse(s)! Your horse will create a colorful, one of a kind masterpiece. What a wonderful experience and cherished painting for the horse’s owner. We named these paintings Equine Designs™. To learn more or make an appointment to paint, please contact Dawn Mellen at dawn@afterthefinishline.org. (Currently limited to Southern Calif.) These paintings will certainly be a conversation piece in your home or office. They are unique Holiday presents, special occasion presents or a personal present for you.
After the Finish Line will come to your home or barn to paint with your horse(s). Your horse may choose up to four paint colors. The painting can include a hoof print and tail hair tied with ribbon. Put your horses painting in a matte measuring approximately 16" x 20" and then frame!
After the Finish Line is a San Diego based 501 (C) (3) funding non-profit for Thoroughbred horses that can no longer race or breed. The proceeds from Equine Designs™ will allow us to award yearly grants and monthly emergency funds for rescued Thoroughbreds in California and across the United States. They should not be forgotten in their time of need. Board members are volunteers and do not receive a salary. Equine Designs™ lets horses help horses and are the gifts that help deserving ex-racehorses and broodmares transition into second careers such as hunter/jumpers, dressage, polo, trail, companion or therapy horses.
After the Finish Line
Thoroughbred Racehorse Rescue
Annual Charity Luncheon and Auction
Rancho Santa Fe was the setting of After the Finish Line's first annual fundraiser, A Tribute to the Majesty of the Thoroughbreds. The funds raised exceeded our goals and will allow us to rescue more Thoroughbreds!
This month I welcome many new friends and supporters to After the Finish Line. These are the people who participated in our fundraiser. It was wonderful to meet those who attended. New friends who were unable to attend made generous donations to help the Thoroughbreds. The strength we will gain from the numerous people calling us to volunteer is what we need to grow our organization. Our silent and live auction donors helped to make our event a success.
If you missed our fundraiser mark your calendars now for August 2009. It’s never too late to express your appreciation for the work we do to rescue Thoroughbreds by making a donation to After the Finish Line. Take a look at some pictures from the fundraiser, Kodakgallery.com Slideshow.
Special thanks go to our board of directors Michael Mellen and Ben Dominguez, Jana Lucacconi our committee chair, Master of Ceremonies Vince Aspromonte, Witch Creek Winery in Carlsbad for their donation of champagne and red wine, Jolie Fleur for the beautiful flowers and our pro-bono attorney Lisel Ferguson of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves and Savitch.
The auction item donors helped After the Finish Line to generate over $14,000 for the Thoroughbreds. We are very grateful for your support.