Thank you and best wishes to everyone who helps Give Me A Chance in our efforts to save the horses, ponies, mules and donkeys. The equines we rescue owe you their lives because we couldn't do this without you.
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New President and Vice-President
Due to her poor health, LaRae Pittman retired as president of Give Me A Chance in June 2010.
Our new president is Tom Cates and our new vice-president is Polly Cates.
Tom Cates
You can call Tom at (870) 246-3007 or (870) 403-7925. His email address is tom@gmacer.org.
Tom's wife, Polly, does much of the hands-on work at the rescue.
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New Rescue Location - Give Me A Chance is now located at Rockin D Ranch in Manchester, Arkansas, about ten miles east of Arkadelphia (south of Hot Springs). First-time visitors can call or email Tom Cates for directions. All visits are by appointment only.
Some of the GMACER horses grazing happily at Rockin D Ranch
Reese's is grazing in the foreground. The horse with the blaze is Bute-tee.
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US Bank Account - We have established an account at US Bank in Give Me A Chance's name called "Save A Horse." Donations can be made to that account at any US Bank nationwide. Thank you!
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Barn Cleaning! - Please keep us in mind when you are cleaning out your tack rooms and feed rooms. We have a Wish List on our How to Donate and Volunteer page. We rely completely upon donations.
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WE ARE IN NEED OF HAY. - If anyone has hay to donate, we can pick it up if you can load the trailer for us or give us a hand, as we are usually very short of helpers. Or we can use cash donations to purchase hay.
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Clarksville Horse Seizure, March 14, 2009 - Pictured at left and below are some of the 16 horses that Give Me A Chance picked up after the horses were seized from their owner by the Clarksville sheriff's department. Five horses at the farm were dead.
One of the rescued mares has an overgrown foot that needs special farrier care. You can see her on our Special Needs page.
Among the starving horses was a foal that was approximately two days old. We named her Little Star. None of the horse mares had milk, so we don't know which one was the mother. A pony mare we call Twinkle allowed the foal to suckle, although she was obviously not the mother and had no milk. LaRae bottle-fed Little Star every two hours until the foal died on March 19.
By late August 2009, almost all of the horses were placed in new homes. Thank you to everyone who opened your hearts to these horses.
Thank you to the following people and businesses for their contributions: National Park Hospital ~ Peggy Clark Dana Williams ~ Jamine Crouch ~ Gail Foster Lillian Blackmon ~ Janey Allen ~ Sherry Kelly Peter & Romaine Kobilsek ~ James & Beverly Hankins Rosana Bruner, in honor of Dena Popara
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Give Me A Chance is listed on iSearchiGive.com. Every time you search the Internet or shop online at a store on the iGive list, donations are generated for nonprofit organizations. These donations cost you nothing! They are paid by the advertisers. But you get to choose who receives the donations that you generate. Please use our link: www.iSearchiGive.com/GMCER. Once you get to the site, you can even click to have an iGive toolbar installed to make it easy to generate donations every time you do an Internet search. It's a free and easy way to help us feed the horses!
Jeffers Equine Supply and Jeffers Pet Supply both partcipate in the iGive program. Please use our link when you order from them: www.iSearchiGive.com/GMCER.
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Adoption Assistance service - At Give Me A Chance, we realize that many more horses need new homes than we can afford to bring to our ranch. In order to find homes for as many horses as possible, we are now allowing people who are seeking new homes for their horses to put those horses on our website. We also provide a screening service if needed and may do farm checks prior to the adoptions. In exchange for our services, we require a minimum of a $50 donation, with travel expenses added if we do a farm check. The donation fee can be paid by either the person adopting the horse or by the person who is transferring ownership. Details can be worked out on an individual basis.
Special Adoption program - In addition to our Regular Adoptions, we have set up a new program that will allow people to "adopt" a horse by paying a $25 adoption fee and contributing a minimum of $25 toward its care each month. The horse will remain at Give Me A Chance Equine Rescue. The equines on this list are chosen from those that have been at GMACER for over a year or are on our Permanent Resident List or are horses that we think are unlikely to be adopted on the Regular Adoption program. Each Special Adoption horse will have only one adopting family, although people may pool their money to adopt a horse. See the "Adopt & Sponsor" page for more information.
For the list of equines that are available on this program, see the "Available for Adoption" page.
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GIFT SPONSORSHIPS - Please consider sponsoring a horse as a gift.
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DONATIONS FOR MEMORIALS AND "IN HONOR OF"
In Memory of Steve Bruner, from Rosana Bruner in Shreveport, LA.
In Memory of LaRae Pittman's beloved parents, Levada and Milton Lindsey.
In Memory of Lucy, from LaRae Pittman.
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FUND-RAISERS
Aluminum Cans - We are collecting aluminum cans for recycling to help pay our feed bill. If you cannot bring the cans to the ranch or to our storage room at Security Warehouse in Arkadelphia, give us a call and we will arrange to pick them up. Maybe the teachers can get the kids to bring cans from home!
Yard Sale - We are collecting goods for a yard sale. Jim and Janie Allen have generously donated space at Security Warehouse in Arkadelphia for us to store the items. When we have enough goods collected we will announce a date for the yard sale. (Note: We have lots of clothes but we still need other items.)
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SPECIAL THANKSTO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES AND PERSONS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS:
July 2010: Thanks for a job well done to Sheriff Scott Bradley and his deputies for their assistance in a recent case in Van Buren County.
The Olds Foundation donated four sheds to shelter the horses.
The Ross Foundation donated money specifically for the construction of pens for the horses.
Racehorse trainer Norman Ashauer pays the fees to support our website.
Security Warehouse donates storage space.
July/August 2010:
The Walmart Foundation and its Arkadelphia employees Billani Clark and Rachelle Davis donated $500.
Janna Pfautz donated tack and supplies.
Trainers Dena Popara and Norman Ashauer donated tack and supplies. Dena also worked with some of the horses in the round pen.
Robin Young has repeatedly donated hay and helped transport the horses from Alpine to Manchester.
Royce Hughes of Bismarck donated hay.
Kathy Smith of Arkadelphia donated feed and labor.
Betty Wilkerson donated feed.
Ron Nash donated hay.
Willy Green donated hay.
Larry and Lily Bryant of Hot Springs donated hay.
Siplast Inc. of Arkandelphia donated rolled roofing material.
William Wilson donated roofing tin.
Hardman's Lumber of Arkadelphia, Wendel Ketchum, donated building materials.
Alvin Galganin of 7 South Auto Sales donated hay and feed.
Doug Woodruff of L and W Salvage paid for a Coggins test.
William Burks, of Clark County Livestock - Feed & Tack, paid for a Coggins test and has been helpful locating products.
Jo Carol and John Reeder donated feed.
Rodney and Debbie Grant donated hay and bushhogging.
Dustin and Bethany Stockton donated hay.
Arnold Palmer and his son, of Alpine, donated hay.
Charles and Michelle Johnston of Valley Independent Press donated halters and lead ropes.
Daniel and Velma Neal donated hay.
Mary Lou Lee of Clinton helped with veterinary expenses.
Wendee McGuffee of Villa Rica, GA, donated Corta-Flex.
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Thank-you to everyone who has networked via phone and e-mail and letters to spread the word about the good that Give Me A Chance is doing for abused horses. We know that the word is spreading through people in various riding disciplines and organizations, and we need every one of you. We wish we knew you all by name so we could thank you individually. You play an important role in the success of our rescue efforts.
Thank you and best wishes to everyone who helps 
New President and Vice-President 
Tom's wife, Polly, does much of the hands-on work at the rescue.
Clarksville Horse Seizure, March 14, 2009 - Pictured at left and below are some of the 16 horses that Give Me A Chance picked up after the horses were seized from their owner by the Clarksville sheriff's department. Five horses at the farm were dead. 
The Olds Foundation donated four sheds to shelter the horses.