09/27/2026
This years Hoof stock taught us so much about resiliance. You see our band canceled on us on Thursday and we were scrambling. This dog Hurley’s parents put us in touch with a wonderful man that DJ’d and also sang, in addition we hired a singer that came all the way from
NY to share with us his awesome sound. It turned into a Jam session merging three different band members. A true Woodstock like event! The raffles totaled 98 prizes!! Despite the terrible weather so many people came out and shared the night with us. Many people without power sought refuge at our farm eating great food, laughing at Lauren being dunked in the dunk tank and just enjoying time with good people. I wanted to thank my board, Ramona, Gary, Michelle, and Lauren , Melissa our event coordinator, Robert and Joey. She took that out of the speech. You see I had developed vertigo yesterday and was truly struggling to stay up right. Although I might have looked like I had one two many of the spiked c***r! This team came through despite my being pretty much an observer of the biggest event we plan for all year. Teddie and Lisa friends of ours spent days leading up to the event getting the grounds ready. Which really takes weeks of preparation. Roberta and Ramona this sister team duo ran the front seamlessly and even gave every person that entered a round of applause for coming. Carol brought a beautiful touch to our decorating and was a car salesman at our raffle table. Stephanie for running our store and making sure people got all the specials they wanted. To Lauren despite taking one of the team and getting in the hot seat on the dunk tank…..that really was Hot because he hooked up the hose to the water heater!! So every time someone hit the target to plunged into a hot tub!! Don’t worry we will be ready for him next year. Karma is getting him today he’s hot to take care of me until I get my sea legs back.
Thank you to each and every person that made this event a success even in a nor’easter !!! Isn’t that what being animal hero’s truly means coming through when it gets tough.
Stayed tuned for our volunteer meeting dates!
