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ATTENTION! THOSE WHO WANT TO SEND FEED TO HORSES IN GATLINBURG!
All Feed will be accepting feed donation orders and payment over the phone at their mill and send it to Shelbyville for us to transport. Specify the purchase for Gatlinburg Equine Relief (256) 637-2309 option 2. This will be available on Monday 12/5/16. Or, call Joe Green at (931) 310-0063 and he will take care of it.
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A livestock aid caravan will be heading to Gatlinburg on Saturday. Amateur competitor, Jessica Brittany Bloom of Ohio is spearheading the donation effort. Items needed are hay, grain, halters and leads, buckets, troughs, legs wraps, burn cream/ointment, bandages, medical gloves, vet wrap, hoses, bagged bedding. Bloom is collecting items at multiple locations listed below. Please call 513-348-5878 for addresses and information.
UPDATED DROP OFF INFO:
Lakota of Ohio Dealership in Washington Courthouse: 740-807-1459
Hebron, Ky: contact me at 513-703-8783 or Jessica at 513-348-5878
Bethel, OH: Bridle Path Stables contact Mary Rapp Huddle at 513-383-0191
Waddy, KY: Contact them at 502-544-3689
Lexington, KY: Lisa McConathy (859) 983-8316
Monetary donations can be made through the Go Fund Me account here.
From Jessica Bloom: I’ve spoken with multiple horse rescues in Gatlinburg. They are an absolute desperate need for hay and grain. With the drought there was already no hay. So as of right now they’re just trying to get food to feed all these extra mouths. I’m sure they also need other supplies. So anything you could donate would be amazing. I will be making a trip down this weekend to take hay and grain. Along with possibly hauling abandoned or injured horses. They are already pulling out burned horses. The National Guard hasn’t let them in to even get to the Core of the fire for search and rescue. Anyone interested in donating can drop off at our farm. I’ve started a group to organize. For more info call 513-348-5878.
GATLINBURG TRIP UPDATE: We have information now from the Police Department in Gatlinburg. As you might imagine it is very tragic and disorganized there. Our instructions as of this moment are to bring trailers and trucks with supplies for horses and all animals to the Fairgrounds, 754 Old Knoxville Highway (865) 453-0770.
If you have human supplies, i.e. clothing, food, medical we are to take it to New Hope, 2450 Winfield Dunn Parkway (66).
Other Ways to Help
Facebook friends, the animals of east Tennessee need our help. Hagyard Pharmacy is accepting donations of items listed below through Friday at 5 p.m. (ET). You can either drop items off at the Pharmacy (4250 Iron Works Pike in Lexington–directly across from the entrance to The Kentucky Horse Park) or purchase items at the Pharmacy in person or by calling (859) 281-9511 or (888) 323-7798.
Items we’ve been told are desperately needed include:
Burn creams and wound care materials
Triple antibiotic ointment
Vetricyn
Wound Aid
Gauze
Vet wrap,
Combiroll and other wrapping materials
Gloves
Betadine
Bottled water
Halters and lead ropes
Hay, grain and shavings
Note: Hagyard Pharmacy cannot accept cash donations, and the dollar amount of purchases made through Hagyard Pharmacy is not tax-deductible.
