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Greetings from Manes and Tails!

Yes! We ARE still at it. Equine Assisted work is too rewarding not to do!

Next Meeting Tuesday, Feb 7, Presque Isle, Oriental Pearl Restaurant, 6pm Networking over dinner, 7pm business. Please join use for some or all.

Interested in Therapeutic Horse activities for a member ( s ) of your family or client ( s )? Interested in training as a facilitator? Please contact me in advance if you are going to need funding help, even if you are just considering; this will help with our goal setting for funding and grant seeking. Nancy Dumond Violette 207 868 5324, [email protected] please pass this info or ask around, and let me know.

OK NOW....................................

"Got Bottles?" ($$$$)

Yup ! I mean it!! (scholarship fundraising) If you would like to donate those bottles/cans to a good cause, you can call for pickup or drop them off, even just the empties in your car. I used to save them for the HS kids but they only come once a year now. All proceeds to go toward scholarships for Equine Assisted Activities in Aroostook.

Drop off sites (so far):

Van Buren: Perfect Ponies Learning Center, 489 Main St. Front or back porch. Don and Nancy D. Violette 868 5324

Caribou: 27 West Wind Dr. Open Breezeway, Pam Sheppele 496 4361

Caribou: Equine Inspirations Learning Center, Plante Rd. on porch, Tracy Thibodeau 227 6974

Monticello: Town Office, see Ginger Pryor 538 9500 (hope Shelley and Sara told her)

Monticello: Aroostook Horse and Pony Associates, North Main St (Rt 1) In front of attached garage; Shelley Taylor 538 9376

UPcoming Drop sites: Tractor Supply Company stores in Houlton and Presque Isle, and we are also looking for sites in other towns. Even if you are just cleaning out of your car, every nickel counts! Look for bins in front of the stores starting in February and flyers in your bags at the check outs. Thank you Keith in PI and Aaron in Houlton.

For PICK UPs County wide: please call Nancy 868 5324 or 484 1231, Shelley 538 9376. We'll find a way to get your donation off your porch or out of the garage and turn them into horses helping humans.

Volunteers welcome !!! Also if you would rather return your bottles and send us money, NICE!!! Manes and Tails c/o Pam Scheppele, 27 West Wind Dr., Caribou, ME 04736

Other Scholarship Fund activities:

*We are still signing people up for the Scholarship Fan Club. $20.00 gives you 12 chances to win $100.00. See entry at bottom of this email. We really need sigh ups! If you want 6 mo for $10, write it in.

*Letters are going out to community organizations requesting funds for student sessions and facilitator training.

*MT First ever Picnic and BARN DANCE this spring at Equine Inspirations Learning Center, Caribou date TBA, Volunteers needed!! Contact Tracy Thibodeau 227 6974

Public Notice, Heating Helpers:

*Citizens' Energy Fuel assistance of 100 gallons per house hold available IF you can get through by phone, they say to KEEP TRYING, we still are! 877 563 4645 http://citizensenergy.com/main/Home.html

*The Project Heat telethon (Channel 6) raised over $233,000 for heat assistance to be distributed statewide. Those needing heating assistance should call 211 to be directed to the appropriate local resource. I haven't been able to find the exact criteria yet but I've heard those who may not be eligible for limited federal, state or local fuel assistance programs. (including those people who qualified for LIHEAP last year when income guidelines were higher) plus those with heating emergencies should call.

Adaptive Skiing: It's that time of year again: The air is crisp, the sky is blue, and the snowy slopes of Sugarloaf eagerly beckon to ski enthusiasts of all abilities. This year, Maine Adapted Sports & Recreation (formerly Maine Handicapped Skiing) will host 5 (FIVE!) free trips to Sugarloaf from Bangor. This is an incredible and rare opportunity for new and experienced skiers who would like to spend a day on the beautiful slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain. Come join your friends

at MASR and Alpha One for five great, free days of fun! The bus meets at the Airport Mall parking lot in Bangor and leaves at 6:30am. Be there early to secure your spot! The dates are Sundays: 1/29, 2/12, 3/4, 3/18 If you'd like to participate, you can register with Maine Adapted Sports & Recreation by calling 1-800-639-7770 or visiting their website and downloading the registration forms, here: http://skimhs.org/participate.php You must register ahead of time, so please don't wait!

Info: When a Parent Is Incarcerated: A Primer for Social Workers

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Offers guidance on meeting the needs of children of incarcerated parents, including reducing trauma, engaging incarcerated parents, re-entry planning, addressing domestic violence, and issues for parents in deportation proceedings. Includes resource list.

Link 32 pg PDF http://www.aecf.org/~/media/Pubs/Topics/Special%20Interest%20Areas/Children%20with%20Incarcerated%20Parents/WhenaParentisIncarceratedPrimer/WhenAParentIsIncarceratedPrimer.pdf

January Aroostook and state 4-H newsletter: you can find it on the web http://umaine.edu/aroostook/houlton/4-h/newsletter/

Youth Service America Invites Young Change-Makers to Apply for Disney Friends for Change Grants

Grants of $1,000 are available for volunteer projects led by children and youth (ages 5 to 18) in the United States....

Deadline: February 29, 2012

Posted: January 10, 2012

A program of Youth Service America and Disney, the Disney Friends for Change Grants program offers young change-makers in the United States funding to help make a lasting, positive change in their communities and the world.

The program seeks to support volunteer projects serving a wide range of needs that highlight the creativity and commitment of young people working to meet the needs of others and that demonstrate how "even small actions can add up to big changes."

Youth between the ages of 5 and 18 in all fifty states and the District of Columbia are eligible to lead a project and apply for a $1,000 grant to fund it. (Applicants younger than 13 years of age must have an older person submit the application on their behalf.)

For complete program guidelines, the eligibility quiz, and the application form, as well as information on previous grant recipients, visit the YSA Web site. Link: http://www.ysa.org/grants/disney-friends-change-grants

Win Cash Helping Others Manes and Tails Scholarship Fund Fan Club ‘Fun Raiser’

Manes and Tails is an all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit which supports Equine Assisted Programs for Children and Families with Special Needs throughout Aroostook County Maine. The Scholarship Fund helps Participants to engage in programs of their choice and also assists in Facilitator Training.

How to Play/Help:

*Join the Scholarship Fund Club by contributing an annual membership fee of $20.00 You can start at any time of the year and be eligible to win for 12 months.

*On the first of the month starting June 1, 2011, a drawing will be held and prizes awarded:

$100.00 first prize : then $50.00 second prize will be added when we have 300 members. If the Scholarship Club membership continues to grow, so will the prizes.

This is a monthly drawing, you are eligible for one prize a year and we hope you will renew year after year! You may have multiple memberships also.

Please Help better lives by connecting humans with horses, register below detach and mail to :

Manes and Tails c/o Pamela Scheppele, 27 Westwind Dr, Caribou, ME 04736.

Info to keep : You have helped Manes and Tails support Special Needs programs in Aroostook county Maine, Date________________ Amount__________________________________

Manes and Tails Aroostook is on FaceBook , our new web site is www. manesandtailsaroostook.webs.com

Cut and send: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Manes and Tails Scholarship Fund (MTSFC) Member Registration

Name___________________________________________Date____________________

Adress___________________________________________________________________

Phone (_______)_____________________________________

Email_______________________________________________

Dues $20.00 per member How did you find out about the MTSF?_________________________

Please circle you answers below:

May we contact you for renewal in one year? Y N By Phone Email Snailmail

Would you like to receive news-letter emails from Manes and Tails Y N

Please make check payable to Manes and Tails. Do you want a receipt for tax reasons Y NThank you for supporting Equine Assisted Special Needs in Aroostook County Maine!!