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Our Dreams:

Days End Farm Horse Rescue
2005 – 2010 Goals

General
• Create and implement a Days End Disaster Plan
  
• Create a Safety Plan &Train Staff & Key Volunteers in First Aid & CPR
  
• Train Volunteer leaders to expand DEFHR programs
  
• Improve Data Entry information
  
• revaluate data entry procedures and document the procedure
  
• evaluate quarterly to ensure compliance and to make corrections
  
• Create a Board committee to establish future goals & create a five year plan
  
• Create a Days End Farm Operations Manual
  
• Document participation in all programs
  
• Create criteria and materials to evaluate all programs
  
• Evaluate all programs

  Hope Program - Rescue & Rehabilitation

  Rescue; (receiving of Impounded horses due to abuse)

• Create M.O.U.’s with the county animal control and humane agencies
  
• Create new Brochure
  
• Reevaluate the Policies and Procedures
  
• Set up an Impoundment Fund and give it a name
  
• Meet with the Directors in each County
  
• Meet with the State & County Attorneys in each County
  
• Work with county agencies to track instances of horse abuse through PAWS or county coordination.
  
• Set up the “Rescue Fund” for use when counties cannot pay for rehab care.

  Rehabilitation;

• Improve the Facilities used for care of our equines rescued (new farm)
• Improve the tracking of Days End’s Adopted and SOS Equines with the use of Volunteers through the Farm Committee.
• Work with Volunteers to expand the equine training program
• Work with Volunteers to implement Safety plan Intensive Care (ICU);
• Create a form of communication to keep the staff, volunteers and public more informed on the status of horses in ICU .
• Purchase a weight scale for accurate weight measurement
• Create at least two stalls at new facility set up for intensive care horses.
• Create a reference book on drugs and supplements most commonly used at Days End and list uses and side effects. (Small PDR)
• Expand facilities for use (De II & III)

  Extended Care;

• Expand the training program with the use of volunteers from the farm committee
• Implement a safety plan with the use of volunteers from the farm committee
• Increase cardiovascular fitness of horses through increased training, evaluation and riding.

  Adoption Program / SOS;

• Improve the tracking and timeliness of Days Ends adopted horses through increasing the use of volunteers (Farm Committee)
• Increase intake/adoption ratio by increasing qualified training for vol/staff through horse related activities, advertisement.
• Evaluate, amend the adoption contract/process
• Visually chart the adoption process (Board)
• Expand the off site Foster care program

  Foster Care;

• Increase the number of program horses to 6 to meet the needs of the programs
• Document the policies and procedures for foster care evaluation
• Work with staff and volunteers to better monitor the process

  Share a Heart Program - Education Programs;

• Secure Volunteer leaders for programs
• Increase the numbers of programs presented through promotion of the programs and training of volunteer leaders
• Secure volunteers to create PowerPoint presentations on all DEFHR Seminars
• Create new brochures for all programs
• Create handout materials for all programs
• reevaluate and document policies and procedures for all Days End programs.
• Capture names and addresses of all attendees
• Send Press Releases for all training programs at DEFHR
• Promote this program to youth organizations and educational institutions

  Equine Cruelty Investigators Seminar;

• Provide two training seminars yearly
• Provide two additional seminars in conjunction with East Coast Animal Control training Academy
• Provide additional seminars as requested for agencies outside of Maryland.

  Large Animal Rescue Training

• Provide two LART training classes at DEFHR yearly
• Provide 6 LART Training Classes at Expo
• Provide 4 additional classes in other states yearly

  Farm Days Program

• Provide training to volunteers and evaluate volunteers participating in the program
• Promote this program to youth organizations and educational institutions

  “Horse Lover’s” (Was Girl scouts)

• Provide training to volunteers and evaluate volunteers participating in the program
• Promote this program to youth organizations and educational institutions

  Level I & Level II – Horse Owner Program

• Provide program yearly
• Enlist industry professionals for speakers

  Community Outreach;

• Provide Days End Booths at the following events;
• Horse Expo MD & PA
• Equine Extravaganza VA
• Combined Federal Campaigh Booth
• Other booths as requested if volunteers are available to man.
• Increase outreach to rescues
• Increase outreach to industry professionals
• Attend and provide expertise for the “Unwanted Horse Summit”
• Provide instruction to AHC on what the MHC-EWC has done to help MD horses.
• Increase outreach to Disaster Professionals

  Heroes for Horses - Volunteer Program;

• Evaluate Volunteer Orientation
• Create policies and procedures for handling new volunteers
• make better use of volunteer skills
• Develop volunteer retention policies and procedures.
• Train staff on new procedures
• Implement plan
• Provide additional training to volunteers
• Evaluate volunteers participating in the program

  Disaster Services

• Create a program including policies and procedures for implementing training for volunteers to form a two RED Teams. (RED=Response for Equines in Disasters)
• Have a team available to provide disaster services to states in the mid-atlantic region
  
• Create MOU’s with other agencies and Days End in regards to Days Ends response to disasters.
  -Have Code 3 Associates & Carroll County MOU
  -HSUS
  -MDA
  -County Agencies (PG, MO, Charles, HO)

   

  
  For more information call:
  301/854-5037 or 410/442-1564
  E-Mail: info@defhr.org

  Physical Address:
  1372 Woodbine Road
  Woodbine, MD 21797

  Mailing Address:
  P.O. Box 309
  Lisbon, Maryland 21765

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  Days End Farm Horse Rescue, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer based humane organization whose mission is Fostering compassion and responsibility for horses through intervention, education, and outreach.