Seven Ways to Share

Only have a minute? Be sure to vote for Three Treasures Farms on Facebook and share the link with your friends on your news feed.

Already voted and shared? Wonderful, thank you! If you have a few more minutes and want to help spread the word, here are some other great ways you can help:

Do you Stumble? Digg? Reddit? Those are all excellent ways to help spread the word to vote! We have convenient "Bookmark and Share" buttons on the front page of our website, to make it easy for you share the page with friends on those platforms.

Like Twitter? Click here to follow us, and be sure to Tweet the short URL for the voting page: bit.ly/sENscF

Have a blog of your own? Take a minute to write a quick post to share the voting link and a little bit about 3TF with your readers!

Have friends who like finding cute pictures in their Inbox? You can send out an email to your friends about us and share some of our pictures!

If you know a great place to reach people in person, we've made a sheet of voting cards, which our supporters can print out and cut to card size for easy sharing.

Have some of our great 3TF gear? Be sure to wear it this week and share your 3TF stories!

Thank you all for your support!

Your Vote Matters!

Everyone at Three Treasures Farms is very excited that we have been selected to compete in this year's Chase Community Giving contest. This fall, smaller non-profits like 3TF are getting the chance to win up to $250,000!

Please take a moment to vote for us, and share the link with your friends! You can either click the "Support Us" button on the right side of the page, or follow this link. Voting ends at 11:59 AM on Tuesday, November 22nd!

Answers About Lymphoma

We asked some questions this week on our Facebook page about equine lymphoma. “At what age does equine lymphoma typically strike? Which sex is more likely to get lymphoma? How long does a horse with lymphoma usually live after diagnosis?”

To answer: lymphoma usually strikes between the ages of 5 and 7. It’s more common in mares, and typically the horse will die within a year of diagnosis. In lymphoma, some lymphoid cells become cancerous, and grow in an uncontrolled manner. It typically includes a large amount of swelling at the tumor site, as the lymphatic fluid collects in the area. Equine lymphoma is not contagious, nor is it heritable.

Nehalem is typical in that she is a mare, and her lymphoma struck at approximately age 5. Those of you who have met her or seen her recent pictures are well aware of how much swelling she has experienced in her lower jaw, at the tumor site.

However, unlike most horses, she has lived with it for over 6 years, and is now stronger and healthier than at any time since her diagnosis!

Our treatment protocols for her include a broad range of massage and healing techniques, dietary supplements, and a specially designed blend of herbs, created for her by Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir of Mrs. Thompson’s Herbs, in Eugene.

One of the biggest hurdles we've faced in trying to heal Nehalem's cancer is that for optimal healing she needs to stay on her herbs consistently. Given the current economy and the need to provide for the other rescued horses, we sometimes have to reduce the extra supplements she receives. In order to help us keep her on her herbs consistently, Heather has generously helped us organize a fundraiser for Nehalem, so that we can purchase a 6 month supply of all of her herbs in advance.

If you would like to help by making a contribution toward her herbal treatments, you may donate through our PayPal account or send a check (links and address are in our sidebar) or contact Heather at(541)686-6136 in order to help us purchase herbs through her directly. As a 501c3 non-profit, donations made to Three Treasures Farms are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Please join us over the next few weeks, as we share some stories and pictures about Nehalem’s life, and explain some of our healing techniques, as well as profiling all of the herbs that we use for her. We look forward to sharing more about this mare and her fascinating history!

Pizza for Ponies

For all our local Eugene friends we invite you to join us today at Papa's Pizza on Coburg road for our pizza fundraiser. Papa's donates 50% of all the food sales to us, but you have to remember your flier you can download one from here.

I adore these fundraisers mostly because it gives me an excuse to sit around eating pizza and catching up with friends. Sadly, Papa's only allows us two per year, so please help us make this one count. For those who don't have time to sit around, orders to go count. Last time we were lucky to have Levi employees get personal pizzas for their company lunch meeting and O of U's Hunter/Jumper team held their meeting there. We raised $336 last time and our goal is to try for at least $500 this time.

We will be meeting with the City of Eugene's Youth Group at 6:00pm to plan our July 31st Mystic Horse Affair and encourage anyone interested in assisting with that project to join us. We will be making choices on T-shirt design, pony costumes, and trail course construction.

Rachel and I will be available for most of the evening to discuss various different programs and answer questions. We hope to see you there!
~Ferronato

Iron Bros. Hats

A big thank you to Iron Bros. Hat Works for their donation of a custom Cowboy Hat for our Silent Auction. Iron Bros. specializes in custom antique hat making, with prices typically ranging from $500-$750. To view a sample of their hats or get more information on the art of cowboy hats made in the genuine traditional ways, check out their website.

H and E Feed Father's Day Donation

Thank you to our local feed store H and E for their assistance in making our Father's Day fundraiser something Dad wants to come to. They have donated a Justin leather wallet to be included among the items available in our Silent Auction this coming Saturday, June 18th.

Equine Massage Starter Kits

We are pleased to offer a starter kit for those interested in the tools we use for the various types of massage featured in our classes. These kits are good for both human and horse and one need not attend a massage class to benefit from their contents.

Kits come in a container suitable for use as a salt bowl for Pranic Healing, and have samples of salt and aura spray you will need to get started with Pranic Healing. Kits also include Po Sum On Oil, which is an excellent and powerful post massage oil good for opening up the meridian points of acupressure, and an Arnica oil from Wildflower Essentials which is good for whatever soreness ails you. For more information about the products or our classes please email us directly at threetreasuresfarms@gmail.com.