EVERYONE IS INVITED to join a lovely 6 to 12.5 mile recreational carriage/wagon drive on Saturday, October 16th for the SIRE Ride-A-Thon. This is for the benefit of SIRE-Houston's Therapeutic Equestrian Center and its clients of all ages with disabilities. It will be held in Cat Spring, Texas, at the fabulous 7IL Ranch. Check it out at www.7ILTrails.com <http://www.7iltrails.com/> . Camping, hook-ups, stabling, and more trails will be available by private arrangement with 7IL, so you could make it a fantastic weekend. There is no road driving; all will be on trails through the 2100 acre ranch. Minis to drafts and all long-ears are welcome. You are especially invited to join the Erin Denmark Carriage Driving Team. If you have friends who prefer to ride astride, please bring them along-they can join the Carriage Driving Team from horseback, too. Erin is a young lady with mental, physical, and medical disabilities who has been participating in the SIRE program for 12 years. It means a lot to her and has allowed her the opportunity to even win gold medals at State Special Olympics equestrian competitions. Erin is a member of the Houston Area Carriage Association and the Brazos Valley Riding and Driving Club. She wants our support for carriage driving as a sport and so she and other clients with disabilities might continue to learn to drive at SIRE. As a client she must compete to be able to participate in the Ride-A-Thon by gathering the most team members and donations. So come join the fun, support a good cause, and show those trail riders what carriage driving is all about! The SIRE Ride-A-Thon Brochure, entry forms, and more information are available at www.SIRE-HTEC.org <http://www.sire-htec.org/> . If you would prefer they be mailed to you, just send a note to mdenmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with your address (please put SIRE in the subject line). Erin Denmark/The Erin Denmark Carriage Driving Team must receive underwriter entries and donations before Monday, October 4th and all other donations/entries before Monday, October 11 to be eligible to qualify for prizes/awards. These dates are a day before the deadline so that everything may be put on the Carriage Team list and turned in on time. All checks should be made to SIRE. If you require a donation receipt, please indicate. There is no additional cost to join Erin's team just put Erin Denmark on the line for "Team member of ____" on the registration form. But any additional donation will help! If you join the team you can still drive when and with whomever you wish. Let's win the trophy for the biggest team to show how fantastic and popular carriage driving is! If you can't attend, please know that donations are also very important, greatly appreciated, and tax deductible. Thanks for your support and happy carriage driving. Please let us know if you require any additional information. Stella Gordon stellag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 936-446-1325 Milli Ann Denmark mdenmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 281-252-0207 Please send all entries/donations (checks made out to SIRE) if you would like to support Erin and the carriage driving team to: Erin Denmark Carriage Driving Team 28515 Diamond Creek Drive Magnolia, Texas 77355 _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.shtml `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````