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Thanks for visiting! Please be sure to visit our adoptable horses and other pages (menus are above)Girl Scout Troop #41 Spends an Afternoon Helping Crosswinds Cleanup After a Spring Storm... and Donates $100! Jill Rannebarger is Emma's mom (read more about Emma's generosity below), and also works with local girl scout troop #41 in Champaign. With Jill coordinating, this troop raised $100 for Crosswinds, and then spent an afternoon with us, cleaning up tree branches from recent storm damage, getting 'pony rides' on Tess (sorry no photos), as well as making their wonderful donation. In addition, we presented Emma with her Top Youth Donor of the Year 2004 Award for her incredible generosity at her birthday last year. Thank you, Troop 41, for all your kindness and hard work!!
Emma Rannebarger's Incredible Generosity 2004: A local soon-to-be-10-year old girl saw Crosswinds' story in the Champaign newspaper in spring, '04. She loves horses, but had never been to visit Crosswinds. When it came time for her birthday, Emma asked her family and friends to make donations to Crosswinds rather than give her gifts for her birthday. This was such an amazingly selfless gift, and it caught the attention of the local media as well as Crosswinds' supporters. Emma, her mom and sister Molly came to visit Crosswinds on the morning of the open house, July 17, 2004, bringing with them several hundred pounds of feed, 3 bags of horse treats, brand new brushes and lead ropes and other helpful tools, and several checks/gift certificates to help Crosswinds to help the horses. Emma's incredible generosity makes her Crosswinds' first platinum junior member (donating more than $250 in a single year).
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