Bella Run Equine Open House

Bobcat HART members braved the heat today to pay a visit to their friends (human and animal) at Bella Run Equine. The horse rescue held an open house where members of the public could come and interact with their animals. A raffle and t-shirt sale were held as fundraisers.

Members learned lots of new information about the work that goes into rescuing, and horses in general.

Rain Doesn't Stop Our Volunteers!

HART members are already beginning to volunteer and help animals 2 weeks into the semester.

On Sunday September 9th, ten HART members, including the whole executive staff, took a short trip to Bella Run Equine to clean stalls, bag hay, and check the pastures for fly guards (face masks that have fallen off the horses). The new and old members jumped right in to the work! Everyone worked through the rain and soaked their shoes with mud to help the horses.

Three HART members enjoying their first trip to Bella Run

Members met lots of new animals during their volunteer trip.

One of the many dogs of Bella Run lounging among the bags of hay

Volunteering, Fundraising and... Oh My, The Smiles!

As the semester starts to pick up, HART members start becoming more involved in the animal-loving community  - on campus and off.

On Sunday, September 10th, four HART members traveled out to Delaware, Ohio to help Bella Run with a horse show. They drove the two hours northwest thinking they would only be passing out flyers and holding banners, but a cute surprise was waiting for them: Puppies!

Left to Right: HART member, Emilie, and Vice President, Ashley, playing with the puppies that they
would be carrying in the Delaware (Ohio) parade with Bella Run.

One of the adorable pups that Bella Run brought to the horse show. These puppies were up
for adoption at the time of the parade. We have not been updated if they were adopted yet.

The parade was technically an "all-horse parade," and Bella Run dressed their horses and team in The Wizard of the Oz-themed outfits. According to their Facebook post, all but one horse went bitless and many of the people watching really enjoyed seeing the animals and costumes.

Bella Run marching and riding some of their horses at the All-horse parade. HART is so excited to be teamed up with
this wonderful organization. We hope to help with many more parades and events throughout this year.

HART President, Emily, poses with one of the horses Bella Run brought to the parade.

Back in Athens on that same Sunday, a meeting was held to inform the members of the upcoming fundraisers and we played a mini-game of "what are cats and dogs really allowed to eat?" It was a fun and informative time.

Since some of our members were off at the horse show,
the meeting was kept short and we did not have a planned
animal at Emeriti park that day. Some of the members
found a turtle in the pond and decided that was our animal
for the meeting. 

Thursday, September 14th, and Friday, September 15th, HART held two Puppy Chow sales on Ohio University's campus. Then on Saturday, September 16th, during Parent's Weekend, HART held its first kissing booth - a Puppy Kissing Booth that is!

HART members collect donations by "selling" puppy chow - a yummy snack for people - at the Ohio University
Alumni Gate. We were lucky enough to have a cute pup help us sell! Thanks to everyone who bought a bag.

The lucky puppy who got all the attention from the kissing
booth was Little Bear. Her breed is known as Teddy Bear
and she recently turned 7 months old. 

An OU Student steps into our kissing booth for some love from Little Bear!

Since it was Parents Weekend, students and families alike got to enjoy
Little Bear's kisses (and hugs). Thanks to everyone who stopped by!

HART would like to thank our member, Leah, for bringing Little Bear to the booth. If it 
wasn't for you too, the booth wouldn't have been possible!

While we didn't quite reach our goal this time, we are so excited to be able to donate to both Union Ridge Wildlife Center and Bella Run! Thanks to all who donated and partook in our FUNdraisers!

Today - September 24th - at 2PM we are having our next meeting followed by our first trip of the semester out to Union Ridge Wildlife Center where we will be helping update the Monkey's Island playground! Stay tuned!