NYC Carriage Horses - Fund Raiser - One week to go

 

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HORSE SENSE Periodic updates about issues and actions concerning New York City's Carriage Horses + Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages www.banhdc.org Horses Without Carriages International www.horseswithoutcarriages.org PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ** Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages fund raiser * featuring Jane Velez-Mitchell, Brian Gari & Harris Bloom * NYC Mayoral election - What you can do * update on Salt Lake City * Note: use link provided to post on Facebook JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL & SENATOR TONY AVELLA AT OUR FUND RAISER Next Monday evening September 9th - We have only one week to go until our fund raiser. Please join with honored guests Jane Velez-Mitchell, of HLN's Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell and Senator Tony Avella, the sponsor of the historic bill to ban horse-drawn carriages at the Coalition's fund raiser to speak out for the carriage horses. Jane has been a very strong supporter of a ban on horse-drawn carriages, having addressed this issue several times on her TV news show Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell. Senator Tony Avella introduced the first ever bill to ban horse-drawn carriages in 2007 in the City Council. There is currently a bill in the State Senate to ban horse-drawn carriages. Without Tony, this issue would not have moved forward. Our fund raiser will be held at: ·  Fontana's - 105 Eldridge St, Manhattan, NY 10002 ·  WHEN: Monday night - September 9, 2013 ·  TIME: 6:30pm to 9:30pm We chose September 9th because it is the night before the all important mayoral primary and will also serve as a Get Out the Vote Rally for Bill deBlasio for Mayor. This is Jane Velez-Mitchell at one of our previous fund raisers. Please click here to see our invitation and to buy tickets. Tickets are $50. RAFFLE PRIZES - We have some great raffle prizes - thanks to everyone who donated. Click here to see the raffle prizes to date. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for night of Monday, September 9th. We are looking for a limited number of volunteers to help out at our fund raiser. If you are interested, willing and able, we'd be happy to comp your ticket. Please e-mail us at coalition@banhdc.org. (This is Tony Avella at a hearing for his historic carriage horse ban bill in the City Council.) ALSO STARRING BRIAN GARI AND HARRIS BLOOM Plus great vegan food This is the link to our invitation for more information. Besides Senator Avella and Jane Velez Mitchell, we are delighted to welcome singer and songwriter Brian Gari who will entertain us with songs including Horse of a Different Color - and once again Wall St. accountant by day, comedian Harris Bloom will MC the event. These restaurants have graciously donated vegan appetizers and desserts. Candle Cafe, The Loving Hut, Francia, Baby Cakes, Gone Pie, and Cinnamon Snail. New terrific additions include Heirloom Vegan Eatery, Chef Oscar Vegan Revolution and Treeline Treenut Cheese WE SUPPORT BILL DEBLASIO! PLEASE take action - see below This is coming down to a crucial three way race between Bill deBlasio, Bill Thompson and Christine Quinn. Please take the time that is left and volunteer for deBlasio. He is the only one who has said he will ban horse-drawn carriages - and overhaul the animal shelter system. . We have been running this deBlasio ad in Metro, the local paper. Look for it next Wednesday, September 4th. The primary is Tuesday, September 10th. WHAT YOU CAN DO: Volunteer for Bill deBlasio -- go directly to Bill deBlasio for Mayor web site ANTI CARRIAGE TRADE AD TO APPEAR IN SEVERAL PAPERS THIS WEEK Please check them out Last week, this ad was in Downtown Express, which should still be on the newsstands. It will appear in the weekly paper Gay City News, which is out on September 4th; in the weekly Ourtown/West Side Spirit/and Ourtown-Downtown on September 5th - and in the Community Network Group of papers in Queens, Brooklyn and Bronx beginning on Friday, September 6th. Be sure to pick one up. BAN CARRIAGE HORSE AD T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE We are now offering great looking t-shirts based on our successful ad campaign - Carriage Horses Suffer - thanks to Roberto, the Nomadic Cat -for the Ts and Jane Denny - for the original art work. Click here. BILL TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES IN NYS LEGISLATURE Please make calls - Bill Numbers: S667 and A997 + Sign the Petition The only bill to support in the campaign to ban horse-drawn carriages in NYC is the Avella/Rosenthal bill in the State Legislature. It is a pure ban. There are no strings attached. This is a link to a petition we have on change. org. Please sign it if you have not done so already. You can read the legislation by clicking on the bill numbers, S667 and A997 . Text in CAPS is new. Text with a strike through is deleted. (image of illegal u-turn on Central Park South) WHAT YOU CAN DO to support S667 and A997 - The horses need your help! Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to make calls and write e-mails to state legislators. If you have not yet done this, please do it now. It does not have to be done at one time. The horses need your help. All of the information we previously published on our newsletter is now on our web site under What You Can Do. Please read it and take action. (this is a picture of a NYC carriage horse eating his grains from the FILTHY street. ) BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE IN SALT LAKE CITY Jerry dies - please sign petition Please sign this petition on Change.org - Salt Lake City Council and Mayor: Ban horse carriages on Salt Lake City streets Jerry, the carriage horse died while owners were promoting another horse as Jerry. Vigil Tuesday for dead Salt Lake City carriage horse The vigil actually occurred last Tuesday, August 27th. PLEASE JOIN US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google Blog & Flickr Twitter -Click Here to join us Facebook - No Walk in the Park Facebook - Horses Without Carriages International Check out Youtube channel. Click Here. Visit our photo gallery at Flickr Visit our blog - Carriage Horses NYC HELP OUR ORGANIZATION BY SHOPPING ON LINE Also check out Cafe Press to purchase CBHDC merchandise Through a free registration with iGive, when you buy merchandise on line, your purchase will help us. There are over 700 stores that include such popular ones as Amazon.com, Staples, Best Buy and Barnes & Noble. Even Cafe Press is available if you purchase some of our merchandise. Click here to get started. On iGive - the name of our organization is "The Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc." We also have three stores on Cafe Press with great t-shirts, bags, hats, mugs, mouse pads, etc. Purchasing this merchandise helps our organization. Click here. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead.

 

email: coalition@banhdc.org web: http://banhdc.org/ Thank you for caring about the horses, Elizabeth Forel - Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages - a standing committee of The Coalition for New York City Animals, Inc. Please DONATE to our campaign to ban the inhumane and unsafe carriage horse industry.