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Tag: Save Bostons Horses

  • Thursday, April 23, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm – 3rd Annual Derby Dash: Hats + Hearts for Horses

    Mystic, Frederick, Liberty, Otis, Baron, and Winston cordially invite you to a fabulous evening, the 3rd Annual Derby Dash: Hats & Hearts for Horses, on Thursday, April 23, from 5:30 – 8 in the Copley Place Rotunda, 100 Huntington Avenue.  Let’s break out the hats, food, and juleps in preparation for the 141st Kentucky Derby, in support of Boston’s Park Ranger Mounted Unit.  Festivities include a spirited Hat Contest for both men and ladies.  Ticket price includes complimentary libations and hors d’oeuvre.  Hat judges include Erica Corsano of The Herald, Kennedy Elsey of MIX 104.1, Jonathan Soroff of The Improper Bostonian, and Tina Sutton of the Boston Globe. Tickets are $150 ($125 for young professionals under 35), and may be purchased through PayPal at www.savebostonshorses.org, or you may mail a check to PO Box 67147, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.  Image from www.stayclassycanton.com.

  • Thursday, November 21, 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Special Salute to Toni!

    Thursday, November 21, 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Special Salute to Toni!

    Please join Honorary Chair Henry Lee and Chair Pamela Lazares, along with the Friends of the Mounted Unit for complimentary libations and hors d’oeuvre in their continuing support of the Boston’s Park Rangers Mounted Unit on Thursday, November 21, from 6 – 8 in the Admirals Bank, John Hancock Tower, 200 Clarendon Street, 22nd floor, Boston. $150 per ticket.

    Pamela Lazares invites you as well to a private reception honoring retiring Commissioner of Boston’s Parks and Recreation Antonia M. Pollak, from 5 – 6.  The $500 VIP ticket includes the general reception.  RSVP by November 16 – you may do so online and pay with PayPal at www.savebostonshorses.org.

    Check in at the front desk, first floor of the John Hancock building – please bring proof of identification.

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  • The Friends of the Boston Park Rangers

    The Garden Club of the Back Bay web site has a new link on the right hand side of our home page – the Friends of the Boston Park Rangers.  The Boston Mounted Horse Project: Preserving Boston’s Park Ranger Mounted Unit, can be found at www.SaveBostonsHorses.org.  The friends group, led by Julie Donahue and Cokie Perry, has applied for independent non-profit status, but on a temporary basis, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy is serving as the fiduciary agent for the friends and welcomes donations payable to the Justine Mee Liff Fund, designated for the Boston Park Ranger Program.  Checks may be sent to the Emerald Necklace Conservancy at 125 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115.

    The Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit was created in 1982 through an initial effort by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. It has since grown into a program that once boasted more than twelve patrol horses and twenty-four year-round park rangers plus the addition of seasonal rangers. However, due to budget constraints, the program has been halved and is under consideration of total disbandment.

    When the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit faced disbandment last year, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy raised $140,000 in donations to maintain the unit through the fiscal year 2010 and the early part of 2011. The efforts of the Conservancy saved jobs and protected the safety of the park system by providing funding to local enforcement to continue providing mounted security to the Emerald Necklace.

    Now, facing a renewed effort to cease the mounted program, the Friends of the Boston Park Rangers have taken up the cause. Through fund-raising and donations, they hope to reach their goal of providing the city of Boston with $155,000 to maintain the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit through the fiscal year, and further prove the mounted program’s importance and necessity in maintaining the safety of Boston’s park system.  Some very nifty aprons are available for purchase, too.