Beaufort Polo Club's fantastic fundraiser targets £25,000
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Beaufort Polo Club is gearing up for an amazing day of polo, auctions, live music and divot-treading on Saturday 4 July, to raise vital funds for the Brooke, the UK’s leading charity for working horses and donkeys overseas.
The beautiful Cotswold club is offering the quintessential polo experience – including find-a-cork-win-a-bottle-of-wine and, of course, divot-treading - to raise £25,000 for the Brooke. The money raised will help the Brooke fund a new and much-needed mobile veterinary clinic vehicle in Lahore, Pakistan.
To boot there are some incredible prizes to be won at auction, including: 7 days and 6 nights at sea for 5 adults on a private yacht in the Carribbean; 1 week’s stay for 4 people at a 5* golf villa in Spain; Two nights deluxe double room stay at the Goring Hotel in London, including 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts; plus others!
Sharon Schofield, Interim Director of Fundraising at the Brooke says, “Beaufort’s fundraising polo day is a special event to celebrate Brooke’s 75th anniversary and we want lots of people to join us. It will be a great day out where friends will experience something really unique at a relaxed and friendly club set in beautiful countryside. You don’t even need to be a polo expert as there is a demonstration before the match begins!
“Everyone who comes will be helping the Brooke to buy a brand new vehicle for its mobile vet team in Lahore, Pakistan. Our team of experts will able to reach poor communities equipped with everything they need to stop the suffering of thousands of hardworking horses and donkeys in Lahore, Pakistan for a whole year.”
This year the Brooke celebrates its 75th anniversary. From its humble beginnings in Cairo in 1934, the Brooke has gone from strength to strength. Last year we reached 700,000 working horses and donkeys – and it’s our goal to increase the number of working animals we can help to 2 million a year by 2016.
The Brooke’s lifesaving work includes networks of mobile veterinary teams and field clinics that provide care and treatment along with education and training, to help teach communities how to care for the animals on which their lives depend. By ensuring the animals are healthy, happy and fit for work, the millions of people who rely on their animals to survive can earn a living and put food on the table.
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