I'm posting this on behalf of a good friend- it's a really great cause that i thought i'd share

The Darkhorse Report
www.darkhorsefoundation.org

For those of you who are fans of the Darkhorse Foundation- it might be beneficial to know that your efforts *are* actually making a difference.

In case you are not familiar with us, last month, we received our 501c-3 status from the IRS and are now officially recognized as a public charity at both the Federal and State levels. This was both hard earned, and an exciting step in our evolution.

As you may know, The Darkhorse Foundation was created to help aid at-risk youth, and to rescue wild American horses from Federal lands where our government would have otherwise rounded them up and had them slaughtered in accordance with section 142 of Consolidated Appropriations Bill (HR 4818), passed by the US Congress in 2005.

But all background aside, as the Foundation Director, I wanted to take a moment to publish a little blurb about something which is infinitely more important than all of the aforementioned: To wit- how important it is to have people like you who make it all possible.

...While last month was really our very first month in terms of getting things up and running- of getting our website fully functional, of organizing our finances, and so on- it was nonetheless exciting in that we were actually able to generate a small amount of revenue by driving users to our website (www.darkhorsefoundation.org), and having these users create revenue for the Foundation simply by doing things like using our Google-based search engine, like clicking on a sponsored ad, or by downloading free software that was of interest to them.

In fact, last month was a record breaking month for us in terms of the number of unique site visitors, and in the coming months, it is our hope that we will continue to spread word about what we are trying to do, and to begin to deliver really compelling content that will make users come back to visit our website frequently.

Furthermore, it may please you to know that this revenue isn't being squandered- its being set aside in a tax-deferred, interest bearing account which is earmarked to assist in the ongoing development of our horse ranch, to be used as seed money for grant matching, and for the day to day operations of the Darkhorse Foundation.
Certainly, noone here is getting wealthy- but with the help of a few of your mouse clicks, we can continue to make a difference.

So, visit our website: www.darkhorsefoundation.org, and Google something- anything, it doesn't matter... click on an ad, make a donation, set us as your default when you want to Google something, send word on to a friend, add us as a myspace friend (http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsefoundation )... all of your efforts will help to save our great American horses from slaughter, and will help to steer at-risk kids onto the right path.

Sincerely,
-Stephen E. Kerver
Director, The Darkhorse Foundation