December 7, 2011
Dear Members and Friends,
It is with heavy hearts that we're sending this email out to you today. Sadly, this email is to announce the closing of the BVDCTA. It seems that there is just not enough interest to warrant keeping it up & running and our seemingly tireless volunteers have simply run out of gas. We'd like to sincerely thank all of you who have volunteered at, participated in, and supported in any capacity, any BVDCTA event.
When this club was founded in January 2008, there was a great need for horse-related events in the Blackstone Valley area and BVDCTA was very successful at bringing those much needed events to the area. We got to meet a lot of wonderful people, foster new horsey friendships and share valuable information amongst horsemen (and women). Now, the Blackstone Valley area horse community has really come to life and there are many events to participate in, which is a wonderful thing for horse people in the local area. This abundance of activity, however, has created less of a need for the BVDCTA and thus, the decision was made to bring it to a close.
The Board of Directors is working on wrapping up all the final details for the year end awards, which will be mailed to all who qualified. Extra supplies and goods will be donated to the Woodville Trail Busters 4-H Club and the Camp Marshall 4-H Club, both of which have supported BVDCTA immensely. The Board has also made the decision that all monies left in the bank account at the time of closing will be donated to CANTERNE.
We look forward to seeing you all out at the many events that will continue in the Blackstone Valley and surrounding areas and please be sure to continue to support those events, as well as the generous local businesses that helped support BVDCTA from inception.
Happy Trails,
BVDCTA