Our Equestrian Therapy Program Has Moved
Our Equestrian Therapy Program has moved to a new location. We are now located at the beautiful Rancho Tujunga ranch, a full care equestrian facility. It is located at 11900 Big Tujunga Canyon Rd. Tujunga, Ca. 91042. Anyone is welcome to come by to visit the facility. For a tour, please contact our equine manager, Ann Marriner, at ann@willieross.org or call (818) 786-7677. Ann will be happy to introduce our horses, show you around the facility, and explain how our program benefits the clients we serve.
WRF 1st Annual Rummage Sale
The Willie Ross Foundation relies on funds through the state of California and Los Angeles county. These funds provide day program services for the individuals we serve. Since the inception of the WRF Day Program in 2003, we have received less than 5% increase in rate for all of our consumers. In a recent article, the LA Times reported a 37% increase in the cost of gasoline within the last four months. As you can imagine, with the rising cost of food, gas, rent, and everything else, we have found the state generated funds to be greatly lacking.
We are always searching for creative ways to appeal to the public to assist us with day-to-day program costs. Even the smallest measures add up to significant amounts. In this way, we hope you will join us at our First Annual Rummage Sale! We are accepting household goods, men's/women's clothes, baby items, and anything else that we can sell. We are asking that all items are clean, usable, and in good condition.
Please mark your calendars for, Saturday, June 21, 2008 from 9am to 12:00 noon or until everything sells! Come visit us at 14547 Gilmore St. Van Nuys, CA. We ask that you deliver your donations to the Gilmore address the week of June 16th. All proceeds will directly benefit our clients for their daily programs!
... or call us at (818) 786-7677.
And who knows, you may find a treasure or two!
Willie Ross Video Series: The Benefits of Therapeutic Horseback Riding
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The Willie Ross Foundation offer therapeutic horseback riding programs in the Los Angeles, California for kids and adults suffering from dual disabilities, including cerebral palsy, autism and multiple sclerosis.
Willie Ross Video Series: The Ways the Developmentally Disabled Communicate
Our new video series introduced by Anthony Hopkins. The Willie Ross Foundation offers therapeutic horseback riding and adventure therapy programs in the Los Angeles, California for non-verbal kids and adults suffering that also suffer from other disabilities, including cerebral palsy, autism and multiple sclerosis.
Willie Ross Video Series: Lianna's Story
The Willie Ross Foundation is an organization, which serves individuals who are non-verbal and developmentally disabled in Van Nuys, California. Lianna is one our success stories how how art and adventure therapies can be used to help even the most severe cases. Presented by Anthony Hopkins.
Who Will Be The First to Give?
Do you want to raise money for us and you don't know where to start? Do you have a creative, individual idea that would raise money for the Willie Ross Foundation and want to make it easy for your friends and family to donate on your behalf? Well, we have set up an account with FirstGiving.com that will allow you to implement your idea.
How To Do It
- Set up an account at FirstGiving.com.
- Confirm your account via email.
- Select the Willie Ross Foundation (Woodland Hills, CA) as the organization you are raising money for.
- Add your photo, personal money goals, personal statment.
- You are ready to go to the next step of adding your profile to your social pages. Example: Tim's Page
How To Link It
- Once you have created your profile, you can login in and go to your Fundraising pages. Here you will find a way to automatically add your donation page to your FaceBook profile.
- You can also add our YouTube video to this page. Just cut and paste the video code on the right.
- Next, if you have a blog or MySpace page, you can use the Widget feature to creat custom code that can integrate into your profile or blog! Example: Tim's Page
How To Email It
- You can then import your Outlook or Plaxo address book to the FirstGiving site under Fundraising pages - EMAIL- and you can email all your friends and family. If they like, they can even create a fundraising page to see who can reach their goal first!
Search Online and Benefit Us at the same time
Willie Ross has recently joined GoodSearch.com. We get paid based on advertising revenue and items purchased. When you go to GoodSearch (you can even set it as your home page), simply select Willie Ross and start searching and working away!
For this to succeed, please ask your friends and family and them to help support us through GoodSearch. Something as simple as online search can benefit us tremendously.
We estimate that each search will raise $0.01 for the Willie Ross Foundation. The more people use GoodSearch, the more money will be directed towards your cause. The sky is the limit! While the searches and estimated search revenue is calculated in real time, the GoodShop shopping data is posted weekly. There may be a delay in the donation appearing in the results as our retailers can take up to eight weeks to report their sales back to us from the time of your purchase. Also, you may notice a change in the totals due to returned merchandise or cancelled orders.
Here's an example of how much our organization can earn:
| Charity or School Size | Number of Supporters | Average Searches Per Day | Estimated Revenue/Year from Search | Amount Purchased Per Person/Year via GoodShop | Average % of Sale Donated | Estimated Revenue from Shopping | Total Donation/Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 100 | 2 | $730 | $500 | 3% | $1,500 | $2,230 |
| Medium | 1,000 | 2 | $7,300 | $500 | 3% | $15,000 | $22,300 |
| Large | 10,000 | 2 | $73,000 | $500 | 3% | $150,000 | $223,000 |
The data provided herein is estimated. For example, the revenue does not reflect certain adjustments which may be provided for in the terms of service (e.g. adjustments due to fraudulent searches, or returned or cancelled merchandise). As a result, we offer no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of this information. This information is to be used as a guide only.