SPECIAL PEOPLE UNITED TO RIDE INC

SPUR Board of Directors currently have the following goals:

1. To organize and execute fundraising events, to seek available grants and to solicit financial support of the community for the implementation of the Board's Mission

2. To provide scholarships for those disabled individuals who can not financially afford SPUR therapeutic horsemanship lessons.

3. To provide safe retirement for SPUR horses when they are no longer able to work in the SPUR program.

4. To assist the Monmouth County Park System in purchasing appropriate horses when needed for the SPUR program.

5. To help provide financial assistance for continuing education for SPUR instructors.

6. To inform the general public about SPUR and the positive effects therapeutic riding has for disabled individuals and to gain their support.

1. Establish sustainable annual fundraising events of various levels to solidify a consistent source of funding. Establishing small teams to execute each event with a Board member serving as a team leader.

2. Continue searching and applying for grants for all our programs from local and national foundations and organizations for our scholarship program and for instructor training.

3. Continue to refine the streamlining procedure for processing scholarships.

4. Establish specific line items in the projected 2020 budget for purchase of horses, equipment & SPUR instructor continued education based on input from the Monmouth County Park System on their expected needs.

5. Expand social media activity including Facebook, Instagram and an electronic mailing list. We are continuously updating the SPUR website to ensure that current information is available. We will also continue to send out newsletter with highlights of the program and its participants.

6. Expand and diversify Board of Directors. Implement a 5 year strategic plan.

1. Premier PATH Intl. Accredited Facility with indoor arena
2. PATH Intl. Certified Instructors
3. Trained volunteers
4. Equines trained for program implementation
5. Support of the SPUR Board of Directors
6. Support of the Monmouth County Park System
7. Support of the Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners

For fundraising efforts, we have expanded our efforts on a small scale working with local merchants which provides a steady stream of funds. This includes partnering with local restaurants, bars and clothing stores. Larger scale efforts are being planned as well, including seeking out large local donors.

We have expanded our search for grants to foundations requesting funding for the scholarship program and instructor training. Our efforts have been more successful with repeat awards from several foundations and recent awards from new ones.

We are still working on digitizing our mailing list and shifting to electronic notification and invitation applications to increase our outreach and reduce our administration costs.

Our ridership has increased by 25% which has required us to find new horses. We have found a couple that have worked out well in the SPUR programs and are in search of a couple more.

We developed a five year strategic plan last year that includes commitments to diversify the Board of Directors, to establish mission specific committees and to expand our search for more grant funding.