CALYPSO EQUESTRIAN
2647 ALPINE ROAD, MENLO PARK, CA 94025 www.calypsoequestrian.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BY FACILITATING THE REHABILITATION AND RETRAINING OF HORSES IN TRANSITION WITH A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND COMPASSIONATE, RESPONSIBLE HORSE OWNERSHIP AND CARE.

TRANSITIONING HORSES FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE ("CALYPSO HEAD START PROGRAM")THE CALYPSO HEAD START PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO GIVE EACH HORSE WE WORK WITH THE VERY BEST CHANCE FOR A SUCCESSFUL SECONDARY CAREER. EACH HORSE IN OUR PROGRAM RECEIVES THE FOLLOWING:-FULL BOARD WITH TURNOUT, BLANKETING, COMPLETE NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTED FEED, FULL DAILY CARE AND NIGHT CHECKS SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK.-TOP-NOTCH TRAINING ON THE GROUND AND UNDER SADDLE-ACCESS TO EXPERT VETERINARY SERVICES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE, ONGOING FARRIER WORK, ORAL EXAMS/ TEETH MAINTENANCE, EXTENSIVE GROOMING.-USE OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY IN ORDER TO TRACK PROGRESS AND/OR FIND ADOPTIVE HOMES. (AS NEEDED)-CONTROLLED AND SAFE EXPOSURE TO SHOW GROUND ACTIVITY, BALLOONS, DOGS, OTHER HORSES, CARS/ TRAFFIC, TRAIL RIDING, ARENA RIDING, JUMPS, WATER, BATHING, CLIPPING, TRAILER LOADING ETC.-HONEST INSIGHT INTO THE TEMPERAMENT, TRAINING AND FUTURE POTENTIAL OF THE HORSE AS A COMPETITIVE MOUNT OR FAMILY HORSE.-POTENTIAL FOR TRANSITION INTO THE SECONDARY CAREERS THAT OUR GROUP OF TRUSTED PROFESSIONALS (VETERINARIANS, TRAINERS, FARRIER ETC) DEEMS THE HORSE TO BE FIT FOR.-IDEALLY THESE HORSES ARE SHOWN LOCALLY TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT SECOND CHANCE HORSES CAN DO WITH THE PROPER TLC THEY NEED!A HUGE PART OF OUR MISSION'S SUCCESS IS DUE TO THE DIFFERENT APPROACH OF GIVING SECOND-CHANCE HORSES FULLY FUNDED SUPPORT TO SHOW OFF WHAT THEY CAN DO. WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT, THESE HORSES WOULD GO UNSEEN AND THEREFORE WE ENABLE THE PROGRESSION OF A MORE COMPASSIONATE APPROACH AND A WILLINGNESS TO TRANSITION HORSES TO A SECOND CAREER THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IN THE EQUESTRIAN INDUSTRY.SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF 2020 INCLUDE :-SUCCESSFUL LIFE-SAVING SURGERY ON JAN 1 2020 FOR A HORSE WHO CAME TO USE WITH MULTIPLE HEALTH ISSUES IN LATE 2019. THIS HORSE REQUIRED EXTENSIVE REHABILITATIVE CARE AND TRAINING, AND UNDER OUR CARE HAS GONE ON TO COMPETING SUCCESSFULLY IN HIS SECOND CAREER AND BEING CHEERED ON BY CALYPSO SUPPORTERS AND FANS.-CALYPSO HORSE WHO WE ACQUIRED AS A RETIRED RACEHORSE WON THE SONOMA 3' GREEN HUNTER CLASS IN 2020 AND WAS COMMENDED PUBLICLY BY THE JUDGE AND SHOW ORGANIZER AS AN "INSPIRING SUCCESS STORY". THIS HORSE IS ROUTINELY REFERENCED BY SUPPORTERS AS THE SECOND-CHANCE HORSE WHO INSPIRED THEM TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CAUSE- USUALLY AFTER MEETING HIM AT A HORSE SHOW! -CALYPSO HORSE THAT CAME TO US WITH KNOWN BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS AND ANXIETY WAS SUCCESSFULLY REHABILITATED AND TRAINED TO THE DEGREE THAT HE WAS ABLE TO COMPETE VERY SUCCESSFULLY IN THE ENGLISH RIDING CIRCUIT. THIS ENABLED THE EQUESTRIAN PURSUITS OF A JUNIOR RIDER WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE HER COMPETITIVE AMBITIONS. CALYPSO FULLY FUNDED ALL THE CARE AND SHOW EXPENSES.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: RENAMED AS THE CALYPSO CREATE MORE KINDNESS" PROGRAMTHIS PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THE WORK WE DO OUTSIDE OF CARING AND TRAINING FOR THE SECOND-CHANCE HORSES DIRECTLY IN OUR CARE. THIS IS THE WORK WE DO TO SUPPORT AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT COMPASSIONATE RESPONSIBLE HORSE CARE AND TO ENABLE POSITIVE CHANGES FOR HORSE WELFARE IN THE EQUESTRIAN INDUSTRY.JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD, WE HAD TO ADJUST OUR PROGRAMS DURING THE PANDEMIC. LARGE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, BARN TOURS AND VOLUNTEER DAYS WERE NOT POSSIBLE DURING MUCH OF 2020, AND SO WE ADJUSTED TO SPREAD OUR MESSAGE OF "CREATING MORE KINDNESS" THROUGH OUR GIFT ITEMS, VIRTUAL SUMMITS, AND ACTS OF SOCIALLY DISTANCED AID AND KINDNESS. (TREAT AND SUPPLY DELIVERY TO LOCAL SECOND-CHANCE HORSES AND NON-PROFITS WITH MUCH LESS EXPOSURE THAN WE HAVE.)DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, CARE FOR THE HORSES MUST CONTINUE AROUND THE CLOCK. THE INCREDIBLE TRAINERS, VETERINARIANS AND CONTRACTORS WHO CARE FOR THESE CREATURES CONTINUED TO WORK AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SERVICES.A THEME FOR THIS YEAR WAS BEING THERE FOR EACH OTHER EVEN WHEN NOT POSSIBLE IN PERSON, AND THIS EXTENDED VERY MUCH INTO THE EQUESTRIAN WORLD. WE HAD TO PUT OUR PONY EDUCATION DAYS ON HOLD, AS WELL AS THE PAMPHLET HAND-OUT AND OTHER FACETS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC - WE PLAN TO CONTINUE THIS WORK ONCE IT IS SAFE AND WE ARE CLEARED TO DO SO UNDER LOCAL REGULATIONS.SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF 2020 INCLUDE :-CALYPSO EQUESTRIAN WAS FEATURED WITH BOTH OUR CREATE MORE KINDNESS AND HEAD START PROGRAM IN THE EQUESTRIAN LIVING NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 "HEROES" ISSUE- FEATURING THE 20 MOST INFLUENTIAL PROGRAMS HELPING HORSES IN NEED IN THE USA. -CALYPSO EQUESTRIAN ALSO UPGRADED THE FOOTING IN OUR TRAINING ARENA AND IT WAS RENAMED THE CREATE MORE KINDNESS" ARENA DURING THE SPRING OF 2020.-WE PROVIDED FUNDING FOR TEMPORARY SUPPLIES, FOOD & SHELTER TO MORE THAN 20 HORSES WHO WERE DISPLACED DURING THE 2020 WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA.-IT WAS A YEAR OF SOCIALLY DISTANCED GIVING AND ADJUSTING THE WAYS THAT WE CAN BE IMPACTFUL IN THE COMMUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PROGRAMS AND FINDING MORE INNOVATIVE WAYS TO CREATE MORE KINDNESS AND COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR HORSES IN NEED.

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