Have I told you about Carly?

We have a young rider named Carly.  She’s 14 years old this summer, lives in Sundre, and she is so many wonderful things.  Carly is a good horsewoman, an athlete, a lovely mix of gentleness, determination and dedication … and Carly has a social conscience to boot.  It doesn’t hurt that she’s cute as a button either!

Carly rode with us last year, and decided she wanted to ride again this year, only this year she’d like to bring a friend or two.  Her friends didn’t know how they would ever come up with the $200/day though, so they weren’t nearly as excited as Carly about the prospect of attending.  They did not count on Carly’s ingenuity and determination.  Carly decided that she would have a bake sale to raise money for her and her friends to ride.  Carly and her mom, Karen, baked a lot of pink stuff and Carly arranged to have a table at the local Sobey’s store.

Carly raised $1,100 … which does not include the $550 she already raised in pledges herself and the $25 that is in her on-line pledge account!

So Carly now has $1,675!

If I can figure out how to change the photos Carly’s mom sent me into something that will print here, I’ll add the pics later.