Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation Awards $5,000 to Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation

Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation Awards $80,000 in Grants

WEST CHESTER, PA — The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) announced it awarded the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) $5,000 to be used for educational purposes.

The TRF’s mission is to rescue ex-racehorses, no longer able to compete at the racetrack, from neglect, abuse, and slaughter. Further, TRF collaborates with correctional facilities in eight states to provide vocational training to inmates who, in turn, care for horses that are not suitable for second athletic careers.

In alignment with their mission to support and promote equine education by supporting organizations that are educating the public on the proper care of horses, TERF offers their financial assistance in 2021. TRF will use the funds to implement the Second Chances Farm Groom Elite (SCGE) Vocational program at all TRF Second Chance Programs.  TRF’s goal is to provide standardized level of education at each facility, educate inmates on proper care of thoroughbreds, and create higher-skilled individuals who can receive gainful employment upon release from prison.

TERF’s grants reflect the values set forth by founders Herb and Ellen Moelis. TERF’s current Board, includes co-Chairs Kathleen Anderson DVM, and James Orsini DVM, Margaret H. Duprey, Gretchen and Roy Jackson, Ellen and Herb Moelis, Wendy Moon, Anita Motion, Toni Orsini, Scott Palmer VMD, Josh Pons, Lucy Zungailia, Katelyn Jackson and Lynn Cassimeris, Ph.D.

To make learn more about the Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation please visit www.terfusa.org

To make a tax-deductible donation to TERF, visit https://chescocf.org/fund/thoroughbred-education-and-research-foundation/  or send a donation to TERF c/o The Chester County Community Foundation, 28 West Market Street, West Chester, PA 19382.

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