March 2nd, 2021

Dear Road’s End Farm Family,

We made it! It's the official end of our giving campaign. And all we can say is WOW! Just wow! With your help, we surpassed our goal of $100,000 and have raised over $145,000 for our beloved Farm! Our deepest thanks to everyone who has participated by giving and sharing. It’s because of YOU that this campaign has been such a stunning success!

In true Road’s End Farm fashion, we’ll leave the GoFundMe open for the ‘Slow Packers’ out there, and you can also continue to give via Venmo and check. This website will go largely dormant, but FoREF will be here, perhaps in a different capacity, for future efforts.

Going forward, you can continue to support the Farm by attending camp and off-season programming (see you at Women’s Weekend 2021?!). You can also help by sharing far and wide your love for REF: bringing new generations into our Farm family is the very best way to sustain our home at the end of the road.

Check out one last round of goodies we’ve made as a token of our appreciation for your help and support. On our Goodies & Extras page, you’ll find a new trivia quiz, a new photo album, and access to a number of videos that will tug at your heartstrings and make you feel like you’re right back at the Farm.

We have loved creating and managing this campaign. Reconnecting with you and with the Farm has been a bright spot during these difficult, pandemic-heavy months. We hope it has been a bright spot for you, too. Let’s keep working together to make sure REF, our source of endless joy and love, stays healthy for many years to come.

Bless Road’s End Farm forever 💚

With much love and appreciation,

The Friends of Road’s End Farm Team

ps. Below is a little thank-you video we put together. To help us celebrate the campaign's success, join us in the challenge Diana mentions! Head to Instagram or Facebook to share a picture of you and your Farm buddies with the hashtag #FoREFChallenge. Tag two friends to keep it going!

December 18th, 2020

Dear Road’s End Farm Family,

We are Friends of Road’s End Farm (FoREF), a volunteer team of longtime campers, counselors, and parents who are raising funds to support our home at the end of the road. Between the five of us, we have spent more than 25 summers at the Farm, ridden more than 60 Farm ponies, and picked countless rocks out of the feedlots. You’re here because you, too, have had similar experiences and understand why the Farm is so special.

We all know too well how deeply the COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of life, and REF is no exception to experiencing the terrible consequences of this crisis. While the Farm has been able to rely on savings in recent months, canceling the 2020 camp season had very serious effects on everything from daily operations to the Farm’s long-term financial outlook. Unlike most other summer camps that close up for the year at the end of the summer, Road’s End Farm has significant year-round operational costs related to maintenance of the Farm, staff, and of course, care of our beloved herd. Another canceled summer would be devastating. So we at FoREF have organized an official giving campaign to ensure our beloved Farm stays healthy and enduring for many years to come. Our goal is to raise $100,000 by March 1st, 2021.

This campaign has Tom and Alicia’s blessing, and we are working closely with Briony, the new Camp Director. We’ve got all that covered - now this is where you come in! We invite you to join us in giving to the Farm. Any amount (yes, any amount) is most welcome and will make a huge difference. There are lots of ways to give - see the banner above or click on the Ways to Give tab. All funds will go directly to the Farm. To see details of what your gift supports, check out the Your Support tab. Once you've given, Share Your Why.

Speaking of this website, we hope you stick around to explore! This is where you’ll find updates throughout the campaign, including testimonials, photos (vintage ponies!), trivia, and much more. Subscribe to be kept in the loop, and be sure to follow the Farm on social media. Please add our email address, FriendsofRoadsEndFarm@gmail.com to your contacts so we don’t end up in your spam folder. And share this site far and wide with anyone you think would be interested in supporting the Farm.

No matter your age, location, or connection to the Farm, we know you are like us in that your life (or the life of someone you love) would not be the same had you not known what it means to be a Road’s End Farm kid: hearing the echoing shout of “Ring the bell!” at the end of a long day, seeing your hard work clearing brush pay off in a cozy bonfire, and feeling your favorite pony’s velvety nose as you snuggle after a great ride. We hope you join us in ensuring that many generations of REF kids can experience these and all the other wonderful things the Farm has offered so selflessly for so long. After all, many hands really do make light work.

With love and appreciation,

The Friends of Road’s End Farm team