Help Sophie fulfill her dream of owning her own pony

$224 of $3,000 goal
Given by 4 generous donors in around 3 months

Please help my daughter Sophie to get her own pony. A little over 2 years ago Soph was diagnosed with anxiety.

Southland

My daughter Sophie is 9 years old. A little over 2 years ago she was diagnosed with anxiety, social anxiety and a painful stomach condition directly related to this. It was diagnosed as Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome. (By a specialist pediatrician)

For as long as I can remember she has had a huge passion for horses.

We started her in private lessons approximately 8 months ago. She has gained confidence slowly but surely, she spent 4 months learning all of the groundwork and was finally confident enough to get on a pony. She is ready for her own pony.

After a long search we have found the perfect pony who matches her personality. He is a gelding and stands at 14.1hh. He will come with a saddle, bridle, covers and saddle pads. A friend from overseas suggested I give crowd funding a go.

We have saved enough for his gear and to set up a paddock and have a small shed/stable built.

Marcia Elliot's involvement (page creator)

I am involved because I am her mum and it breaks my heart to see her struggle in social situations and deal with her worries and anxiety multiple times a day. It was suggested to us that a pony is very therapeutic for children in Sophie's situation.

We have never done anything like this before.

Use of funds

The use of funds will go directly towards the purchase of the pony in the photo. The people who currently own him are holding him for us to give us time to come up with funds.

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Latest update

We did it!!!  7 June 2017

We managed to raise the funds with all of the kind donations from my friends overseas and huge help from a friend who had some items donated which she auctioned. I also auctioned off some antique and art deco glass and we hit our target.

Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for everything everyone did to help!!! Sophie's dream is about to come true!!!

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Latest donations

Craig
Craig on 01 May 2017
Good luck Sophie, hope you get the pony :)
$20
Private Donor
Private Donor on 26 Apr 2017
Gilles Cake
$29
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 19 Apr 2017
Beautiful x
$25
Raiha
Raiha on 19 Apr 2017
Wonderful Cause..x
$50
Marcia Elliot

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts x

Marcia Elliot
TheeDanielR
TheeDanielR on 19 Apr 2017
Let's do this!!! She's an angel! Let's get her that ponyyyyyyyy
$100
Marcia Elliot

You have such a kind heart x we love you and appreciate you so much!

Marcia Elliot

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This campaign started on 18 Apr 2017 and ended on 31 Jul 2017.