Our local Karen Smart sent this announcement – please read, and then we all do what we can to help…

From LIZ Masters via FB – In her words – December 30, 2011…
It is with deep sorrow and pain that I write to my Facebook rescue
community and ask for your urgent help. Within this last week I have been
both diagnosed with late-stage cancer and my employer has just closed
their doors. Those of you who know me personally or through these pages
know that these last many years I have rescued hundreds of horses that
I’ve nursed back to health and re-homed over… the years here at my
ranch. I now need your help desperately. I must find resources and homes
for about 80 head that I currently have at the ranch, various breeds,
ages and abilities. I currently have a decent stock of hay, but it will
dwindle quickly with this many horses. My funds will drain quickly with
their healthcare costs and support. I need large-scale rescue help to
place these horses, as well as funds to see them through until they’re
all homed. I am pretty overwhelmed with their care and feeding, as I’ve
had to let my ranch help go. My ranch manager has agreed to stay to help
with their care and dispersal, as well as to help manage the re-homing
process. I need your fund-raising help to keep covering their costs. All
funds will go directly to their care and feeding and all help to home the
horses is welcomed. My PayPal address is: aercrider@hotmail.com I know
the rescue community is working overtime right now, but I desperately
need assistance. I also currently have many dogs that have been rescued
from various shelters that will desperately need homes. Please help
anyway you can.

They are working on a FB page with pictures and information about her
horses – in the meantime here is the link to a blog with some contact
information:
http://lizmasterssilentknight.chipin.com/liz-master-and-silent-night-farm-fundraising

also Liz’s facebook page (hope the link works)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000839355693&sk=wall