| Arizona Paint Horse Club earns top
APHA honors for community service
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—The Arizona Paint Horse Club was
recently honored with the American Paint Horse Association’s
(APHA’s) President’s Club of Distinction Award for the sixth
time for its outstanding contributions to the worldwide breed
organization. The award was presented to the club, one of more
than 100 affiliated with the association, during APHA’s recent
annual convention in Colorado Springs, Colo. Only four other
clubs received APHA’s highest club honor in 2009.
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Arizona Paint Horse
club members (from left) Russell Sinclair, Jean Buzzard,
Honey Lou Elliott, Trish Sinclair, Peg Waltz, Charles
Waltz and Tom Elliott accept an awards package for the
club that featured a Gist Silversmiths gift certificate
and APHA General Store gift certificates. Presenting the
award is APHA President-Elect Linda Vance (second from
right).
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APHA annually recognizes outstanding clubs for their
contributions to the Paint Horse industry and their
respective communities by honoring them with Gold Star
Club status. From among these clubs, the President’s
Club of Distinction award winners are chosen. The
selected clubs exemplify the qualities of a premier
regional club through services to their members, their
community and APHA.
To earn the honor, the
Arizona Paint Horse Club submitted materials that
detailed community service and other worthwhile
activities taken on by the APHA local affiliate during
the previous year to a panel of three judges. For
example, the club held a used tack fundraiser and chili
cook-off for the club, collected boots for the Horses
Help organization, held a toy drive for Toys-For-Tots
and a charity fundraiser benefiting the Make-A-Wish
Foundation, plus many other activities to keep the
atmosphere fun for their members. They also made a good
impression at the APHA World Show winning 3rd place in
overall Youth Team Tournament Competition.
More About APHA
Currently, American
Paint Horses are being registered at APHA’s Fort Worth,
Texas, headquarters at a rate of more than 35,000 horses
each year. APHA has registered more than 958,000 horses
in 59 nations and territories since it was founded 47
years ago, and now serves approximately 85,000 active
members around the world. APHA, a non-profit
organization, prides itself on community involvement and
educating the public about the beauty and talent of the
breed. Among its many activities, APHA works to preserve
bloodlines and maintain the outstanding characteristics
of Paint Horses. For more information, visit the
Association’s Web site at
apha.com or call (817) 834-2742.
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