| Indiana Paint Horse Club earns top
APHA honors for community service
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—The Indiana Paint Horse Club was
recently honored with the American Paint Horse Association’s
(APHA’s) President’s Club of Distinction Award for the eighth
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 for their
accomplishments last year.
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Indiana Paint Horse
Club members Robin Robinette (left) and Larry Morse
(right) accept an awards package for the club that
featured a Gist Silversmiths gift certificate and APHA
General Store gift certificates. Presenting the award is
President-Elect Linda Vance.
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Annually, APHA 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
Indiana 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 holds fundraisers to benefit their
local humane society and St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital, their local food pantry by holding a benefit
trail ride, a charity walk-trot class and cash
donations. The club cut costs by designing a web site
and supporting it with a quarterly newsletter. They
changed their awards dinner to a carry-in type dinner
with meat and drinks provided thus costing attendees
less to purchase a ticket and also less cost on the club
finances. They also raised money for their youth team to
compete in the horse judging contest through a dog and
horse treats sale. Their stallion service auction
features 100% payback of collected fees to the
exhibitors and the entire stud fee paid back at their
futurity.
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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