{"id":437,"date":"2006-05-20T02:27:05","date_gmt":"2006-05-19T19:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=437"},"modified":"2006-07-23T23:46:35","modified_gmt":"2006-07-23T16:46:35","slug":"american-paint-horse-foundation-help-raise-funds-for-college-scholarship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/american-paint-horse-foundation-help-raise-funds-for-college-scholarship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"American Paint Horse Foundation help raise funds for college scholarship program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Innovative American Paint Horse Foundation
\nprojects help raise funds for successful college scholarship program<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

FORT WORTH, TEXAS <\/strong>\u00c2\u2014For the 23rd consecutive year, the American Paint Horse Foundation (APHF) will award college scholarships to deserving students late this summer for the 2006\u00c2\u20132007 academic year. Since 1983, more than 150 students have been awarded with 409 scholarships, worth more than $407,000. In the 2005\u00c2\u20132006 academic year alone, 14 new and 22 renewed $1,000 scholarships were awarded.
\nTo support successful programs like this, the APHF offers breed enthusiasts many ways to get involved.<\/p>\n

Sales, auctions fund scholarships<\/strong>
\nSeveral of the newest fund-raising projects designed to help the foundation offer scholarships include a cookbook, reduced-rate breedings to champion reining sire Boomernic AQHA, sale of the coffee table book The American Paint Horse: A Photographic Portrayal, and the auction of a pair of hand-crafted Billy Klapper spurs. The spurs will be up for bid during the 2006 World Championship Paint Horse Show\u00c2\u2019s World Showcase Sale on July 1 and on-line prior to the live auction.<\/p>\n

Returning programs and services<\/strong>
\nSeveral returning incentives that benefit the scholarship program include an annual trainer services sale, which allows the public to purchase one month of an expert\u00c2\u2019s time at a discounted fee; warm-up classes, which provide competitors schooling classes at the APHA World Show; as well as three World Showcase Sale items\u00c2\u2014a Gist bit, a bronze by Clay Gant and a Pro Stepps product package worth $250.<\/p>\n

The Foundation also promotes the preservation of Paint Horse history with its returning programs and services, such as the Legacy of Color bronze series. Tax-deductible donations earn contributors bronzes in the series, which depict the various color patterns found in the Paint Horse breed.<\/p>\n

Also benefiting APHF\u00c2\u2019s historical goals are a one-of-a-kind pair of spurs from The Masters Collection by Gist Silversmiths. Hand-crafted with sterling silver accents, blued finish and featuring a black and white enameled Paint Horse, they will be available for purchase as a lot in the World Showcase Sale in Fort Worth, Texas, July 1.<\/p>\n

Donations<\/strong>
\nIn addition to supporting the American Paint Horse Foundation through the purchase of goods and services, tax-deductible donations are also accepted and may be designated for scholarships, historical preservation, research or general use. Items of historical interest to the breed may also be donated. To download the contribution form, visit apha.com\/foundation\/contributions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information <\/strong>
\nTo learn more about the unique services and opportunities offered by the American Paint Horse Foundation, or for information about how to donate, visit apha.com\/foundation.
\nFor further details about the scholarship program, e-mail rteate@apha.com, or call (817) 834-2742, ext. 422.
\nQuestions about APHA\u00c2\u2019s historical preservation and archiving efforts should be directed to Audrey Choate via e-mail at achoate@apha.com, or phone (817) 834-2742, ext. 410.<\/p>\n

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Innovative American Paint Horse Foundation projects help raise funds for successful college scholarship program FORT WORTH, TEXAS \u00c2\u2014For the 23rd consecutive year, the American Paint Horse Foundation (APHF) will award college scholarships to deserving students late this summer for the 2006\u00c2\u20132007 academic year. Since 1983, more than 150 students have been awarded with 409 scholarships, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}