Brenda Abbamonte Horse Barn Fire

This GoFundMe is for a fellow horsewoman and my friend, Brenda Abbamonte, from Pinckney MI who lost her horse barn to a fast fire Saturday 1/20/24 around 2pm. Many of you know Brenda as my veterinary assistant from a few years ago. She has four horses, and thankfully all were out of the barn when it burned to the ground. Even some of the fencing melted and were destroyed, as they were connected to the barn. As you can imagine, all of her hay for the season, grain, supplements, medications, equipment (such as buckets, feed pans, brushes, pitchforks, etc.) saddles, bridles.... everything, was in the barn is in now gone.

There is a lot to be thankful for in this scenario, but also there is a lot of devastation, shock, loss and emotional energies spent.

So many of you have contacted me to help, and I am assisting Brenda and her family to coordinate this generosity and kindness.

Here is the situation currently: She made-do last night, and got the horses in a round pen, and also to a separate pasture. A neighbor has been so kind and helped her get them some hay. The horses got blanketed. Water was placed in buckets, but it's not a long-term plan, as there is no electricity for water heaters. Water has to be carried a long way from the house.

What She Needs:

HAY donated, or the money to purchase hay. She thought she was set for the winter. If anyone could spare anything it would be appreciated. Not to sound picky, but it does need to be quality; the last thing she needs is a colic emergency right now. She also has a few beef cattle that eat a one round bale every 5 days, If anyone has hay in round bale form that could spare a bale or two, it would be appreciated.

Money donated with this GoFundMe will go towards buying / replacing the hay and feed needed to get through until the summer cutting, grain, bedding, fencing, materials for construction of temporary sheds, hoses (the cattle and horses are a long way from the house water source now), electric extension cords, water tank heaters, and equipment for the horses.

If you have any of these items and can donate them, please send a private message to Brenda Abbamonte on Facebook. She is doing her best to respond to messages, but phone calls might be missed, and a message she can reply to when she gets a moment.

Another option is to Contact the Dexter Mill and let them know you would like to purchase a bag of feed for Brenda's Fire account, and then Brenda can pick it up as she needs it and does not have to worry about storing it.

Thank you, my fellow good hearted and supportive horse community. You know we would do the same for each and every one of you, in your time of need.

Brenda is overwhelmed with the love she is feeling from you all and is so very thankful to each of you.

If you have already reached out to me, you also might try direct messaging Brenda. It is a LOT to coordinate, but please know I appreciate all of you!