Essay contest for our youth members

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OK, Calling all youth!!!!
The deadline is creeping up on the deadline for having your essay turned in for the Youth Essay contest.
Please go to our club home page at www.ecmhc.com and click on club news and info. Print off the entry form so that you
Can sign it and send in with your essay.
Please remember that you must be a member of the East coast Miniature Horse club by closing of the contest on Oct 15th , in order for your
Essay to be considered . If you have sent an essay and have not joined the club yet , please contact me at this
e-mail address, [e-mail]
or send in your membership application and fees as soon as possible. You will find a printable
membership application on the club home page at www.ecmhc.com



Previous mailings about this subject below.


Merry Black has donated a show quality colt to be given to a youth member of the club. An essay contest will determine the winner of this beautiful colt. Essays must be received by October 15, 2010 and the colt will be presented to the chosen winner at the ECMHC Spooktacular fun show on October 30, 2010.

The colt’s name is Brookhaven Dynamics Kiss My Class (aka “Mikal”). He is a 2010 AMHA registered pinto with two blue eyes. Should mature 32-33”. He has been handled – haltered, clipped, and led. His sire is Fallen Ash Eagles Dark n Dynamic and dam is Alliance Class Act, an AMHA Reserve World Champion in Open and a Top Ten in Futurity and Open.



Thank you Merry for donating such a nice colt!




Below you will find the rules and the wavier to include with your essay. You may print it off the club site at www.ecmhc.com under club news and info
ECHMC YOUTH MINIATURE HORSE ESSAY CONTEST

For those not attending the August 2010 meeting, it was announced that Merry Black has donated a nice show quality colt to be given to a youth member of the club. And to encourage new youth members, any youth that joins before the contest closes is eligible to enter. It will be presented at the October Spooktackular show. The essay will be judged by an independent judge, that is not a member of the club or a direct relative of the youth. All essays will be given a numeric designation before given to the judge to ensure the judge can be totally impartial. The rules are as follows:

A - ECHMC liability waiver.

1- A parent or guardian must sign the waiver below of liability of the ECHMC before the horse can been received, and must accompany the essay. Please sign below waiver and attach a copy of this entire page with the essay.
2- The parent or guardian must insure the club that the horse will have a satisfactory home. The ECHMC has final say, above the judge to insure proper care is planned by the winner to care for the horse.

B - The essay must include the following along with any additional comments that the youth thinks will show why they should win.

1 - Who will care for the horse (No names, only title, i.e. youth, parent, grandparent, etc)? This is to help keep the youth unknown to the judge.

2 – What type of environment will the horse live in, pasture, barn, etc.

3 – What the youth plans to do with the horse, i.e. show, pet, etc.

4 – Why they think they should win the horse.

5 – All essays must be received by October 15, 2010. Mail to the President of the club @ Jim Frazier, 4535 Emanuel Rd, Mt Pleasant, NC 28124

6 – Put youths name, address, and phone number on this form and not on the essay, as it will be forward to the judge with a number only.

The winner will be responsible to pick up the horse at the Spooktackular show in October, or make plans for someone do so for him or her.

I, the parent or legal guardian, do not and will not hold the ECMHC liable for any responsibility for the health, care, or actions of the horse once it is received:
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Print, sign, and date on above line
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Print Youths name, address, and phone number on above line

[vanitygrovefarm]

can a parent write the essay for the youth in the youths own words? If the youth is 6yrs old?

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Good Question !!!! Of course its always better if the essay is in the childs own hand writing , but in the case where the child is too young to write, this is the second best thing. ;D As long as its in the childs own words then it will be fair to all children participating in this contest.

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We have also run into some other questions about the contest.So to clear up several questions we have had I want to post it here so that all will know the rules and it will be fair to all the kids.
This has to do with memberships and who is eliglble. I have copied article II of our by laws which concerns membership .
If your grandchildren are living separate from you and are not under your care you need to have a separate membership for them. We pay separate memberships for our Grandchildren, Shelby Benge, and Cameron Mullinax so that they can participate in the high points program for the club and contests such as this that are for members only. A jr. membership is only $10 so if you need to have them join please go to the home page at www.ecmhc.com and print off an application and send it in with their essay along with the $10 . Then all will be well. We will also be expanding our club in 2011 with a youth group which will be lots of fun for them. Their membership if you send it in now will ge good through DEC of 2011. On the application please be sure to let me know what information I can put on the web site membership directory. Some parents do not want their childrens phone number on the web.


Section 2. Classes of Membership:

(a) Regular: Individual members who subscribe to the Articles of this club, and who are current with their dues.
(b) Family: Members of a household including parents and children for whom the adults of the household are legal custodians.
(c) Junior Members: Youth under the age of 18 who are sponsored by a regular member who is in good standing.


Section 3. Dues

Each member shall pay to ECMHC, annual dues for the class of membership held, in such amount as the Annual Meeting may prescribe. Dues shall be as follows:

Regular Member Individual with (1) vote ………… $25.00 yearly
Regular Member Family/Farm with (2) votes *… $35.00 yearly
Junior Member, no voting privilege ……………………$10.00 yearly
* Family/Farm memberships must have the two registered members present at the meeting to receive their two votes.

Membership fees may be adjusted by the members at the Annual Meeting, by vote according to club by-laws.