Do you have city folk who can’t have a donkey like you, but like you would just love to have one? Would your retired parents cherish a reminder of farm days and that faithful long-eared companion of yesteryear? Do you know of a child who wants a donkey in the worst way but whose parents are not in the position to grant such a wish? How about a co-worker? Neighbor? A favorite democrat? What about YOU?

Now you can give to your family or friends (or yourself!) the satisfaction of making a real, distinct difference to a special donkey or mule of YOUR CHOICE. Below, you will find a list of unique, individual donkeys (and one mini mule) who have become permanent residents at B.R.R.R.O. over the hundreds of donkeys we have rescued and relocated since 1990. Each one has its own tale to tell. Some are a little cranky but melt at the touch of a child. One or two still carry the scars of its former abused life. Old, young, persnickety, sedate, nurturing, protective... Every one has something exceptional about it. And it's your pick!

For each $35 sponsorship, you, or your recipient, will receive:

• A personalized Sponsorship Certificate designating them as a defender of their donkey or mule.
•  A 3" x 4" color Photo Magnet of the donkey you selected just for them.
•  A Business Card Size Colored Photo of the chosen donkey (or mule).
•  The story behind and about the donkey (or mule).

• A Year's Pass to visit that very donkey (by appointment, of course), or an invitation to come to our annual open house each summer. Can you imagine the joy of a child meeting his or her donkey for the very first time?

Please take a look at the enclosed Sponsorship List. Just fill in the name(s) and the address(es) of the folks you know would love to sponsor a donkey. Kids in general will adore he chance to sponsor a donkey or mule and can take their "business card size color photo" to show at school. And how about you? Everyone should have the satisfaction of "going the extra yard" for a little donkey who didn't get the breaks and care your animals do now.

One more thing, 100% of your sponsorship goes directly to the donkeys. It feeds them, pays for their farrier care, medical treatments and housing. Sometimes it will save the life of another donkey destined for the slaughterhouse. Not one penny of your sponsorship goes to salaries or administrative expenses. B.R.R.R.O. is a Washington non profit corporation and is recognized by the I.R.S. as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. That means your sponsorship is TAX DEDUCTIBLE too!

Can you think of a special someone who would love to sponsor a donkey or mule? Does that someone have a birthday coming up? A sponsorship would make a refreshing change for that calorie ladened box of chocolates for Valentine's Day. Sponsorships at Easter make an interesting basket stuffer for the kids. And lets remember the American gold miner's humble pack burro on Independence Day... pick and gold pan in its pack, the burro made the way easier for our forefathers a hundred years ago. Of course, Christmas is the time we often think of the Nativity and the donkey's part in this holy day. A sponsorship is loving remembrance and a welcome stocking stuffer.

Thank you very much for the time you have taken to read this page. Please give us your orders as early as you can, specifying a later shipping date if you wish, so we can serve you as well as you have served the donkeys.

DOROTHY is our #2 donkey. She is an older jenny who has formed a special attachment to Grannie. She is a BLM (Bureau of Lane Management's Adopt-a-Horse/Burro Program) donkey and is a dusty white and tan. She is always calm and thoughtful and rarely vocal or demanding. Her face reflects her tranquil outlook on life. And she made the perfect donkey for Palm Sunday last year.	JAKE is a middle aged, tan and white gelding. His forehead is wide like an Arabian's and his eyes are deep set with a scamp like twinkle. He is a superior riding donkey and would have found an adoptive home if not for his chronically abscessed left front foot. Jake seriously dislikes his daily soakings and bandaging but gives in if we turn on our T.V. set and tune in the 'Simpsons'.	DODGER is a large, light gray BLM gelding. He is overweight and forever dieting. He is Jake's devoted friend. Dodger got his name from his pronounced talent for avoiding anyone with a lead rope or halter. He is sensitive and not the demanding sort that his friend Jake is. He too enjoys a good ride in the countryside.
JASPER is a big, brown gelding with a gently sloped back. We can easily imagine the many children he has carried on that back in his younger years. A gentle giant, Jasper is the herd's sentinel, always on guard for the packs of roaming coyotes which infest the region. He is the head male and is serious about keeping the younger geldings in line.	TENBUCKS is a beautiful, red sorrel gelding with a distinctive white patch on his forehead. He might have found a good home at the horse sales but had fallen through the rotted floorboards of his owner's trailer on the way to the sale. his rear hooves were nearly ground down to the bone. We purchased this hapless donkey for a mere $10, thus his name. After a year of reconstructive surgeries, his feet have finally healed but continue to grow in strange shapes so he still requires special trimming.	PENELOPE is a special resident here as she is not 'all' donkey. She is a cream colored mini-hinny, or a cross between a female miniature donkey and male, miniature horse. She suffered from chronic founder for her first three years but magically recovered in year four. She refuses to take cover in even severe weather and loves to roll in the mud.
JOHN'S RUBY is a thin, gray BLM jenny. She is called "John's Ruby" because she was originally adopted by an elderly gentleman in our vicinity named "John". He loved this jenny dearly and we visited him several times to help with her care and feeding and once had to go look for her when she escaped from John's corral and took a little "vacation". After a while we stopped hearing from John. A year later, a painfully thin, gray jenny with horribly overgrown feet turned up in the sales. It was Ruby. John had passed away. We made Ruby a permanent resident. We thought John would want it that way...	SALTY is a salt and pepper colored BLM jenny from California. She came to us with both front feet split almost in two, much like a cow's hoof. With over a year's special trimming and clip-on shoes, the grooves finally grew down enough that we can stop worrying about the hooves completely splitting up to the coronary band (where the hoof starts growing, like the half moon of your finger nail). A year after her arrival, she surprised us with a tiny, black jack foal. Her bray is a is a bizarre blend of off key harmonica and a squeaky door.	DONNA is Dorothy's daughter. She is a large and white and her eyes look like she went a little heavy with eyeliner pencil. Her owners brought her to us because she was too fat to fit into her pack saddle. She too is always dieting. Donna is the third musketeer to Jake and Dodger. Like her mother, she is quiet and confident but has a wild streak in her when it comes to actually riding her. She knows just when to stop to gain the maximum momentum to fling her rider into a previously chosen rock or tree.
PEPPER We recovered Pepper in February of 1997. She was collapsed in a shed with another donkey from unknown causes. Her companion died the first day and Pepper was left with her carcass for 3 days. For 3 more weeks Pepper laid in the shed unable to get up. Her chest, elbows and hip became badly abscessed. In addition, Pepper suffered from heaves. Once we had her in our facilities, Pepper learned to stand again with the help of a sling, and made a remarkable recovery.	DAWN It was a week before Thanksgiving in 1995. The twenty-acre pasture was still emerald green and full of fluffy, white sheep -- and one frail, thin, dark gray donkey. It wasn't hard to tell what "Dawn's" problem was as we watched her gum a carrot. Most of the carrot fell to the ground. No teeth! Dawn now receives to daily portions of gruel consisting of soaked beet pulp and alfalfa pellets. She has regained her weight and appears quite healthy.	(Our Next Resident)

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