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The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of their 2021 grant awards cycle. With the vision and mission of bettering the life of Thoroughbred, TERF primarily aims to support students in pursuit of education in Equine Medicine and to fund research efforts which better the life of the Thoroughbred horse. The missions and programs of the organizations selected to receive this year’s grant awards will reflect TERF’s strategic focus and vision to support and promote equine education and research. Awards will be considered for qualified federally tax exempt 501-c-3 organizations. Information regarding the grant award… Read More »

Food for Thought: Sweet Charity Edition (WEST CHESTER, PA – February 8, 2021): Each year the Chester County Community Foundation presents Sweet Charity, Chester County’s signature charitable dessert and networking event. The 2021 event cannot take place in-person due to COVID-19 so the Community Foundation reinvented it as Food for Thought: Sweet Charity. This thoughtful, educational, and engaging series will be held at noon on Zoom every other Tuesday in March. These discussions are free and open to the public. The series will begin with two important discussions on food-related social justice topics affecting Chester County. On March 2 thought… Read More »

The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) is pleased to award $2000 to the MidAtlantic Horse Rescue (MAHR) for educational purposes. MAHR’s mission is to rescue thoroughbreds from feed lots and kill pens and transition horses directly off the track. After quarantine and careful evaluation, horses are adopted into loving homes as sport horses and pets. In alignment with their mission to support and promote equine education by supporting organizations that are educating the public on the proper care of horses, TERF offers their financial assistance in 2020. MAHR plans to continue their thoroughbred-only clinic series at the farm with… Read More »

(West Chester, PA – January 20, 2021): The Chester County Community Foundation is pleased to announce a social justice program open to community members to engage in meaningful conversations. The series, Food for Thought: Community Conversations will be held for free on Zoom, beginning January 26th at noon. Subsequent programs will be held the third Tuesday of each month through July. Food for Thought began as a series to help nonprofit board and senior staff members explore topics to help nonprofits grow and thrive. The program has developed into an inclusive gathering to enlighten and engage on community issues. The… Read More »

This image is an example of New Bolton Center’s standing robotic imaging computed tomography (CT) system in action. This system is one of the powerful diagnostic imaging tools being used in the bisphosphonate study, in addition to New Bolton Center’s new standing positron emission tomography (PET) system. New Bolton Center was the first veterinary teaching hospital in the world to deploy the standing robotic CT imaging system and is just the second veterinary hospital in the world to implement the use of an equine PET scanner. The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) is pleased to award $ 20,000 to… Read More »