Corporate Service Days - Green Chimneys

Small Horse, Big Heart: Spadi

August 21, 2019

Green Chimneys Welcomes Partnerships for Corporate Social Responsibility

Each year, employees from companies both large and small volunteer their time to Green Chimneys through a Corporate Day of Caring.

Leaving their high-pressured jobs behind, these spirited employees don a pair of jeans and get to work. They do everything from plowing, planting or painting to planning “gee whiz” projects for our children. Last year, our corporate volunteers gave us more than 3,180 hours of “free labor” – a huge benefit to us. Help us top that number this year!

For more information or to set up a volunteer activity please contact
Diane Guilfoil at dguilfoil@greenchimneys.org or call at 845.279.2995 x286.

Cow

Blossom is a 1-year-old Holstein cow, and she was born a freemartin. A freemartin calf is a common result of twin calves; the female twin absorbs genetic material from a male twin in utero, and after birth develops male traits and subsequently becomes sterile. Since Blossom can’t produce milk, the dairy farm where she was born asked Green Chimneys if we’d like to have her, and of course, we agreed! Blossom came to us around the same time as another calf named Alfie, and the two have grown up together while being cared for by staff and students alike.