HORSESISTERS & ASSOCIATES INC

Thank you so much for your great research and the time you took to write your very factual and honest review here for all the public to see. Lynn Lambo is a fake profile - a fake person - hiding behind a computer screen as the worst kind of bully imaginable. Those she has gathered near her in her little "posse" of hateful folks have some sort of past with us through the 14 years as people who were perhaps ONCE a part of our HERD but asked to leave for their criminal, negligent, abusive acts or their drug/alcohol use. A few have been denied the opportunity to adopt because they refused to submit the necessary paperwork or were deemed unfit by our board of trustees - of which the Director is NOT a part of, therefore she cannot vote. Sadly this has always been a personal vendetta against Clairese and they have made the most unkind, untrue comments and now have included her entire family. Such hatred is pitiful. And the harm to those horses, our fragile clients and wonderful volunteers has been severe to the entire charity. The facility looks like a ghost town compared to what it was last year as a result. But still we stand tall - providing paperwork and references in complete transparency and truthfulness and continue to role model for our youth in how people MUST treat others. Thank you again, Clairese Yuhasz Austin, Founder and Director

Well Robin - or whoever you are today - not Smart! NO ONE owns a nonprofit - the Board of Trustees DIRECTS the Executive Director to follow the policies and procedures the Agency has adapted, many from CHA, NARHA (now PATH), the HSA - EAGALA, AHA, 4-H etc. You clearly have never been out on a work day or weekly open house when the horses are mobbed. No less than TWO different people see, interact and feed & care for the horses DAILY. After 14 years, those few volunteers who have been TOLD to leave for lying, stealing, not feeding the horses when they said they did or will, breaking the rules, putting horses and humans at risk - and those that REFUSE to provide information to adopt and get refused make for a vocal group of miscreants. Animal advocates? If it was as bad as you say it is - why are the horses still in their care? They were brought to court by your lies and rumors - and fake date stamped photos - the only thing found wrong with them was the economy. Where's your donation of HAY? Grain? When did you last come to volunteer and help? That's what a real advocate for these horses do - not this.

This is a self described "animal advocate" who has been served with a "cease & desist" letter by our attorney for harming us in any way she can, like posting this. Her name is Karen Lewandowski from Tampa and you can contact her at 1specldy@bellsouth.net or find her on Facebook - she has me blocked but just look for her logo there. She tried to take over another woman's nonprofit this year by demanding she be paid $5000.00 per month as a board member and throwing the woman off her own board. She and another fan, Dee Dibble, contacted the State of Florida fictitious names agency and paid to file for OUR name - then made a public notice demanding we remove our name from all our items. WE are not required to have a fictitious name filed as we are are a Florida Corporation. She claimed we were not. She has I am not certified in my field when I can post the certifications now. She has claimed our bylaws don't list "rescue" but fails to see we can do all that we need to do for the good of the agency - and for us, we get some wonderful therapy horses in rescuing. She also decided to join a group of people full of hatred and a personal vendetta against me that have now had almost a year to try and discredit me and HorseSisters in an attempt force us to close our doors based upon their behaviors. 1) Like contacting our venues, vendors, donors and sponsors and any place they can leave a review with their lies 2) telling others in our county they will be charged with "impeding an investigation" for donating to the horses 3) threatening to boycott and picket any event we attend 4) have their members call any city, county or state agency they please to make up any kind of lie they can to get us stopped and investigated - which is a tremendous waste of taxpayer dollars! They can't win. We are squeaky clean in all they try to trip us up with - because of what we learn here in how to conduct ourselves with complete transparency and an open door policy. NOT one of these spineless creatures has taken the time to visit the rescue or speak to the Director but rather they hide behind their computer screens causing the horses and innocent clients grief. Give it up! I told our sponsors on MY private facebook account which she has fraudulently accessed - that I know of no other way to help the horses now than to close our doors as the donations have dropped, grant money is harder to come by - and WHO can look in the mirror and know who made this existence for our horses this way? These "haters" can - so consumed with ego and hatred for me that they have lashed out in such backhanded ways to hurt the innocent horses and the disabled riders and drivers at our 12 year old charity. HUGE companies and corporations are closing their doors - reorganizing - getting government bailouts - being purchased by others - and we are in the county of barely 1 million people where the Space Shuttle has been scrapped! Our county has lost 8000 jobs - our city of 35,000 residents is suffering greatly. The companies that sponsored us have closed their doors as well. Yesterday I stated if we don't get some help, I will be forced to shut our doors. Well guess what happened??? People poured out their hearts to us from all over the country and stepped up to help us. So it's up to our donors and sponsors - and our ability to find grants and to provide horse drawn vehicles for events as we have since 2000. 2011 was the first year HorseSisters had a negative balance at the end of the fiscal year. It's been a tough one folks. We even opened a thrift store this September, making $900.00 our first 30 days! We are dedicated to our horses and don't want to see them suffer. Some of the draft horses have lost weight due to the 90+ degree weather we are still having in October here in Florida and one horse is ill and under a Veterinarian's care. Their feet were done Sept. 5, their teeth June 6 - 7 and today they had complete body scores, physical and dental exams from an independent Veterinarian based upon all the complaints from the haters here. Its happening all over America - groups of people attacking rescues - when it would be so much easier and a better use of energy to ask to help!! Donate! These mean-spirited comments show what kind of folks they are - and I am only human, I get weak and they get to me sometimes. But today we had great response from many people about our future - even the offer of a new home with over 100 acres! So please contact me at clairese@horsesisters.org for any questions you may have or if you would like references from our Vet and Farrier! Thank you.

Since the beginning of HorseSisters in 1998 - there has been NO staff - so certainly NO paid staff! We are all volunteers. Our Board Trustees are all volunteers - no Board Trustee is ever paid. When we pay a therapist or an instructor, they are not staff but are private contractors and must file their own 990 and have their own insurance. Anyone can find out who our board trustees are by visiting the State of Florida - this is the 2007 report - http://www.sunbiz.org/COR/2007/0504/40199094.tif When we do our strategic plan for each year - we "budget" $700 per week for hay and feed. We feed 4 bags of grain/alfalfa and 12 bales of hay each day. In 2007, we had a large sponsor that donated our barn, a tractor with loader bucket, bush hog, post auger, box blade and trailer. That's where the extra income derived from. Anyone can have a copy of any 990. 2007 was the year a sponsor donated a certified audit prepared by an independent CPA. If there was any impropriety, it would have been duly noted. The audit proved all record keeping outstanding. In our charity, the Board is nominated/voted upon by the membership at the annual meeting. The Board is responsible for the policies and procedures within the charity. The Co-Directors are appointed, selected and dismissed by the board. They are responsible for the administration of the charity and do the board's bidding. Here's more information about how many nonprofits are governed. http://www.scoreknox.org/library/board.htm. We are all sorry to hear how you feel "phivic". Hopefully with a clearer understanding of the government and management of HorseSisters, your "opinions" will be more about the truth of any matter and you might have less personal hatred for Clairese.

I know "know" the identity of this person - and we went to court with his stepdaughter who neglected her two horses that were left to languish at our rescue while she and her Mother fought about where the horses would be boarded. Disgruntled people...