Texas Equusearch

Texas EquuSearch has been selected as one of 500 nonprofit finalists in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program, a major philanthropic initiative in which the automaker is giving 100 vehicles over the course of 100 days. Texas EquuSearch was selected as a finalist from more than 4,000 applications nationwide. We have requested a Toyota Tundra truck, which will be used to transport our boat, trailers, ATVs or horses. The contest has very strict and specific rules, which are detailed below. Please view the You Tube video below or go to TexasEquuSearch100, our official You Tube account at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRfLlSuLaf0. This post will also appear on our official Facebook Fan Page, located at http://www.facebook.com/texasequusearchandrecovery. There is also an Event on Facebook, which can be found at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/events/290717017682710/. We are asking everyone to join the Event, invite all of your Facebook friends, and ask them to invite all of their friends. The organization that receives the most votes WINS! The trucks we have now have over 144,000 and 191,000 miles, respectively. They are both in need of repair on almost a monthly basis. We desperately need a dependable vehicle to transport our equipment to searches. Time is of the essence when we are called to assist on searches. Please watch the video below and, read the rules under the video and cast your vote on MAY 23, 2012 by going to www.100carsforgood.com.  You can sign up to receive a voting reminder on the morning of your scheduled voting date. To receive the reminder, go to www.100carsforgood.com and click the “finalist” tab. Once you locate our organization, you can simply click the “remind me” link. THIS IS THE ONLY DAY OF VOTING FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. We need everyone’s support!

For your convenience, we have outlined a few key voting details below. You may view the full Voting Rules at http://www.zingpromotions.com/100-cfg/100-Cars-for-Good-Voting-Rules.pdf. Once the Voting Period officially goes live, the full Voting Rules will be available on the site.
• The Voting Period for Texas EquuSearch is on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 ONLY.
• Voting will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. CST through 10:59 CST) on the day of the Voting Period (MAY 23, 2012).
• Our supporters can sign-up to receive a voting reminder on the morning of your scheduled voting date. To receive the reminder, go to www.100carsforgood.com and click the “finalist” tab. Once you locate our organization, you can simply click the “remind me” link.
• Voters must be legal residents of the fifty (50) United States/Washington D.C., thirteen (13) years of age or older, and members of Facebook.
• In order to cast a vote, the Voter must log into his/her Facebook account.
• Voters must visit the 100 Cars for Good app, located at www.100carsforgood.com and follow the on-screen instructions to vote for the Finalist Organization of your choice (Texas EquuSearch).
• Each individual Voter is limited to one (1) vote per person, per daily voting period regardless of how many email addresses or Facebook accounts are registered to such individual person.
• Employees and staff associated with the Finalist Organization are permitted to participate as individual Voters in accordance with the eligibility criteria and the Voting Rules.
• Any suspected or deliberate attempt to manipulate, or otherwise fraudulently tamper with the voting process, may result in disqualification of the Voter and/or the Finalist Organization, at the Program Entities’ sole discretion. Fraudulent tampering includes but is not limited to:
o Registering for multiple Facebook accounts and/or using multiple e-mail addresses to establish multiple Facebook accounts;
o Offering any type of inducement or compensation (monetarily or otherwise) to any third party, in exchange for a vote in any manner;
o Using a vote exchange or brokering website/application to exchange votes in an attempt to manipulate the outcome of the voting;
o Developing strategic alliances with other Finalist Organizations or groups in an attempt to exchange votes which will adversely impact other Organizations scheduled for such Daily Voting Period (Example: Organization A offers to direct their supporters to vote for Organization B in exchange for Organization B directing their supporters to vote for Organization A);
o Votes generated by a macro, script, bot or other fraudulent means in an attempt to manipulate the outcome of one or more Daily Voting Periods; and
o Use of proxy voting.

Thank you in advance for your support.  We will post the results once we are notified.

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05/18/12 — Ken DeFoor, Search Coordinator and Board Member, recently gave a presentation to the  Cleveland Rotary Club on Wednesday, March 16, 2012, and he is shown with Rotary President Tracey Walters above.  Please follow the link below for a story written by Cassie Gregory.

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/eastex/news/from-heartache-to-hope-texas-equusearch-brings-comfort-closure/article_2cf586ea-6e21-55a6-adf0-752623046f1e.html

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05/16/12– Police Officer’s Memorial Day and Police Week was initiated in October of 1961 when Congress asked President John F. Kennedy to designate May 15^th of each year to specially honor peace officers, and the dangerous job they do to protect us. May 15^th of each year also pays remembrance, a very special tribute to the thousands of officers of all branches of law enforcement … especially those that died in the line of duty to keep you and your community safe. President John F. Kennedy signed the bill into law and it took affect on October 1^st of 1962. In 1994, President Bill Clinton amended the law directing that flags be flown at half-staff on May 15^th of each year to honor the mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, duty partners, friends and buddies that paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect our society – and the priceless people of our communities.

The Texas EquuSearch family has several members that are either current or retired law enforcement officers. We also hold the highest respect for law enforcement because we realize what a great job they do. But the Texas EquuSearch family also has a very special connection to two deputies that paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty to protect the communities they served – and the most valuable part of that community … the people. We salute, with the highest respect, the two deputies below and the thousands of deputies that gave their lives to keep you and your families safe. If you happen to see an officer this week, if possible, tell him or her “Thanks”.

Harris County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Ricky Yates was killed in the line of duty on January 25^th 1994. Ricky was tragically killed in a traffic accident while enroute to an assignment to monitor a school zone and keep the children of the school safe. Ricky was a nine year veteran of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department, and left his wife, two daughters, a son and several grand-children to mourn his death. Ricky’s brother, Phillip Yates is also a Harris County deputy and a Search Coordinator with Texas EquuSearch.

Deputy Shane Detwiler was a deputy with the Chambers County Sheriff’s Department on July 13^th 2009 when he was dispatched to a disturbance call involving firearms. Shane was brutally gunned-down as he approached the mobile home. Shane left his wife, two sons, a daughter, his mother and step-father, his father and step-mother a sister and his two grand-mothers to mourn his death. His mother, Cheryl Railsback is a long-time member of Texas EquuSearch and has successfully worked multiple cases as our K-9 handler and searcher.

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05/14/12 — Below is a slideshow of the second day of the mock search that Texas EquuSearch was requested to participate in by the Houston Police Department. Again, we would like to thank the Houston Police Department for requesting that we participate in the mock search. It is an incredible honor for our organization.

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05/14/12 — Below is a slideshow of the first day of the mock search that Texas EquuSearch was requested to participate in by the Houston Police Department. We would like to thank the Houston Police Department for requesting that we participate in the mock search. It is an incredible honor for our organization.

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