Rancher’s Relief

October 22, 2013 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ Leave a Comment

Update: We made the $50,000 goal!
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I thought I’d take a moment to update everyone on the progress of the Rancher Relief Fund!

And I need to share the website with you – it’s the one stop shop for all things related to this project! And we’ve added a calendar of events so you can keep up with where we will be raising funds and what not. There’s good stuff in the works.

A friend of mine from Texas contacted me last night and wanted information about who she needed to contact to donate a breeding to her stallion. I love that there’s folks from all over willing to help. I believe we are taking stallion donations until Nov 5, at Noon, and then the auction begins and runs through Nov. 19th.

Last night, thanks to Tyson Foods and the Ag Chat Foundation, we raised $10 for every tweet that went out using the hashtag #rancherrelief.

We trended on Twitter!

My internet couldn’t keep up!

The sale barn in Mobridge, SD held a rollover auction last week to raise money for the RRF. They have raised almost 23k and are having another rollover auction today!

In the meantime, it’s been raining on and off. We did get some cow work done this weekend, but this weather is putting a kink in a lot of plans! I should have some photos (from the absolutely gorgeous Saturday evening, up soon!)

Thank you so much for all of your love and support and notes and donations. It makes my broken heart happy.

Happy Trails!

PS. As an aside, I am interested in accepting written pieces from ranchers affected by Atlas who wish to tell their stories. Please contact me if you’re interested.

About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.