{"id":54346,"date":"2017-06-20T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-the-gentle-barn-moves-forward-in-st-louis\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T10:20:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:20:16","slug":"the-gentle-barn-avanza-en-st-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/the-gentle-barn-avanza-en-st-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gentle Barn Moves Forward in St. Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SANTA CLARITA, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 20, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; In 23 days, 5,000 people from all 50 United States and over 40 countries, came together to start a Gentle Barn in <span class=\"xn-location\">Missouri<\/span> to heal abused animals and work with at-risk children. <b>The Gentle Barn (<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gentlebarn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>www.gentlebarn.org<\/b><\/a><b>), <\/b>the national non-profit\u00a0who\u00a0rescued six cows who escaped from a slaughterhouse, has reached their goal to purchase property and give the cows a forever home.\u00a0 Along with thousands of public donations, Gentle Barn received matching contributions of <span class=\"xn-money\">$50,000<\/span> from a couple of supporters that jumpstarted the <span class=\"xn-money\">$400,000<\/span> GoFundMe campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/525137\/gofundme_check.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/525137\/gofundme_check.jpg<\/a> <br \/>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/509749\/The_Gentle_Barn_St_Louis_Six.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/509749\/The_Gentle_Barn_St_Louis_Six.jpg<\/a> <br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/509790\/TGB_2017_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/509790\/TGB_2017_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">Chico<\/span>, Spirit and their brothers are very special animals with an incredible message that has resonated with people around the world,&#8221; says <span class=\"xn-person\">Ellie Laks<\/span>, Founder of Gentle Barn. &#8220;We&#8217;re so excited to create a location in <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis<\/span> and want to thank everyone who has continued to the campaign. The cows will become ambassadors in Gentle Barn&#8217;s program and will help children and adults breakthrough emotional barriers. What a dream come true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities and athletes close to Gentle Barn, <span class=\"xn-person\">David Backes<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Marx<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Daisy Fuentes<\/span>, Tori Spelling, <span class=\"xn-person\">Rick Springfield<\/span>, and Dodgers stars, <span class=\"xn-person\">Clayton Kershaw<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Brandon McCarthy<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Chris Hatcher<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Rich Hill<\/span> contributed memorabilia and shared the campaign through social media in support of raising the funds to purchase the property and to support the additional <span class=\"xn-money\">$200,000<\/span> for start-up costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is life changing to be witness to these sentient beings who deserve freedom and to live their lives without fear,&#8221; says <span class=\"xn-person\">Jay Weiner<\/span>, Co-Founder of Gentle Barn. &#8220;What a special day the grand opening will be when we can bring the community in to experience the magic of these animals<span id=\"spanHghlt25ff\">.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can support the opening of The Gentle Barn MO and help name a cow by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gentlebarn.org\/StLouisSix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.gentlebarn.org\/stlouissix<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/stlouissix?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=10154857327349039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#stlouissix<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT THE GENTLE BARN<br \/><\/b>The Gentle Barn is a national nonprofit, founded in 1999 as a safe haven and place of recovery for abused animals. 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