Shorty’s Caboy Hattery Rein In Cancer 2023 Frisbee Toss
Every year at the AQHA World Championship Show, you’ll see hundreds of pink frisbees being flown into the Jim Norick Arena for a great cause.
What are all those pink frisbees for? They are the tool for one of the annual fundraisers for Rein In Cancer from Shorty’s Caboy Hattery, and this year’s winner of the toss was Jonathan Meilleur, who won a Shorty’s 100x hat for his efforts.
The bigger picture involves not only the 500 frisbees that were sold out (well up over last year’s total of 350 frisbees), but Rein In Cancer itself has raised more than $1 million since its inception. This year’s fundraiser added almost $2,000 more to the total.
Judge Jonathan Meilleur won a Shorty’s 100x hat for winning the annual Rein In Cancer Frisbee Toss
Shorty’s Caboy Hattery, known for its philanthropy, is behind the development of Rein In Cancer, a 501C3 that is well known throughout the horse industry.
Shorty Koger of Shorty’s Caboy Hattery explains that Rein In Cancer was inspired by her sister, Shirley Bowman. Shirley developed cancer, and Shorty explains, “She didn’t have insurance, so she waited too long to go to the doctor, and because of that, I decided I needed to help.”
Shorty, also a cancer survivor who had been diagnosed during Shirley’s treatment, began to fundraise for the cause in 2006, and then she met Tracie Anderson, who walked into Shorty’s Caboy Hattery one day to pick up her custom hat. Shorty had a memorial in the store for Shirley, who had lost the battle with cancer while Shorty recovered.
At the time, Tracie was the Clinical Operations Director for the OU Cancer Institute (now the Charles and Peggy Stephenson Cancer Center), the University of Oklahoma’s cancer research and treatment facility– and it was the only place in the state where an unfunded cancer patient could go.
Shorty Koger was inspired to start Rein In Cancer by her sister, Shirley Bowman.
Together, the two worked to raise funds for what became the Shirley Bowman Nutrition Clinic, and eventually, Rein In Cancer, a 501C3, was created by Shorty Koger, Tracie Anderson, and Cheryl Magoteaux-Cody.
Read the entire inspiring story on Shorty’s website:
https://www.reinincancer.com/history.pdf
Learn more about Rein In Cancer here: https://shortyshattery.com/rein-in-cancer/
