Horse Feed Donated to ‘Extreme Makeover’ Families
Purina has donated horse feed to two deserving families featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Episodes featuring the Hamptons of Springfield, Mo., and the Marshalls of Dallas, Texas, will air this fall on ABC.
Purina donated five tons of horse feed to the Hampton family of Springfield, Mo., in hopes to help offset feed costs for their six rescued horses that live on their farm.
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Purina has donated horse feed to two deserving families featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Episodes featuring the Hamptons of Springfield, Mo., and the Marshalls of Dallas, Texas, will air this fall on ABC.
Purina donated five tons of horse feed to the Hampton family of Springfield, Mo., in hopes to help offset feed costs for their six rescued horses that live on their farm. Making ends meet had been a struggle for the Hamptons. With two children of their own, Chris and wife Niki Hampton recently doubled the size of their family after a fateful phone call from a social services agency. They were told that they had just one hour to decide whether to take their four nieces and nephews or let them go into foster care. Without hesitation, Chris and Niki moved the four children into their 716 square-foot, one-bedroom and one bath farmhouse.
“They are the type of people who will be there anytime anyone needs anything,” said Chris’ mother, Cathie Hampton. “When they decided to take in the four kids, they were already cramped and crowded. They still took them in.” During the western-themed show, viewers will see the Hampton’s family home and barn completely torn down and rebuilt. The new barn will house their six rescued horses and will include six stalls, an equine facility, a tack room, a feed room, and a green house.
“It is obvious the horses are much loved members of the family, and since the family got a new home, we wanted to give the horses a new home too,” said Project Lead for the extreme builder, Millstone Homes, Julie Vanvig-Burnell. “We also decided to partner with Purina to provide the horses with a level of security and a premium horse feed for these much loved animals
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