Winners of the ChexVictims Holiday Contest

Congratulations for winning the ChexVictims contest. Shinet and Cass !!!

You have won a gift box from Old Friends Retirement and Rescue for Thoroughbreds. I chose Old Friends because although horse slaughter is illegal in the United States, NO horse is safe from slaughter including race horses when their racing and breeding careers end. Horses are still being crowded into trucks, enduring long hours without food, water and rest, sometimes 24-36 hours and driven to Mexico and Canada for slaughter. Crammed onto crowded trailers with no regard for age, sex breed, condition or temperament.

It is not uncommon for these animals to arrive at the plants dead or seriously injured. Many times, mares that are pregnant give birth and the foals are killed trying to stand and nurse. It has been reported that foal are sometimes cut from the mothers and thrown into the trash at the slaughter houses in Mexico. I believe it is wrong to slaughter horses. These are loyal athletes who have given so much and deserve to have a dignified retirement. For this reason, I decided to give away 2 gift boxes from Old Friends as a small way to help the horses. I do donate to Old Friends as much as I can. They need our help! Old Friends is one of my favorite rescues. The work that they do there can not be compared.

They currently support over 80 horses there and have opened a new facility in New York called Cabin Creek. Cabin Creek, a 40-acre farm just outside Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and will begin receiving horses immediately.


They are one of the only thoroughbred rescue / retirement facilities that accepts stallions.

“Without them, there’s nothing, There is none of this bluegrass, no horse business, no racing, no jockeys, there’s nothing. There’s no feed people or veterinarians or anything. It’s all because of them that everybody’s here. And at the end of the day, we can’t just treat them like trash and throw them to side of the road.” Michael Blowen


They will get to choose one of the gift boxes on this page http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/help-baskets.shtml (up to a $65.00 value)

Thank you for being a part of the ChexVictims community and being a loyal member there.
Mary (mca)

USAA is back to approving those reported to Chex

Well so far USAA has opened membership back up. For many years they were open to just anyone but later they stopped and only took those with military affiliation. Now they are back to approving anyone. They are not limiting to military only.

USAA does not use chexsystems at all. They do however use Telecheck and EWS. If you have been reported to Telecheck or EWS, they will deny you. If you have only been reported to chexsystems, this is an excellent option for you.