|
CLUB PURPOSE
WELCOME TO SILVER SANDS BRIDLE CLUB, INC. VOLUSIA COUNTY'S LARGEST EQUINE CLUB.
SSBC, FORMED IN 1948, HAS HAD MANY HOMES THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY. PRESENTLY THE CLUB IS LOCATED AT 625 TOMOKA FARMS RD IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH.
THE ORIGINAL CHARTER FILED WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN 1971 STATES:
"VOLUSIA COUNTY QUARTER RUNNING HORSE ASSOCIATION, INC." WAS FORMED WITH THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE: "THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE OBJECTS AND
POWERS OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE TO CONDUCT AND OPERATE PUBLIC FAIRS OR EXPOSITIONS FOR THE BENEFIT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, LIVE STOCK AND OTHER RESOURCES OF THE COUNTY OF VOLUSIA AND
STATE OF FLORIDA, AND TO HOLD, CONDUCT AND OPERATE A STATE, DISTRICT, COUNTY LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL OR OTHER FAIR OR EXPOSITION ANNUALLY, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUYING, LEASING ACQUIRING AND
OCCUPYING LANDS, AND TO ERECT BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF ALL KINDS THEREON, AND TO DEVELOP THE SAME, AND TO SELL, MORTGAGE, LEASE OR CONVEY SUCH PROPERTY OR ANY PART THERE OF, IN ITS DISCRETION, FROM TIME TO
TIME, AND TO CHARGE AND RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR ADMISSION TO SUCH FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS, AND THE SALE OR RENTING OF SPA CE FOR EXHIBITIONS OR OTHER PRIVILEGES; TO CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS IN QUARTER HORSE
CARE, TRAINING AND BREEDING; TO HOLD RODEOS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND TO PERFORM AND CARRY OUT ALL MATTERS, ACTS AND BUSINESS USUAL OR PROPER IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH STATE, DISTRICT OR COUNTY FAIRS OR EXPOSITIONS; AND
HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS, POWERS AND PRIVILEGES PERMITTED AND GRANTED UNDER THELA WS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO A CORPORATION NOT FOR PROFIT THIS CORPORATION SHALL HAVE PERPETUAL EXISTENCE"
TODAY THE CLUB'S PHILOSOPHY HAS EVOLVED TO PROMOTE THE EQUESTRIAN SPORT THROUGH SHOWING, TRYING TO ENCOMPASS MOST DISCIPLINES. SSBC ALSO SUPPORTS 4-H EFFORTS.
|