MOUNT AIRY [Maryland] -- Miranda Mossburg turned 10 on April 15. Normally, that would have meant gifts from family and friends. Instead, she turned her birthday into a fundraiser to help shelter a pair of blind, old horses. Miranda, known as Mandy, lives in Middletown and is a horse-crazy little girl. She takes lessons at a stable near her home. And she was saddened when she read a newspaper article about a roof that blew off a barn at HorseNet Horse Rescue in Mount Airy.

That barn roof provided shelter for two of HorseNet's older blind horses, Splendor and Bandit. Mandy and her mother, Christy Mossburg, came to visit, and Mandy got to see that some horses could use help from kids like her.

Mandy raised more than $400 to help pay for the new roof.

Michelle Kegel-Sithithavorn, HorseNet's director of fundraising, said she is hoping the funds will pay for the labor to rebuild the roof. She is still seeking roofing material and someone to do the job. >> Read more.