The cinder-block barn in the community garden at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch has long provided shelter for the animals that comfort our children. This month, several youth lovingly gave the barn a facelift. Each year, hundreds of trips are made to this animal house ─ children, usually with a trusted adult in tow. They come…
Joshua finds a fresh start at Boys Ranch. “I’m learning things that I’ve never known about or how to do!” said Joshua, 16, describing his ongoing adventure at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. “I’ve learned about soil count and how fields should be balanced. It’s all very interesting to me.” Joshua’s thoughts on his Experiential Learning…
It was a brisk January morning and Morgan, 15, needed to bathe his lamb for the first stock show of the season. The sun was shining down as he propped his 85-pound sheep up on the grooming stanchion, which was sitting directly outside the FFA barn. After putting the halter on the lamb’s head, Morgan…
Providing loving care to children who need help turning tragedy into triumph is the primary focus at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. Helping a child’s heart cope with wounds caused by the absence or abuse of others — or from self-inflicted behavior, is what we work on daily. It takes an army of committed, very healthy…
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