First Annual Horse and Fundraiser Hope Ranch Learning Academy
Hope Youth Ranch hosted it’s first Horse Show and fundraiser to raise money for the wonderful work they do for teenage girls, 11 to 16, who are hurting; but until today’s event I didn’t know they existed. That has changed today. The name H.O.P.E. is an acronym for Helping Overcome Past Experiences. The fourteen bed residential program is a highly structured, faith-based, therapeutic program which also involves remedial education in their in campus, private school, Hope Ranch Learning Academy. The facility is on a 9+acre ranch that provides the space for physical activities, a pool and 8 horses for therapeutic activities and riding fun; their web site enthusiastically states. Some of these teenagers have suffered abuse or other emotional setbacks, which leave them feeling hopeless, but with highly trained staff and their Christian faith, they offer these teens real hope for themselves and their families.