Sat. July 10th was a great day in Jackson. Many people came together in unity for one purpose; to recognize the need to help the youth in Jackson. The weather was picture perfect. Johnathan and CeCe were two of the youth that spoke at the rally; speaking of their struggles in life and where they […]
Young Travelers Girls 6-28-10 Forgiveness
It was a beautiful night and we took the girls out to the arena and Sharon worked with them on their riding skills. Each girl is at a different level and improving each time we work with them. Tonight’s subject was forgiveness. Horses are a great example of this and we like to use them […]
Save Our Youth March
We are partnering with the Mentoring Collaborative of Jackson County on Saturday July 10th for the “Save Our Youth March”. It will start at 10:00 a.m. at Jackson Arts and Tech School and finish our walk at Ella Sharpe Park and join the Human Relations Comission Picnic. We are very excited about doing this. There […]
Salvation Army 6-25-10
The Salvation Army came back again this past Friday. We gave five kids a trail ride out on the field and spoke about the 7 decisions for success with them. All of The Lazy B’s Ranch programming is built on 7 principals we found in a book called “The Young Travelers Gift, by Andy Andrews. […]
Wraparound Boys – 6-19-10
No power didnot interfere with the activities and fun at the Lazy B’s Ranch last Saturday. We woke up Saturday morning wondering how we were going to keep the boys cooled off with no water! It was suppose to be hot that day. Thanks to Jill Clark from Highfields loaning us her generator and Charlie […]
Young Travelers-Girls Week 5
This week we spent some more time working on our belts. The girls have used their creative gifts to design them. Larry and Charlie were a big help in punching holes, but Alyssa shined and was able to do them herself. We played a word game and discussed different career opportunities. I was a naturalist […]
Night Out At The Rodeo
Last night we went to the 3 Bar B Rodeo in Adrian Michigan. Our very own wrangler, Josh, participated in the bull riding event. We took some of our ranch kids, Johnathan, Jalen, and Keith. Josh took us back behind the shoots to check out the activities behind the scenes. The kids got to touch […]
Salvation Army
School is out and kids need something to do! Yesterday, Jackson Salvation Army came to the ranch for a few hours to ride and play games. Chuck, Bill, Johnathan, and Annie all walked horses in the arena and gave 23 kids a ride! Wow, I missed a lot. Johnathan shined as he moves into his […]
Young Travelers – Girls
This Monday we talked about being a person of action. Do not put things off. Have a plan and stick to it. The girls rode in the arena with help and instruction by Sharon. She used to be an instructor. The lesson was to move your horse in the direction you want him/her to go. […]
1st Overnight Campout – Young Travelers Boys
What a fun weekend we had. There were 4 boys from our Young Travelers group. They were really looking forward to this camp out. We started off the day with grilled hot dogs and chili cheese nachos. Then they took a ride on horseback and shot archery for points. They did pretty well and I […]