Enzo: Boys Ranch Alumnus Facing Challenges in Life with New Confidence
IT STARTED WITH A HOUSE FIRE IN ARIZONA when Enzo was in sixth grade. Soon after, he and his family packed up all they had left and moved to Amarillo to live with his grandmother for ...
President’s Message: Making the most of the grand adventure — life
What an adventure! The words crossed my lips, uttered to no one in particular, as I read about the remarkable life of one of Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch’s earliest residents. World war heroics, global travel, a ...
Gary: Home, any way you frame it
Boys Ranch helps entrepreneur lay foundation for life I am not sure what would have happened to me and my brothers if it had not been for Boys Ranch. When Gary Hardy took his first walk ...
Rodney: Turning loss into a life of leadership
Mentorship makes lifelong impact on alumnus The year was 1977. Rodney had just finished third grade when his dad, age 36, died. Suddenly, life became very hard. “It was the 70’s. My mom was now working, ...
Ava: There’s life after loss
Boys Ranch a place of self-discovery for Ava “My birth mother promised to return for me one day,” said Ava, 17, recalling the Ukrainian orphanage where she spent her early life. “I was four or five, ...
Lexus: A new lease on life
At Boys Ranch, Lexus gains a focus her life was lacking “I am busy,” said Lexus, 16. “They have something for me to do all of the time.” Having a set schedule to fill her time ...
Romersi Home a happy place for Alexis
The girls of Boys Ranch’s first female home have a community of healing Alexis is living a happy life at Boys Ranch, where she lives in Romersi 1 Home. However, this 17-year old’s past hasn’t always ...
J.W. and Jabe: Two families, one home
At Boys Ranch, J.W. and Jabe discovered responsibility, purpose John Wesley, or J.W. for short, and Jabe do not know each other. Yet, for being strangers, their stories are intertwined with similarity. Both desperate for change in ...
Corey: Romersi was home
Corey remembers being one of the first girls on ranch Decades removed from childhood, Corene, or “Corey,” as she prefers, still gets emotional when she talks about growing up in the loving arms of Cal Farley’s. ...
Home’s ‘Cowboy Christmas’ ride gives boys solace, strength
A trail of dust emerged from the hooves of 12 horses making their way across the dry Texas prairie on a cool winter afternoon. These faithful steeds were carrying nine young men, a chaplain and a ...