Payton: Finally, a Place Where He Belongs
Like a West Texas cowboy who’s dressed up for a dance, Payton is wearing a wide brim cowboy hat that shadows his finest western shirt and jeans. He’s a quiet-spoken young man, outwardly simple, yet complex ...
Jonathan: Second Chance to Thrive
Your heart breaks when a boy talks about how insecure and lonely he felt before coming to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. “I thought no one really liked me. I wasn’t a kid that someone would hang ...
Sarah: You’ve Given Me So Many Opportunities
BEFORE COMING TO CAL FARLEY’S BOYS RANCH, SARAH ADMITS TO BEING a “very, very stubborn child. I refused to do anything my parents said. They tried everything and eventually got to the point where they didn’t ...
New paint gives community barn a face lift
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 ...
Therapeutic interventions
Therapeutic interventions Paving the road for personal success Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch is a therapeutic milieu. Children and their families find the help they need to recover from past hurts. Through therapeutic intervention, we teach them how ...
A stop on the path, not the destination
“Wow, what you’re doing here at Boys Ranch is incredible! I had no idea such cutting-edge work was happening here!” That’s a pretty common reaction from visitors to our Oldham County, Texas, campus. Sometimes, our guests ...