Stories From Our Boys, Girls & Beyond

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Staff Spotlight: Chloe Hewitt

Title: Campus Life Supervisor Age: 30 How long employed at Cal Farley’s: 5 years Qualifications & experience: Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. I previously worked as a forensic interviewer, so I worked on crisis intervention with ...

Challenges common for adopted children

Children who are adopted often experience struggles adapting to their new environments. These challenges can be even greater for international adoptions, where the child must adapt not only to a new family, but also to an ...

Sunflowers remind Romersi home residents of special donor

It was 1991 when Marjorie Cole Romersi, agreed to fund a new home at Boys Ranch with the stipulation it must be for girls. This philanthropist probably already knew she wanted to give even more girls ...

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 ...

Staff Spotlight: Ray Martinez

Title: Director of worship/youth chaplain Age: 40 How long have you been at Boys Ranch: 16 years Other positions you’ve held here: My wife and I started in 2003 as houseparents. We houseparented for three-and-a-half years ...

Brain mapping helps set best course for children

The children who come to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch bring with them a variety of needs. “The help they find in our therapeutic community — a place of safety and peace, routine and consistency — they ...

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