| Welcome to a special place of rescue, hope, restoration and everyday miracles nestled in the coastal hills of central California! Click on our Latest News link to read about our recently opened Used Tack Store! Did you know you can sponsor a horse? Read here for details. |
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| It is with deep sadness we announce the death of our beloved Arcy Linn, a founding member of Morning Star Youth Ranch. Please read about Arcy and her love for the ministry of Morning Star by clicking here. |
 Who we are:
Morning Star Youth Ranch is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization created to benefit our youth, support families and rehabilitate horses. It is our desire to provide a safe environment for today's youth to find acceptance, to build trust, and to learn life skills through relationships. |
What we will be doing:
With Youth: We will be inviting youth accompanied by their parents or guardians to travel the dusty road to our ranch, meet the horses and staff and learn what our angels in horsehair have to share. The only requirement is that each child has a desire to come and a willingness to try.
With horses: Morning Star Ranch will be rescuing or purchasing horses in need of nutritional, medical, or emotional care with the goal of restoring them to health and usefulness. We will then be seeking to place them in a positive environment either here on the ranch with visiting youth or in a place consistent with their needs. |
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Our program will be:
Our program pairs one child, one horse, and one leader to meet the individual needs of each one that comes to the ranch. Through observation, the staff will tailor a program that is created to restore the heart and soul, and develop the strengths of each child. Our program will be offered at no cost. |
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What we're doing now:
We are currently going through the County permitting process. We are building needed facilities, training staff and volunteers. We are also receiving donations of horse supplies, saddles and safety helmets, etc. We hope to be receiving youth into our program by the start of 2008.
Please *click here for our brochure. |
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How you can help:
Right now you can help with building, repairs, photography, landscaping and more on our next work day. Please fill out and mail or e-mail our *volunteer form so we can contact you. Are you a professional grant writer with a heart for youth and horses? We need the donation of time to research and write grants for Morning Star Youth Ranch. If you are interested please call or send us an e-mail! |
How you can donate:
Morning Star Youth Ranch is in need of donations to build the necessary facilities to house rescued horses and areas for youth to ride and interact with our recovering horses. We can earn a percentage of your online shopping if you use our link! Read our Wish List for specific needs on our FAQ page. Please read our Sponsor letter which includes a donation form for mailing. Please make your tax deductible check out to Morning Star Youth Ranch and mail to our address below. Or, donate online by clicking on the GuideStar icon below:
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Recommended reading :
We require all our volunteers, staff, and mentors, to read an amazing true story, describing a program that has inspired us to follow a similar vision. Parents are advised to use discretion with young children for reading Hope Rising. You can purchase the book or any others online directly through our affiliate link with SupportThisMinistry.com, with a percentage of the sale benefiting Morning Star Youth Ranch. Please see details below:
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Hope Rising
By Kim Meeder / Multnomah
Transforming an abandoned rock quarry into Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch, Kim and her husband, Troy, created the perfect match---a rundown property filled with broken horses, all to love back to life thousands of mistreated children. Come visit a place where the impossible flourishes, dreams survive a mean reality---and hope rises. Click on the book picture to purchase. |
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| Become a Fence Sponsor to Bring Waiting Horses Home! |
Photo of ranch horse Libby looking through the fence at volunteer construction workers. |
Horses are waiting for fencing to live at the ranch. Cross fence using pipe and wire mesh costs $12 per foot. We need to raise funds to build 1,400 feet of needed fencing for approximately 5 acres of pasture, to separate future horse paddock and arena areas.
Please become a fencing sponsor to bring our horses home!
Write your tax deductible check to MSYR and write FENCING in the memo line. Mail it to us at our ranch address listed at the bottom of this page.
Thank you!! |
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