CUESTA COLLEGE STUDENTS RAISE FUNDS

Cuesta College students in a Speech class for Working in Small Groups was challenged to adopt a local charity and do a fundraiser for them.  Morning Star Youth Ranch was blessed to have been chosen by one student group who collected recyclables and furnished donation jars in local businesses to raise funds.
Alyssa Reynolds, Matt Bower, Gwendolyn Pratt, Tiara Sterrett, Amanda Gouin, and Shannon Noel worked together for their class session to raise $160.00.  Shannon drove out to the ranch with her children to present the check to our program director, Diane Odell.
Morning Star gratefully thanks the caring students who volunteered their time to provide the donations. Thanks also go to the numerous businesses who supplied counter space for the donation jars including DK's Donuts and the Cowgirl Cafe.

RAINY DAYS

The ranch has turned a vibrant green after the weeks of much needed rain. The horses love nibbling the sweet blades of grass.
Volunteers working to feed and brush mud off of the horses are grateful for the work done in the summer to install drainage and spread DG to provide walkable pathways. Ms Fire has been elected "mud queen" of the pasture.

RAIN CAUSES FLOODING

Above average rainfall has brought some flooding as the ground has become saturated. Residents and volunteers don rubber boots to wade through pools of water to go about their ranch chores. The dirt road became difficult for regular passenger cars as a running creek formed at the front gate.

LIVE NATIVITY SCENE

Morning Star volunteers dressed their parts for a live Nativity scene while a talented, caroling, family sang to those attending the Vine Street Showcase in Paso Robles. Despite rain showers the event was well attended and hundreds enjoyed the Christmas message.
Special thanks go to Mark and Delisa Harris for hosting the players on their beautiful front lawn.