Home on the Range Animal Haven was incorporated on February 12, 2012.
We started with a focus primarily on the the animals and have evolved into a haven not only for animals but humans as well.
We have a dedicated core of unpaid volunteers and board members who work tirelessly with the animals
and community groups, along with a larger circle of youth volunteers.
Youth volunteers do projects on behalf of the animals and simultaneously derive healing
through their interactions with various animals.
We started with a focus primarily on the the animals and have evolved into a haven not only for animals but humans as well.
We have a dedicated core of unpaid volunteers and board members who work tirelessly with the animals
and community groups, along with a larger circle of youth volunteers.
Youth volunteers do projects on behalf of the animals and simultaneously derive healing
through their interactions with various animals.
For example, we regularly host youth from the Cathedral Home for Children. These are youth who have been placed in the home from different parts of the country, including from large cities. We host volunteers from Peak Wellness Center, which provides counseling for youth. We host cadet volunteers from the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy Initiative that takes youth and places them in a 5 1/2 month residential program to help them find direction through structured activities and education, including community service. We host youth and adults with intellectual disabilities and acquired brain injuries from ARK Regional Services who find purpose through visiting with and grooming animals.
Elementary school classes come and learn about these wonderful animals, as well as about giving to something larger than themselves. There are many other examples, but the important outcomes are that the animals have a safe home and that the people who visit leave with a renewed sense of purpose.
For many of these animals, Home On the Range is a place of last resort. And, several hundred people have benefited from giving to and interacting with these animals. There is no greater satisfaction than to see a young person walk a little taller and realize there is a caring animal that responds to them with total acceptance—giving them a sense of hope.
Elementary school classes come and learn about these wonderful animals, as well as about giving to something larger than themselves. There are many other examples, but the important outcomes are that the animals have a safe home and that the people who visit leave with a renewed sense of purpose.
For many of these animals, Home On the Range is a place of last resort. And, several hundred people have benefited from giving to and interacting with these animals. There is no greater satisfaction than to see a young person walk a little taller and realize there is a caring animal that responds to them with total acceptance—giving them a sense of hope.