News and Highlights

• Youth Ranches Featured on Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid

  02/01/2025

  Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches is being featured as an industry expert on the nationally televised program Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid to recognize our work fostering some of Arkansas’s most vulnerable children. This story will air on public television and PBS stations nationwide in the coming weeks, but you can see it now! Watch the video below to learn more about how the Ranch is changing children’s tomorrows. You can help us spread the word by sharing this link: YouthRanches.com/Viewpoint Founded by the sheriffs of Arkansas in 1976, Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches has provided hope, healing, and a home to thousands of … Continue reading →

• Still time to make a difference in 2024

  12/30/2024

  As we wrap up our 48th year at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches, we are grateful that you helped us accomplish BIG things in 2024. In March we gathered with many of our closest friends and supporters and broke ground on our newest home, Beebe Hall. In September, we completed construction on Beebe Hall, and we’re now looking for the right houseparents so we can begin welcoming new children to the Ranch in 2025. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a houseparent, click here. We are also grateful to everyone who donated and supported the Ranch this … Continue reading →

• Double Your Donation to the Ranch on Giving Tuesday

  11/19/2024

  What is Giving Tuesday? After Thanksgiving, #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday each year, we celebrate #GivingTuesday. This special day helps demonstrate that holidays can be about both giving and giving back.  This year, Citizens Bank will once again be matching gifts on #GivingTuesday. For every dollar donated to the ASYR on December 3rd, Citizens Bank will match your contributions up to $5,000! Here are some ways YOU can help the ASYR receive the entire $5,000 matching gift from Citizens Bank on #GivingTuesday: Make an online donation by clicking here.  Drop your donation by any Citizens Bank location. We will be at Citizens … Continue reading →

• From Rancher to High School Coach

  10/04/2024

  Scott remembers, it was a hot summer day when he was removed from his home by the court. He was just 14 at the time. Although leaving home was scary, he felt going to the Ranch couldn’t be any worse than where he was living. Years later, Scott can still recount the trauma of being locked in the sweltering garage or the camper all alone. As one of 5 kids (from multiple sets of parents), things happened that no child should have to experience. After he was removed from his home, he was able to come live at the Ranch. Initially, Scott had anger … Continue reading →

• Sissy Jones to Receive 2024 Arkansas Children’s Award

  08/22/2024

  For 29 years, Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches has recognized Arkansans who have made outstanding contributions to create better opportunities for Arkansas children. These Arkansans personify in word and deed the ideals of the Ranch, and hundreds have gathered each year to pay tribute to their dedication at the Arkansas Children’s Award Dinner. This year, we are excited to present the 29th annual Arkansas Children’s Award to Sissy Jones, a generous advocate for building hopeful futures for Arkansas youth. “When you’re here, you’re family” isn’t just a phrase you’ll hear when you visit the largest family-owned and operated fine jewelry retailer … Continue reading →