News and Highlights

• 50 Years of Home at Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches

  03/04/2026

  You’re invited to attend a celebration of 50 years of home at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches! When: Saturday, April 18, 11am to 2pm Where: Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches 100 Saint Vincent Place, Batesville, AR 72501 We will have a short program featuring former Ranchers, past and current board members, and sheriffs. Then we will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony for our newest home, Raney Hall. We will have an open house of all our homes for visitors and former Ranchers. This family-friendly event will conclude with a social lunch of fried catfish, shrimp, and chicken strips with all the fixings. … Continue reading →

• There’s still time to make a difference in 2025!

  12/29/2025

  As we look back at our 49th year at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches, we are grateful for YOU! Here are some ways you helped us accomplish BIG things in 2025. In May, we gathered with some of our closest friends and supporters and celebrated a ribbon cutting for our newest home, Beebe Hall! After years of planning, fundraising, and a year of building, this new home was a long time in the making and a welcome sight to behold. And because the need for this new home was so great, Beebe Hall welcomed a whole housefull of new Ranchers within weeks. And … Continue reading →

• Help Make Christmas Merry and Bright for our Ranchers

  12/10/2025

  You can help make Christmas merry & bright for our Ranch boys and girls this year! Christmas can be the most wonderful time of year and, at the same time, the most painful time for some our Ranch boys and girls. It may be hard to imagine, but for some of our Ranchers, this year will be the first time they ever receive a single Christmas gift. They will be overjoyed! For others, the holidays are a time when they miss their family of origin, even if they experienced abuse and neglect in those homes. Emotions can swing wildly this … Continue reading →

• Citizens Bank to Match Donations to Ranch Giving Tuesday

  11/18/2025

  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 to the Ranch on Giving Tuesday. For every dollar donated to the ASYR on December 2nd, Citizens Bank will match contributions up to the first $5,000! Here are some ways YOU can help ASYR receive the entire $5,000 matching gift from Citizens Bank on Giving Tuesday: Make an online donation by clicking here.  Drop your donation by any Citizens Bank location. … Continue reading →

• 30th Annual Arkansas Children’s Award Dinner Record-Breaking Success!

  11/03/2025

  Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches celebrated a landmark moment Wednesday, October 29, hosting its 30th Annual Arkansas Children’s Award Dinner, honoring business leader and philanthropist Rush Harding, and raising a record-breaking $355,000 to continue its mission of providing safe and loving homes for Arkansas children in need. The event drew more than 600 ASYR supporters to the Grand Ballroom at the Little Rock Marriott Hotel. Guests enjoyed a reception, dinner, silent and live auction, and the award presentation. Longtime ASYR supporter and former Arkansas Razorback David Bazzel, and voice of Morning Mayhem on 103.7 The BUZZ, served as master of ceremonies. … Continue reading →