News and Highlights

• 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 →

• 7th Annual Youth Ranch Pumpkin Patch

  08/20/2024

  7th Annual Youth Ranch Pumpkin Patch We are excited to welcome visitors back to the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches for our 7th annual Youth Ranch Pumpkin Patch presented by First Community Bank! Each year, our staff and children work to transform the Ranch into a fall wonderland that is fun for the whole family! Admission is only $10 and includes one pumpkin per visitor and free access to all of these fun activities:  Hay Ride Petting Zoo Enchanted Forest Barrel Train Ride Duck Race Bouncy Houses Inflatable Maze Hamster Wheel Race Corn Pit Inflatable Obstacle Course NEW: Scarecrow Competition! Create … Continue reading →

• You can help send our Ranchers back to school on August 14

  08/07/2024

  The 2024-2025 school year will begin next week, and one thing is for sure–we have lots of excited boys and girls! For some of our Ranchers, the first day of school represents a fresh start. And for many of our newer Ranchers, this will be the very first opportunity they have to thrive in school. This is all thanks to support from friends like you. You can help send our Ranchers back to school August 14th is the first day of school for our Ranchers, and we need your help. Our houses are full this summer as we prepare for … Continue reading →

• Houseparents Mom & Pop Ingram to Retire

  07/09/2024

  After 40 plus years of service, longtime houseparents Cheyenne & Rick Ingram are retiring from the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches. Cheyenne & Rick (AKA Mom & Pop Ingram) have devoted their lives to raising children at the Ranch and have raised upwards of a thousand children in their home, along with their two biological children. Rick has also served as ASYR’s campus manager for the last decade. Mom & Pop Ingram have described being a houseparent as more of a ministry and a lifestyle than a job. They have countless stories of the children whose lives have been changed by … Continue reading →

• Ground Breaking for New Home, Beebe Hall

  03/07/2024

  On March 4th the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce held a groundbreaking ceremony for Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches’ new home, Beebe Hall. Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches is celebrating a project to construct a new home on its Batesville campus. Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches has a long history of caring for children. Founded by the Sheriffs of Arkansas in 1976, ASYR has provided hope and healing for more than 2,300 boys and girls from every corner of the state who has needed a place to call home. Our mission is to address, remedy, and prevent child abuse and neglect by creating … Continue reading →