News and Highlights

• Laura Landreaux to Receive 2026 Arkansas Children’s Award

  05/04/2026

  31st Annual Arkansas Children’s Award Dinner For 31 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 gather each year to pay tribute to their dedication at the Arkansas Children’s Award Dinner. This year, we are excited to present the 31st annual Arkansas Children’s Award to Laura Landreaux, a generous advocate for building brighter futures for Arkansas youth. A Little Rock native, Laura Landreaux was raised by parents who instilled in her a deep commitment … Continue reading →

• 50 Years of Home at Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches

  04/27/2026

  On Saturday, April 18, 2026, we celebrated 50 years of home at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches! We had a short program featuring the daughter of founding sheriff Mike Grady, Mischelle Thiels, past board president Phyllis Worley, current board member Larry Stone, Independence County Sheriff Shawn Stephens, and Rancher #1 Roger Wright. You can watch all of the speeches from this very special event on our YouTube page here. After the program, everyone enjoyed lunch on the grounds of fried catfish, shrimp, and chicken strips with all the fixin’s, lots of 50th birthday cupcakes, cotton candy and shaved ice for … 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 →