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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 year at Christmastime. It’s hard to imagine, but this Christmas was the first time some of our kids received a single Christmas gift. The Holidays can be a time when some of our Ranchers miss their family. But each year, our donors make Christmas at the Ranch a special time for ALL of our boys and girls.

However, none of this would be possible without friends like you supporting our mission. Because ASYR is 100% privately funded and a 100% free service to children in crisis, we rely on charitable gifts to provide safe and loving homes, and so much more, for our children each year.

It is not too late to make a difference before 2024 ends. I hope you will consider a year-end gift as an investment in these young lives.

Here are some ways you can make a difference:

With a year-end gift, you can help us finish strong in 2024 and put ASYR on a firm footing to serve even more children in 2025. As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, all gifts made to the ASYR are tax deductible within the extent of the law, and we are grateful for every gift, no matter the size.

In addition to giving online or by mail, there is still time to contact your financial advisor to make a gift of stock or the required minimum distribution from your IRA before December 31st. If we can assist you with your gift, please reach out to Matthew Cleveland at matt@youthranches.com or at (501) 940-3440.

From all of us at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches, we hope you had a very merry Christmas and we wish you peace in the New Year.

About @YouthRanches

The Arkansas Sheriffs' Youth Ranches provide a loving, safe place to call home for children across Arkansas. Founded in 1976 by Arkansas sheriffs, ASYR has been home to more than 2,300 boys and girls from every corner of the state.