by Bethany Collins | Nov 4, 2019 | Houseparent Blog
As you can no doubt imagine cooking for eight residents, staff, and staff kids, is no small undertaking – especially during the summer. State guidelines require all meals/snacks be documented, one snack given daily (we do two – after school and before bed)... 
by Bethany Collins | Oct 22, 2018 | Houseparent Blog
With another holiday season rapidly approaching it’s time to take a look at Fall Holidays. In an earlier post (titled “Holidays” if you’d like to go back and check it out) we discussed Spring holidays, and how holidays at the Ranch can be difficult, since kids are... 
by Bethany Collins | Oct 5, 2018 | Houseparent Blog
Since we have talked about what happens when kids come to join us at Joy Ranch, the next logical question is: What happens when they leave? When kids leave is determined by a lot of factors – in the end there are times when our kids leave having completed a... 
by Bethany Collins | Sep 5, 2018 | Houseparent Blog
A lot of questions we get asked as houseparents begin with the phrase: “What happens when” A common question of this sort is: What happens when kids first come to Joy Ranch? How do they come to be with you? I am so glad you asked! As we have often mentioned... 
by Bethany Collins | Jul 17, 2018 | Houseparent Blog
Summer is a great time to be a kid. And it is no exception for our kids here at Joy Ranch. So far all or some of our residents have: Spent a week at the beach Attended day camp One of our younger residents attended Science Camp Taken a trip with a local youth group...
