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Family Roundup!

Bring your whole family for a summer Roundup!  Come and learn about the animals on our working ranch, horse back ride, wheelbarrow race, and serve by doing needed ranch chores together to keep Guided Hope running for future guests.  Details may be found under “Guest Roundups,” on our website.

By |April 13th, 2016|News & Announcements, Roundups|Comments Off on Family Roundup!

2015 Guided Hope News

We hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and are anticipating an exciting New Year! 2015 marked Guided Hope’s second year serving families experiencing loss, military service, adoption, medical hardships, and others desiring to strengthen their families through work, riding, and play on the ranch! We are grateful for a safe, productive, and blessed year.

Prayer Partners, Volunteers, and Financial Supporters! Thank you!

We welcomed new volunteer Ranch Hands of all ages who served in ranch maintenance during our weekdays, while our Wrangler volunteers provided guests of our Roundups memorable days of fun, encouragement, and hope. We will be offering a Horsemanship Clinic for new Wranglers this spring!

Two “Open Ranch Day” events were offered to the community this year, on May 2nd and November 14th. Together, we hosted 200 people for animal fun and country games. Thank you to a number of volunteers who made these events possible!

We introduced our program to more people in our community on June 6. Our goats escorted […]

By |February 4th, 2016|News & Announcements|Comments Off on 2015 Guided Hope News
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Fall Ranch Celebration!

Join us for this fall’s Guided Hope Ranch Day on November 14th! 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Hug the animals, play country games, and enjoy time with friends on the ranch.
Bring your favorite apple pie to share and, if you wish, enter it in our bake-off!
If you’re planning on coming, please email kaarinscoma@guidedhope.org.
Come and celebrate our second year of serving individuals and families experiencing loss, military service, adoption, medical hardships and others desiring to work and play together.   We strive to mentor individuals, strengthen families, share hope and inspire service!
It is free of charge for all to come to Guided Hope. Opportunities to support us through volunteering, wish list items, and financial stewardship may be found on our website www.guidedhope.org under “Be Involved.” Questions? Call Kaarin at 303-898-5567.
We hope to see you then!

By |October 12th, 2015|News & Announcements|Comments Off on Fall Ranch Celebration!

Berthoud Days

Berthoud Days was amazing!  We gathered up our Nigerian Dwarf babies and Ginger, our LaMancha for a walk through town.  The youngest babies got to ride in the wagon.  Vanessa got a prime seat riding with Elizabeth.  Our new banner introduced Guided Hope and the kids handed out candy…Jolly Ranchers, of course!  Afterwards we set up a booth at the park complete with our rabbit, Patience, and the Nigerians who attracted many visitors.  With the help of wonderful volunteers, we shared GH information throughout the afternoon with hundreds of people.   Since then, we have been hosting numerous new volunteers and getting the word out to individuals and families that we are here for them!

By |July 17th, 2015|News & Announcements, Our Farm Animals|Comments Off on Berthoud Days
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Our May 2nd Guided Hope Ranch Day!

We shared a wonderful day with volunteers and guests at our May 2nd Guided Hope Ranch Day Open House!  We were blessed with incredible weather to play and ride.  Our volunteers started early setting up parking, registration, activities, art, t-shirts, snacks, games, gardening, horseback riding, and animal barn tours!   It was a day of fellowship and fun with our guests and volunteers.  We were fortunate to have tripled the number of volunteers involved, created awareness of our program in the community, and provided information for financial stewardship so that we can offer our Roundups free of charge this summer!

Amazingly, the rest of May it seemed to rain daily. Even the pigs were tired of the mud!   Now we’re back in business with beautiful green grass after the rain and the animals are eager to graze.

 

If you would like to do service projects with us, apply on-line as a “Ranch Hand” for Tuesday – Friday, or, to serve our guests with chores, riding, and games, apply […]

By |June 2nd, 2015|News & Announcements, Our Farm Animals, Volunteer|Comments Off on Our May 2nd Guided Hope Ranch Day!

2014 – Thank you for a wonderful year!

2014 has been an amazing year for Guided Hope!  We have had the privilege of serving over 100 people! We are incredibly grateful to our prayer partners, Roundup volunteers, work crew/Ranch Hands, and financial supporters.

For those of you who are new to our “Roundups,” here are some highlights:

We have been honored to serve numerous military families. One mom expressed her gratitude that we had made a special effort to recognize the service of the whole family. Others were here just before their impending deployment. Some drove over two hours because they said it was one of few things available for free for their whole family and they wanted their kids to serve as well as play together. It’s hard to pull our military families away from chores and on to “play time!”

Some have been through tremendous grief at the loss of a spouse, child, parent, or sibling. One young boy was uncertain about participating when he arrived, and after […]

By |December 31st, 2014|News & Announcements, Our Farm Animals, Volunteer|Comments Off on 2014 – Thank you for a wonderful year!

The First Roundup!

Howdy Partners!

Saturday, June 7th, was an exciting day for Guided Hope with the first Roundup of 2014!

We were overjoyed to see some elements come together that are the vision and heart beat of Guided Hope.  We are thankful for all the families who have come on work teams or just to celebrate with us how God has brought us to this point.  Roundup #1 was a special day where we were able to minister to a family who continues a grief journey.  Our volunteers were able to share their gifting and understand their role of responsibilities.  Wranglers were ready to welcome our guests and our tour ambassadors gladly made the animal introductions.  Lily and Levi, the baby Nubian goats, along with Cassidy and Corduroy, the Nigerian Dwarf kids, were a highlight!  We broke the ice discovering each participants’ favorite animal.  Do you have a favorite animal?  How truly amazing is God’s creation!  The work project for the day was weed pulling. […]

By |June 9th, 2014|News & Announcements, Our Farm Animals, Volunteer|Comments Off on The First Roundup!

Our Ranch Wish List

At Guided Hope, we appreciate every volunteer and donation in the many different forms they take.  We want to let you in on our ranch wish list! These are items that help us take care of our animals and make it possible for families to come for free.  All items are tax-deductible.  Please refer to our Donate page for details.   Thank you!

We are planning to build a lodge for the ranch that will allow us to serve our guests year-round! We hope to include: a meeting room/worship space, office, shop, restroom, kitchen, and gift shop area.  Could you prayerfully consider joining us in reaching this goal?  If you would like more information or could partner with us in this endeavor, please contact Kaarin Scoma at 303-898-5567 or kaarinscoma@guidedhope.org.

Horse and Livestock Sponsorship!  Feed and care for our animals!  Donate $150/month or combine with 3 friends/family at $50/each.  We currently receive $375/month in monthly sponsorships.  Thank you!  We need an […]

By |March 21st, 2014|News & Announcements|Comments Off on Our Ranch Wish List

Different Ways You Can Be a Ranch Hand

There are a lot of different ways you can experience being a Ranch Hand.  If you are interested in applying for any of these positions, please complete the volunteer application (click here) and we will get back with you as quickly as possible! Families are welcome to volunteer together as needs are matched with their ages and skills.

Barn Team: Our Barn Team volunteers will help with managing our herd, including: exercising horses, monitoring feed supplies, cleaning stalls, inspecting/cleaning tack, etc. Previous horse experience is required and volunteers will be assigned to our animal groups according to their skill sets.

Power House: For those who like to get out and get moving, the ranch is always full of physically demanding jobs. Work may include building/fixing fences, repairing buildings, moving rocks, spreading wood shavings, cleaning paddocks, etc.

Office Assistant: Although we are honored to serve those who contact us, it can assume significant amounts of time. We are in need of administrative help with phone, email, and social […]

By |March 21st, 2014|News & Announcements, Volunteer|Comments Off on Different Ways You Can Be a Ranch Hand