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We couldn't do this without you

Ashley Schmidt

Steve and Fran McGraw

Carla Kaplan-Gomez

Ashley helps with ranch projects, groom the horses, mucks the horse, cow and pig stalls.

She is wonderful to have at the ranch to help make the animals lives more comfortable. 

Carla Kaplan-Gomez

Steve and Fran McGraw

Carla Kaplan-Gomez

Carla has been and valuable part of  our community partnership. She helped establish our relationship with Rocky Mountain Goat Yoga. She has also provide many professional photos of our events and volunteer groups.  She also mucks horse, donkey, cow stalls.

Steve and Fran McGraw

Steve and Fran McGraw

Katelyn Haase and Regan Waltenburge

Steve and Fran help us with our bi-annual Shindigs and educates us on how to work with our bees.

Katelyn Haase and Regan Waltenburge

Katelyn Haase and Regan Waltenburge

Katelyn Haase and Regan Waltenburge

These ladies painted the trim on the bird aviary and mucking horse, donkey, cow and alpaca stalls.

Rhonda Bennett

Katelyn Haase and Regan Waltenburge

Rhonda Bennett

Rhonda has a great talent working with horses and to get them to trust. Renegade shown was her greatest challenge and reward.

Bolt Academy

Katelyn Haase and Regan Waltenburge

Rhonda Bennett

These students helped vaccinate goats, pick up logs and branches, muck stalls and move rocks for landscaping.

Elena, Sabella & Viviana Woods

Elena, Sabella & Viviana Woods

Elena, Sabella & Viviana Woods

These ladies have been helping us for over two years mucking horse, cow, donkey and alpaca stalls.  Not to mention all the attention they give the farm animals.

Mike Peterson

Patrice Salvatrice

Mike Peterson

Mike helps us at all of our bi-annual festivals with setups, tending the admission gate and tear downs.

Dale Karsten

Patrice Salvatrice

Mike Peterson

Dale is our resident ranch hand and takes many of the photos you see on this site.

Patrice Salvatrice

Patrice Salvatrice

Patrice Salvatrice

Patrice helps by mucking horse, donkey and cow stalls.

Cheri Jackson

Don Mefford Jr

Patrice Salvatrice

Cheri helped us make soaps to keep up with the demand from our ranch store

KOHL'S

Don Mefford Jr

Don Mefford Jr

We got volunteers from Louisville and Brighton stores that have helped us with repairs to wildlife cages, tour guides at the festival and serving at the Wildlife fund raising dinner

Don Mefford Jr

Don Mefford Jr

Don Mefford Jr

Don helps feed, water and muck stalls while we leave for some well deserved vacation time

Bonita Rose

Julie, Sawyer & Amaya Phifer

Julie, Sawyer & Amaya Phifer

Bonita helped with cleaning cages and making soaps & lotions

Julie, Sawyer & Amaya Phifer

Julie, Sawyer & Amaya Phifer

Julie, Sawyer & Amaya Phifer

Julie, Sawyer and Amaya help clean the alpaca pen, donkey paddocks.

Great list of volunteers

Julie, Sawyer & Amaya Phifer

Great list of volunteers

Emily Leiker, Kayla Kosmiske, Kati Lynn Jensin, Kayle Tacoronte, Osie Barkley, Frank Lucero, Terry Lavaje, Brie Jenkins, Kim Jenkins, Eric Martinez, Sarai Hawkins, Serenity Hawkins, Samuel Hawkins, Casie Nickolaus, Sherry Nickolaus, Jenny Moody, Molly Brooks

John & Sean Hess

THE HIGHEST OF GRADITUDE

Great list of volunteers

John & Sean help the wildlife rehab center by cleaning raccoon cages

Amanda & Zacary Eaton

THE HIGHEST OF GRADITUDE

THE HIGHEST OF GRADITUDE

Amanda & Zacary clean the bird aviary weekly to give our birds a clean home. 

THE HIGHEST OF GRADITUDE

THE HIGHEST OF GRADITUDE

THE HIGHEST OF GRADITUDE

We are VERY grateful for the help from our volunteers!  Your help makes it possible for others to enjoy this great ranch.

David Bonderchuck

Catering and donating the proceeds from the wildlife fundraising dinner and auction.

Sue Boucher

Sue has been a great help getting donations for the auction and dog food for feeding the wildlife


Rhonda & Greg Schaffer

Rhonda & Greg Schaffer

Rhonda helps feed wildlife while Keith is out and Greg made the break system for the wagon

Stiano

Katie Brizendine

Rhonda & Greg Schaffer

Stiano mucked horse, donkey and pig stalls PLUS worked with our micro mini pigs, Pixie and Dixie

Katie Brizendine

Katie Brizendine

Katie Brizendine

Katie mucked horse and donkey stalls plus grooming the horses.

Andrew Edelen

Katie Brizendine

Katie Brizendine

Andrew mucked horse, donkey, goat, pig and alpaca stalls.  He also helped with our Spring Festival.

27J Online Acadamy

27J Online Acadamy

27J Online Acadamy

The Academy has been out to help with large projects and they make quick work of it. 

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