A powwow is a celebration of life! Join us as we celebrate the lives changed by Ranch Ehrlo Society at our third annual powwow on August 3oth. Once again, our powwow will be competitive style – cash prizes will be given out to the top dancers in each age group/dance category. We will also be hosting a family style carnival, and will be providing a hamburger supper free of charge. (A…
The world is a dangerous place and sometimes there's a need for superheroes. Here at Ranch Ehrlo we like to think of our staff as individuals who can fill that role. No, they don’t have super strength, the ability to fly, or fight crime (well some do but that’s a different blog) but they have compassion, knowledge, and the super ability of helping clients to become the best possible…
Have you ever been to a big family meal, looked at the table, and thought ‘good thing this was potluck – imagine having to buy (and cook) all that food?!’ Well, our house parents not only imagine it – they do it every week! Feeding ten youth (with ravenous appetites!) is no small feat. We asked one of our housemothers to give us a peek into her weekly shopping list, and she…
At Ranch Ehrlo, we’re well-known for the work we do with our country’s most vulnerable. But what you may not know is how we don’t do any of that alone – in fact, our clients and their families play a big role in their own treatment, programming, and even the spaces they gather in! A great example of this can be found in the Family Treatment Program’s new building – before they even…
Take me out to the ball game! Ehrlo Sport Venture is excited to announce the beginning of a new league, offering free-of-charge baseball to children and youth. The league was made possible through a partnership with the Toronto Blue Jays’ Jays Care Foundation, a charitable organization whose mission is to use baseball to teach life skills and create lasting social change for children and…
The Ranch’s Buckland campus has recently followed our southern program’s footsteps and established a powwow group for youth. Buckland’s group is led by Matheson House youth care worker Ryanda Thunderchild and runs every second Sunday from 6 to 7 p.m. There are six youth who attend regularly, but the group is open to any youth attending at any time; regular participation is not…
Ranch Ehrlo is pleased to have been asked to participate in Umind’s free webinar series, “The Power Of…” The four-part series focuses on complementary services for treating mental health issues in youth – something that we at Ranch Ehrlo know a thing or two about! “Umind is a national resource to connect professionals working in children’s mental health, and I believe Ranch…
Kate Langen April 11, 2018 marks the International Day of Pink, a day created to bring awareness to and end all forms of bullying. While many anti-bullying initiatives focus on helping victims, at Ranch Ehrlo, we also focus on addressing the reasons behind bullying. Kate Langen, director of clinical services explains how we can uncover the reason behind these behaviours. Bullying…
Ehrlo Sport Venture’s newest program has officially launched. The mentorship program, born of a partnership between Ehrlo Sport Venture and The Regina Intersectoral Partnership (TRiP) pairs youth identified by TRiP as most in need of mentorship with a caring adult mentor provided by Sport Venture. The program kicked off just over a month ago and has been going full force ever since. To date,…
Guest writer, Warren Cook vocational program manager, blogs about vocational opportunities for clients at the Ranch. If you follow our website, you may have noticed a change to our alternate educational opportunities around November 2017. In summation, the decision was made to divide the existing CVEP (Community Vocational Educational Program) into three separate programs, each with a slightly…
Did you know that Ranch Ehrlo employs over 800 people? Maybe now you’re wondering, “where do all those people fit in the scheme of one agency?” Well wonder no more – we’ve made a handy infographic that breaks down who our staff are, what they do, and where they are located! If you’re interested in working at Ranch Ehrlo, please visit our career section for current openings or…
Every February you will find youth and staff bundling up in parkas and toques to not just brave the winter but to conquer it. Our annual Winterfests (we hold one at Buckland and Pilot Butte campus) are looked forward to by kids and adults alike. It is a ray of sunshine in a long cold winter, where everyone has the opportunity to have fun outside. Youth and staff start their morning with a…
You may have heard that we have recently expanded our Treatment Foster Care services. We now offer Emergency Foster Care, as well as a Family Based Treatment Home program (FBTH). But what exactly is a Family Based Treatment Home? We sat down with director David Rivers to find out more about this exciting new program. Question: In your own words, describe the program. FBTH is a type of…
In order to know where we’re going, we have to know where we’ve been. That’s where our Outcomes Report comes in. Each year, we collect data in the form of surveys from clients and residents letting us know how they feel about their experiences at Ranch Ehrlo. For today’s blog, we summed up some of the key points from the 2016 Outcomes Report in easy-to-digest infographic…
Often our blog is a space where we try to paint pictures with words, but to truly show you what we do here without any visual aid can be tough. Sometimes we use actual pictures or infographics, to give you a different view of whatever subject matter we’re tackling that week. But if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be a veritable goldmine – and that’s just what we have for…
