Ranch Ehrlo Society is looking for people who want to make a difference in children’s lives. The Treatment Foster Care Program is currently seeking families to become foster parents. The next training session begins Nov. 2013. Foster parent Lori Abbott grew up in care and said she understands the critical role that foster parents play in a child’s life. “I grew up in care so I…
Changes are coming for the Clinical Assessment and Ehrlo Counselling Services teams. Both departments will be relocating from their current offices to a new building on 1951 Francis St., slightly off the beaten path of Victoria Avenue East in Regina. “The staff is excited,” said Gord Swystun, director of Property Management. “The building is going to have new technologies which none of…
It was a busy year for RES and E Holding Corporation and the Ehrlo Child and Family Foundation. Both groups held their sixth Annual General Meeting (AGM) on September 20th. Board members and staff gathered together to celebrate several accomplishments and contributions made throughout the year, most notably, the successful end of Phase One of the Dr. Geoffrey Pawson Legacy Fund fundraising…
Ranch Pow Wow instructor Kenny Bison recently talked about the meaning of Pow Wow and why it's important to the youth at Ranch Ehrlo during a Pow Wow performance on the Pilot Butte campus. I took the opportunity to film his lesson and the dance that followed.
Opening and operating a licensed group living home isn’t as easy as posting a “sold” sign on the lawn and opening the door. It takes weeks to have each property prepared for the youth who call it home. The Ranch Ehrlo works around the clock to ensure each group home is well-maintained, meeting code requirements set out by legislation and regulation. There are 27 licensed Ranch Ehrlo…
It’s been three months now that I’ve been working at Ranch Ehrlo Society. I had a lot of questions coming to the Ranch, which I’m sure a lot of youth and families can relate to. Over the last two months I’ve started to uncover some answers. I’ve learned a lot through listening and learning my way through unpredictable days at the Ranch; from interviews with senior management and…
Paper Crane Community Arts Centre has spread its wings over the last year, taking programming to new heights. Paper Crane opened in September 2012 and began full-time therapeutic arts programming for Ranch Ehrlo and the community in October 2012. The space has since become a thriving place for creativity, creation, self-expression, and wellness. “The modality of all expressive arts and…
You are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Ranch Ehrlo Society. When: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 Time: 11:30 a.m. (lunch) Location: Executive Royal Hotel, Emerald Ballroom (formerly the West Harvest Inn), 4025 Albert Street, Regina Key note speaker: Deputy Minister of Social Services for the Government of Saskatchewan, Ken Acton If you plan to attend, please RSVP Michele. This is…
The Ehrlo Monday Night Football program kicked off its season on Wednesday, September 4th at Mosaic stadium. League volunteers, Regina Thunder and Saskatchewan Roughriders' players including Kory Sheets, Drew Willy, Eddie Russ, Ricky Schmitt, Taj Smith, and Brian Peters were on hand to lend some expertise to the inner-city youth learning to play the game. Regina Thunder player Nik Whalen…
If you could make a difference in someone’s life, would you? Rabiya Abdulkadir began volunteering for the Ranch Ehrlo Society to help make a difference; to show children and youth that people do care about them and that they are important members of our community. But Rabiya said the youth have taught her more, showing her true courage, kindness, and inspiration. Rabiya first began…
Guest blogger April Fyke describes what a Ranch Ehrlo house mother is and how they fit into the agency.
Ranch Ehrlo Society held a three day professional development event from August 27-29, 2013. Staff learned a new approach to suicide prevention and intervention in their work with youth. Dr. Karen Bax, a clinical and forensic psychologist from the London Family Court Clinic in London, Ontario trained 26 agency employees as suicide intervention/prevention trainers. The staff were made up…
The Ranch Ehrlo Summer Work Program encourages youth to become capable and contributing members of our community by providing opportunities for growth and employment. The Summer Work Program has been successfully operating from Schaller School for more than a decade. The job training program offers Ranch youth, alumni, Community Vocational Education Program participants, and others associated…
I joined Ranch Ehrlo Society about 18 years ago, and like many, my career has seen growth and transition. I started as a casual child care worker, and moved up to become unit manager at Mitchell house for about eight years before taking a 10-month paternity leave. When I returned back to work, I became the unit manager of Dalla-Vicenza House in Regina. I spent one year getting back into the…
Twenty-nine-year-old Christina Arcand stands on the front porch of her Regina home with a welcoming smile on her face. She extends her hand and greets me, welcoming me inside. We walk through a narrow hallway past the living room and into the dining room. It’s there that we sit at a table, surrounded by pictures and notes posted to a bulletin board, and a child’s drawing hanging on the wall…
