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Cooking with kids

In 2008 I asked my grandma, a former restaurant owner, to come to Rever and do a cooking class. She has always been interested in what I do at the Ranch and has always loved the kids that I work with. It seemed like a perfect fit to have her come out to Pilot Butte and do a life skills class. She came out once every two weeks and she would have a menu and she would cook the meals with the youth…

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Chip Nixon

Chip Nixon

The Outdoor Hockey League (OHL) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. From its humble beginnings in a Regina classroom to a league which is now spread across Saskatchewan, the OHL allows all youth the opportunity to play hockey by removing the financial barriers. This is the last story in the series highlighting volunteers, former players, and the media over the past 20…

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Transitioning off the front line

This March, I left the front lines of working with the youth in the group homes and moved into office work at the Ranch. I dislocated my right knee three times over the past five years - once goofing around out at the farm with my family, another playing football with the kids at the Ranch, and lastly in March 2012 I slipped on some ice. My doctor put me on rest from March to May and…

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MLA Trent Wotherspoon interview

MLA Trent Wotherspoon interview

The Outdoor Hockey League (OHL) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. From its humble beginnings in a Regina classroom to a league which is now spread across Saskatchewan, the OHL allows all youth the opportunity to play hockey by removing the financial barriers. Over the next several weeks we will be highlighting stories from volunteers, former players, and the media over the past 20…

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Dress a Champion

Dress a Champion

The Outdoor Hockey League (OHL) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. From its humble beginnings in a Regina classroom to a league which is now spread across Saskatchewan, the OHL allows all youth the opportunity to play hockey by removing the financial barriers. Over the next several weeks we will be highlighting stories from volunteers, former players, and the media over the past 20…

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Working 9 to 5 and then going to school

During my six year career at the Ranch I have been a full time youth care worker during the evening, nights, and weekends and a student part-time during the day. I decided to go to school and work because my husband and I moved out of the house at 17. We needed to be able to pay the bills and in order to do that I had to go to work. This made school really hard and I could only go part…

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Honouring the life and influence of Dr. Geoff Pawson

Honouring the life and influence of Dr. Geoff Pawson

It’s been a year since former President/CEO of the Ranch Ehrlo Society, Dr. Geoff Pawson, passed away after a brief battle with cancer. Geoff’s vision saw a small program for six troubled youth, opened in 1966, expand to today’s multi-dimensional organization. Geoff had a passion for helping young people, families, and the community and he shared that passion with all those around him,…

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Mayor’s Community Volunteer Award

Mayor’s Community Volunteer Award

Ken Jones and Russ Mathews The Outdoor Hockey League (OHL) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. From its humble beginnings in a Regina classroom to a league which is now spread across Saskatchewan, the OHL allows all youth the opportunity to play hockey by removing the financial barriers. Over the next several weeks we will be highlighting stories from volunteers, former players, and…

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Humour out of stress

Every summer we take the youth on camping trips to a variety of locations. During these trips youth and staff can be exposed to extreme wilderness elements which the staff are trained to handle. I remember one trip with a youth who was just a little gaffer at the time. On a canoe trip up north we got lost and it was just me, him and two other female youth. We had portaged a canoe through a…

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From player to coach

From player to coach

The Outdoor Hockey League (OHL) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. From its humble beginnings in a Regina classroom to a league which is now spread across Saskatchewan, the OHL allows all youth the opportunity to play hockey by removing the financial barriers. Over the next several weeks we will be highlighting stories from volunteers, former players, and the media over the past 20…

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A rich history

A rich history

“At the end of June 1979 the boys in Unit 2 were asked who wanted to work on the new classroom building. Danny, Gerald, Chris, and I volunteered. The supervisors of this project are Rene Thibault and Elmer Doeli. Our first job was to level the ground so the foundation could be put in.” Ranch youth Monte from the 1979 Ehrlo Magazine Fall…

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Sticks for kids

Sticks for kids

The Outdoor Hockey League (OHL) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. From its humble beginnings in a Regina classroom to a league which is now spread across Saskatchewan, the OHL allows all youth the opportunity to play hockey by removing the financial barriers. Over the next several weeks we will be highlighting stories from volunteers, former players, and the media over the past 20…

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The rainbow

The rainbow

When the Ranch first started in 1966 it offered one program - residential services for boys. Our continuum of services resembled a rectangle. Services were continually added for our clients including, educations and programs for clients with special needs. In 1995 Ehrlo Community Services (ECS) was created as an associate charity of the Ranch. As first ECS just existed  to create affordable…

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Reminiscing with Susan Lytle

Reminiscing with Susan Lytle

The Outdoor Hockey League (OHL) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. From its humble beginnings in a Regina classroom to a league which is now spread across Saskatchewan, the OHL allows all youth the opportunity to play hockey by removing the financial barriers. Over the next several weeks we will be highlighting stories from volunteers, former players, and the media over the past 20…

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Ranch Ehrlo continues to distribute CIBC Miracle Fund

Ranch Ehrlo continues to distribute CIBC Miracle Fund

Ranch Ehrlo continues to provide enrichment opportunities and supports for children, youth, and families through our partnership with the Children’s Aid Foundation to help distribute the CIBC Miracle Fund in the Regina area. “The original agreement was signed in December 2004 and to date over $76,000 has been distributed to enhance the physical, mental, social, and developmental wellbeing…

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