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You can build a career at the Ranch while helping others! Ranch Ehrlo supports its staff in building long-term careers and provides plenty of training and support to reach their goals. We also offer competitive wages and benefits. Many people have worked at Ranch Ehrlo for 25 years or more. We wanted to know why so many people have spent decades at the agency, so we reached out to a few to…

Gangs are a reality in our province, and unfortunately, they sometimes involve Ranch participants. Ranch Ehrlo Society teamed up with the Ministry of Social Services (MSS) and the Regina Police Service (RPS) to provide training to Ranch staff on how to recognize gang involvement and how to help youth avoid recruitment. Gangs are able to recruit vulnerable youth because gangs offer a sense of…

Ranch Ehrlo is one of ten organizations chosen by the Ministry of Social Services’ Community Living Service Delivery (CLSD) to participate in a pilot project to improve the services to people with differing abilities. The Ranch is excited to be one of the first organizations selected to participate in this initiative. For many of our participants, the Ranch is their home, and we want to…

A Ranch Ehrlo youth was about to play her last volleyball game at her elementary school and had the opportunity to do so in front of a packed crowd. Randee Patton, her Ranch Ehrlo teacher wanted her to have lots of support for this momentous occasion. Randee said, “Knowing this was her last home game, and final game of the season, I emailed (Ranch) staff to ‘pack the…

Buckland trees travelled to Pilot Butte in a north-meets-south gesture to make a cultural point. A symbolic teepee is now one of the teaching stations on the new path to reconciliation being constructed at the Pilot Butte campus. The path is called mamawi-pimohtetan which in Cree means “walking all together.” It all started with some trees that needed to be removed from the…

Ehrlo Sport Venture’s Outdoor Hockey League (OHL) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. It is a time for us to reflect on the past and plan for the future. From its humble beginnings in a Regina classroom to a league that now welcomes over 300 youth a year, the OHL allows all youth the opportunity to play hockey by removing the financial barriers. OHL owes most of its success…

It’s a new academic year for the vocational programs. This brings forth time to plan and develop new therapy programs for the participants at the Learning Centre. They have added an exciting new therapy that will help participants and bring some four-legged love into their lives. The Learning Centre is a special education program designed to support adults, aged 17 and older …

The third annual Battle at the Butte was on Saturday, September 24th and it was a great success! There were approximately 40 participants from 10 different programs participating in the strength contest on the Pilot Butte campus. Nicholas Hadjistavropoulos, youth care leader at Jewison House, along with former Ranch employee Tyler Harnett, planned the event. Nicholas said,…

Charlee is a Treatment Foster Program parent in Ranch Ehrlo’s Treatment Foster Care Program (TFC). After fostering *Adam for a year and a half, she recently had the opportunity to open her home to his biological sibling, *Ben in May. She explained that while it was rewarding to bring the bothers together, it was also very challenging teaching them how family treats one another and what a…

The 56th Ranch Ehrlo Society Annual General Meeting took place virtually on September 21st. Dr. Louise Greenberg, board chair, started the meeting with the land acknowledgement of Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories, the original lands of the Cree, Ojibwe, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, Dene, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. Louise, along with Ranch Ehrlo CEO Natalie Huber then…

At Ranch Ehrlo, we strive to help our youth, adults, and families live their best possible lives by reaching their full potential – but how do we know if we’re succeeding? One way we do this is through our yearly Outcomes Report. The report is a summary of participant and client experiences and accomplishments at Ranch Ehrlo Society. We use the information gathered to determine the…

Gabriel Rasmussen has not had an easy life. He became an orphan at two and a half years old through tragic circumstances. He bounced around from foster home to foster home after that tragic incident. “I’ve lived in 21 cities, towns, and villages,” he said. “It was so hard as a kid without a sense of belonging.” Gabriel ran away from every placement he had. He…

This year’s Ranch Ehrlo Society AGM will once again be held virtually on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 9 a.m. using Microsoft Teams software. All staff, board, senate and members of the agency are invited to “attend” the event. This event is also open to the public, so please join us for this year’s AGM! If you plan to attend, please RSVP to…

Many of us dread turning 30 but for Ehrlo Sport Venture, the upcoming anniversary is something to be celebrated. Ehrlo Sport Venture’s Outdoor Hockey League (OHL) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. It is a time for us to reflect on the past and plan for the future. From its humble beginnings in a Regina classroom to a league that now welcomes over 300 youth a year, the OHL…

Artistic talent is on full display on our campuses this summer! Ranch Ehrlo's Paper Crane artist Dustin Ritter has been incredibly busy all summer instructing mural painting at the Pilot Butte campus, Corman Park campus, and at several Ranch Ehrlo group homes. Participants from Ranch Ehrlo houses, vocational programs, and education programs have been hard at work creating beautiful…