January 17, 2013 / Leigh St John / Make A Comment / Watch this...
Tweet WHY Ranch Mentor, Brittany answers questions from White Horse Youth Ranch Board of Director and video producer, Adrian Leon. Brittany details what she and Jay are doing today at Cowboy Trail Rides during the Equestrian Education ‘Diamonds in the Rough’ program. Brittany introduces one of WHY Ranch’s youngest and newest ‘Diamonds’ students. Jay answers [...]
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December 20, 2012 / Leigh St John / Make A Comment / Blog
Tweet Amy’s Bloggin’, Yep, Bloggin’ My Christmas Story I’m going to take a break in my train of Blog…. hahaha uh, I mean, thoughts and tips about how to care for your horse to wish you an Extremely Feliz Navidad! Anyone who knows me can tell you my FAVORITE time of year is CHRISTMAS! I [...]
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September 15, 2012 / Leigh St John / Make A Comment / Blog
Tweet I was preparing the new Welcome Center in the WHY Ranch office. I could hear the blowing horn of a nearby passing train when I was greatly honored today as Henry Brean, reporter for the Las Vegas Review Journal, called for an interview regarding the real estate crash and how it has affected all [...]
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September 2, 2012 / Leigh St John / Make A Comment / Success Stories
Tweet Hello Darcie, Thank you for letting me know that it was now available. Done. I wish I could give more, but … It’s terrible that you have to return the horse property to the benefactor because of neighbourhood resistance. What was the concern/issue? You were very delicate in your choice of wording on your [...]
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July 31, 2012 / Leigh St John / Make A Comment /
Tweet Q: Where do you offer your Diamonds in the Rough Program? A: Our commitment to our vision of changing children’s lives through our program remains strong. To demonstrate our passion for our Diamonds in the Rough program, even though we do not own our own ranch property yet, we contract with two separate facilities [...]
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July 21, 2012 / Leigh St John / Make A Comment /
Tweet Donate your time, talents or treasures! See… Even the horses love the idea of you getting involved! :) Make a Donation! Just click this link HERE to donate to help us help children… Become a Sponsor! Just choose one of these… We have several levels of sponsorship available ~ which one would you like? Donate [...]
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September 15, 2010 / Leigh St John / Make A Comment /
Tweet General Program Information Where is Diamonds in the Rough youth mentoring program held? We partner with three host facilities to offer our program; Cowboy Trail Rides, Legends Equestrian Center, and Four Views Equestrian. Our program is currently offered on Saturdays. Once we have our own ranch facility from which to operate, we will offer [...]
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