2BU YOUTH RANCH

2BU Youth Ranch mentors at risk youth ages 8 to 18 in our community 4 days a week. Each youth comes to the Ranch once a week for a 90-minute session. During this time, we teach basic horsemanship as each youth is paired one child with one horse and one adult mentor for up to six weeks at a time. Many come through the whole season. The youth that come to the Ranch may struggle with peer pressure, bullying, mental health, or adverse childhood experiences. Our mission is to help them grow into healthy adults as they find faith, healing, hope and trust with the horses. We teach them how to handle horses safely, how to do ranch chores and other important lessons before they start riding. Hard work and responsibility are part of the appreciating and caring for the horses. As they progress in the program, we are teaching them life skills such as communicating, problem solving and conflict of interest. All of this helps the youth with confidence and trust which helps them heal emotionally.