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By Roger Mahan|2023-01-05T18:37:21+00:00October 26, 2022|Campus Corner, Events, Involvement, TXGBR News|

Many associate Fall with football. It is a time of (hopefully) cooler weather and Friday nights in the stands cheering for the local teams. This year we have fewer than normal participating on the team, but on any given weekend you can find our house parents with the whole cottage cheering on their cottage-mates and friends. Team sports are a great way to learn about commitment and community and you are making it possible for us to serve kids in this and so many other special ways that bring a smile to their faces. Thank you for allowing us to [...]

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By Roger Mahan|2023-01-05T18:37:58+00:00May 3, 2022|Campus Corner, Events, Involvement, TXGBR News|

The house parents and kids have begun dreaming and making plans for this summer. It is an especially exciting time this year with the promise of activities WITHOUT COVID restrictions. Many of our kids have never been on a true vacation where they take in cultural activities, try regional foods and/or see variations in landscape other than that of West Texas. Some of them may have never been able to ask, “Are we there yet?” But with your help, we can make it happen. Summer will be here before we know it and we want to thank you for helping [...]

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By Roger Mahan|2023-01-05T18:38:36+00:00January 20, 2022|Campus Corner, Involvement, TXGBR News|

Goodbyes have been said to 2021 and another new year begins! In the cottages many other goodbyes were also said to kids who returned home to parents or went to adoptive placements. While it was sad to say goodbye, we are excited for new beginnings for those families. For houseparents and staff, goodbyes are bittersweet, and clearly take their toll on our hearts. However, this is the work to which we are committed – to care for children for the season that the Lord entrusts them to us. Now as the new year begins, we will welcome new faces, new [...]

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By Roger Mahan|2023-01-05T18:39:04+00:00October 12, 2021|Campus Corner, Involvement, TXGBR News|

Football, homecoming, parades, and harvest festivals. Fall is a wonderful time of year at Texas Girls & Boys Ranch. Rarely are the weekends without activity or events for the kids. The fun-filled weekends of the Fall season are part of what helps our kids find the joy that they couldn’t find before the ranch. Too often, the children entrusted to us have worried for too long about grown-up things: where they are going to spend the night, what is available to eat, and\or if they are safe. But, sit with them in the stands at a football game, help [...]

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By Roger Mahan|2022-01-20T19:59:36+00:00August 18, 2021|Campus Corner, Involvement, TXGBR News|

At Texas Girls & Boys Ranch we have 4 Cottages plus an Emergency Children’s Shelter where the children live with two houseparents and any children the houseparents may have of their own. Many times that can amount to up to 10 people in the house! As you might imagine, shopping for a house of 10 hungry mouths can be quite the task. To make the shopping process easier, TXGBR has a commissary from which house parents can order all groceries. The process is simplified by a single order form turned into our commissary staff, Lacy, on a weekly basis. [...]

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