Holiday Open House

On the evening of November 4th I set up a booth in Kahoka, MO at the Senior Citizens Center for Son Valley Youth Ranch. I had a few of the SVYR kids with me helping out, and it went very well! I set up the booth hoping to get the word out and inform some more local people about Son Valley, and I did just that! It went very well, and I was happy to see that there were very many people interested in the ranch!

Son Valley Bake Sale

Hi everyone! Just wanted to give you an update on our bake sale that we had outside of Wal-Mart on the October 23. It was a success! We raised $435 dollars for Son Valley Youth Ranch!!!

Even though we had a very wonderful and productive day, it didn't start out that way! Rain was in the forecast, but we kept our spirits high! Luckily, my good friend Mary from the church donated, and helped me set up, a tent for the bake sale. The rain came that morning, as predicted, but we set up the tent anyways because I knew that this was going to be a great day for Son Valley. Lexi, one of our SVYR kids, prayed with me in hopes to clear the rain. Our prayers were answered! The rain and cloudy skies cleared within the hour, and our bakesale was up and running! We had many people involved with Son Valley donate baked goods, so we had quite a variety to offer. We had the kids of Son Valley along with us to help sell and raise money for the ranch. They had a few stick ponies that they rode out in front of our stand, and I have to say they definitely caught some eyes for us! It was great to have the kids involved when we do events for Son Valley, because they're what it's all about!

To all who donated and bought baked goods, thank you! We not only had people buy our goods, but we also had people just donate money, and we had a lot of, "Keep the change." God was good! We are looking forward to more successful events in the future, and we hope to see many there!

Here's almost all of our Son Valley kids! (And a couple of us bigger kids!) We are all sporting our new SVYR shirts. If anyone is interested in getting a t-shirt, long-sleeve shirt, or a sweatshirt, let me know. They're available for all to order!