Silverado Boys Ranch
Panguitch, UT

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Silverado Students Help Local Family

Numerous students from Silverado Boys Ranch have recently donated their weekly allowance, their snack shack money, and even their savings, in some cases (from their SBR earnings accounts) to help a local Panguitch family.

Gary Harp has been raising two children on his own for the last few years. His 11 yearold daughter Josie was tragically killed in a hunting accident on April 7th. Small town communities come together at times like this to offer support and assistance. The Silverado students received word of the tragedy and asked if they could help. SBR management agreed to “match” any student donations. The response from the students was overwhelming.

The local community is also organizing a rodeo and a silent auction to assist the Harp family. The ranch boys and staff, in addition to their monetary contribution, have offered six hours of spring-cleaning to be put out for bid during the auction. We are hoping for an excellent bid, as the community has become well acquainted with Silverado’s strong work ethic; every Friday one of the ranch teams is found performing a community service project. The boys have been involved in painting, roofing, pruning, delivering wood to the elderly, sweeping parking lots, providing landscaping, adopting highways, and decorating for various holidays.

In today’s society, adolescents are often stereotyped as self-centered and self-absorbed. We are very proud of our boys for their selflessness, and for engaging in service activities which demonstrate care and concern for others, and which “make a difference” in the community.

Silverado Boys Ranch is an owner-operated therapeutic boarding school for boys, ages 13-17. SBR utilizes a relationship-based model that integrates real world skills through experiential therapy, challenging, academic curriculum, and student-parent-family workshops. Our mission is to provide a positive environment for boys, while guiding them to become respectful, responsible, and resilient young men.