🤠🐴 RANCH Kids℠ 🌻🥾
🤠🐴 RANCH Kids℠ 🌻🥾
Dates: Tuesdays starting April 1st, 2025 for 6 weeks (4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6) ending May 6th
TIME: 4:30PM-5:45PM
Who: Kids ages 6-14 (experiences will be tailored to fit ages/skill level)
*Children age 5 may attend with an older sibling.
We celebrate neurodiversity! We welcome children who benefit from additional learning, social, and behavioral support!
Where: EmpoweRanch
Address: 308 West Siesta Way, Phoenix, AZ 85041
Cross-Streets: Dobbins Rd. & Central Ave.
What is RANCH Kids℠ all about?
EmpoweRanch RANCH Kids℠ will enjoy hands-on growth, learning, and enrichment with horses, farm animals, outdoor recreation, games, gardening, arts and crafts, and safe, responsible outdoor skills and ethics.
Discover the Adventure of RANCH Kids℠!
Come experience the magic of the ranch with RANCH Kids℠, our NEW six-week after-school outdoor recreation and animal-assisted program for kids ages 6-14 on Tuesdays focuses on:
R - Recreation – Engaging outdoor activities to build confidence and teamwork
A - Adventure – Fun, hands-on experiences in the great outdoors
N - Nature – Learning and growing through meaningful interactions with our natural world
C - Character – Developing responsibility, leadership, and resilience
H - Horsemanship – Educational and therapeutic activities with our animals led by qualified and experienced staff
During this first six weeks of RANCH Kids℠, we will learn about the foundational basics of horsemanship including equine behavior, communication, biology, health, safety, grooming, horse handling/leading, and horse and equipment care! These unmounted sessions guide the development of building solid relationships based on trust and respect with our herd (knowledge and skills that apply to other important relationships in life), setting the foundation for confident and competent riding and outdoor adventures in the future!
We specialize in fostering personal growth and learning through welcoming, fun, guided interactions with kids and our ranch animals. The fun doesn’t stop there. We’ll paint, create, play, and explore while learning about the wonderful natural world around us and how we can be safe, responsible, and have FUN in the great outdoors!
We value safety, inclusion, responsibility, respect, compassion, horsemanship, sportsmanship, & FUN with a strengths-based approach to build confidence, competence, & character. Session size and staff-to-child ratios are intentionally kept small to ensure every RANCH Kid is seen, heard, and supported for the best experience possible!
—————————————————
We are proud to be an official
PATH International Member Center!
—————————————————
ESA Parents: We are on ClassWallet!
(Please email JessiV@EmpoweRanch.org for invoice!)
—————————————————
This inclusive signature program is designed and led by Jessica Voss, CTRS, CPRP, CTRI.
Qualifications at a Glance: Jessi holds a B.Sc. in Parks & Recreation Management with a conc. in Therapeutic Recreation from ASU. She is an NCTRC certified Recreational Therapist (CTRS), NRPA Certified Parks & Recreation Professional, PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor (CTRI), AAEE certified Environmental Educator, and holds various outdoor rec instructor certifications. She has over a decade of professional experience in a variety of roles and therapeutic settings, outdoor adventure and camp leadership and instruction, as well as herd and farm management, animal behavioral rehabilitation, formal instruction, and extensive training and competition experience with horses and canines.
—————————————————
We are proud to be
Preferred Partners with the
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation!
FULL REGISTRATION AWARD available for qualified youth in foster care through AFFCF. Please e-mail JessiV@EmpoweRanch.org
—————————————————
EMPOWERANCH RANCH KIDS℠ TEAM
All EmpoweRanch RANCH Kids℠ Staff at minimum are background checked, hold a current AZDPS Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card, and maintain their current Adult and Child First Aid & CPR certification.
Our team is comprised of:
trained, experienced professionals in relevant areas of expertise,
caring community members that generously donate their time, talents, skills, and mentorship to contribute to this unique camp experience, and
committed students/interns in relevant fields of study
Our team is committed and expected to serve as mentors and role models who demonstrate our high standards and values both at the ranch and in their personal lives. We are proud to only have team members that exemplify the strength of character, kindness, confidence, respect, integrity, compassion, resilience, determination, authenticity, and positive attitude that we seek to develop with our RANCH Kids.
—————————————————
EMPOWERANCH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Limited partial scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please click HERE to access our scholarship application.
NOTE: PLEASE ONLY APPLY if you do not have another potential source of funding such as ESA or an AFFCF grant.
—————————————————-
Full Package:$390 $330 for all six weeks
Full Package through AFFCF (Children in Foster Care): $390 $250 for all six weeks
*For this first RANCH Kids℠ program, returning EmpoweRanch kids, military & first responder families, children in foster care, and children in zip codes 85040, 85041, and 85042 receive a reduced full package partial-scholarship PRIVATE PAY rate of $250!
After registration, please email JessiV@EmpoweRanch.org with your brief description/any documentation of how your kiddos qualify to confirm eligibility for this reduced rate.
Single Session: $70 $60 per single session.
Check and cash payments are welcome but must be received by us no less than one week prior to your child’s first registered session.
—————————————————
IMPORTANT:
If paying by card, please
SELECT THE REGISTRATION OPTION you prefer (full package or single day)
Click the “REGISTER HERE!” button below.
To pay by check, cash, or invoice needed (ex: ESA, AFFCF), please e-mail JessiV@EmpoweRanch.org for registration.
RANCH Kids must be fully independent using the restroom, practicing personal hygiene, and demonstrating the ability and willingness to follow instructions without physical intervention to keep self and others safe. Children with a recent, repeated history of aggression (physical acts intending or threatening to do harm to property or people) are not ready for our day camp group environment.
Refund Policy: Registration refunds require a 24-hour notice to allow the opportunity for a wait-listed child to attend. No-shows will not be refunded. However, if a camper misses their registered camp day(s), he or she may apply their fee to a future EmpoweRanch service within four weeks of the missed date(s).
Pick-up Policy: Pick-up from EmpoweRanch is 5:45PM with a 15 minute grace period. A $1/min late fee will apply for each minute late after 6:00PM.