Kellogg Foundation Lends a Helping Hand

On Wed July 23, 10 employees of the Kellogg Foundation spent the day volunteering at the Ranch. With direction and guidance from Randy Blair of Blair Landscaping of Woodland the volunteers from Kellogg were able to completely landscape the first house with the plants donated by Blair Landscaping and Van Neste Landscape Nursery in Mulliken. It was a day of hard work, but the exterior of the house was transformed from a work site to an oasis. Ron thought that we had easily received over $10,000.00 in landscape work.

The biggest surprise of the day was the attendance of Dr. Foster. Dr. Foster, in addition to being the Vice President of Programs at the Kellogg Foundation, is one of the best post hole diggers that we have ever seen. In addition we received a lot of good feedback on the progress that has taken place at the ranch. I think we can count on continued support from the Kellogg Foundation.

Thank you for all your hard work!

House Warming Party Huge Success!

On Monday the 21st A house warming party was thrown for the boys of the first home. There were and estimated 85 people in attendance. It was nice to get the community of Ranch Partners together and show them the results from the hard working volunteers this summer. It is really starting to look like a home.

As always people were very generous with gifts and time. Our gift registry from Bad Bath and Beyond was all most sold out and we received some gift baskets and decor from So Simply in Lake Odessa. One of the biggest surprises was a recliner donated by Mapes Furniture of Sunfield. The recliner was part of the design plan that Mapes Furniture developed for the first house.

By the end of next week we should be mostly finished with the first home. If anyone is interested in volunteering there are still many things that we need to accomplish:

Painting
Staining and Varnishing
Trim work
Grouting Tile
Rubbish Removal
Landscaping and Mowing
Dedication Event Planning
Mass Mailings
etc.......

If you are interested in helping out email Michael Cook or
michael@sunnycrestyouthranch.org

House Warming Party

On Monday July 21st at 7:00pm a house warming party is being thrown for the first Ranchers of Sunny Crest. It is going to be held at the, soon to be completed, first house.

Please come and join us to see the progress that has been made over the last several weeks and months. We are going to be giving tours of the buildings and grounds as well as sharing refreshments and fellowship.

If you are interested in purchasing a gift the Ranch is registered at the following:

Bed Bath and Beyond: First Name: SunnyCrest Last Name: SunnyCrest

So Simply of Lake Odessa

Mapes Furniture of Sunfield

Richards Brand Source of Charlotte

Please bring gifts unwrapped but tagged with your name so that we can identify who the gift is from.

Look forward to seeing you there.