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ROY ROGERS RANCH FESTIVAL *Page #1
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NEW Festival Pictures SOON!
The Happy Trails Children’s Foundation is proud to present The Roy Rogers Ranch Festival, a Tribute to an American Legend.Period clothing was Optional but Encouraged.
Some of the activities were:
Movies in the converted barn
Pony Rides
Trail Rides
Jumpy House
Music
Food
You may Email your 'RanchFest' Photos to us here.
See photos from previous years Festivals below and on "A View from the Trail PG #2 & PG#3"
View From the Trail!
by Joel Dortch, Executive Director
AKA "Two-Bits" Legendary western entertainers Roy Rogers and Dale Evans spent a lifetime devoted to children and their support of children at risk has been well documented. The Happy Trails Children’s Foundation is pleased to carry on the work with abused children that was so important
to Roy and Dale. The foundation built the Cooper Home in Apple Valley to provide a safe haven for children at risk, who have been severely abused and/or neglected. The problem of child abuse is a very serious problem that is growing in epidemic proportions. Throughout this past summer of 2002, newspapers and news broadcasts have been filled with tragic stories of child abuse, molestation, kidnappings, beatings, murder, death, and severe neglect. I don’t ever recall a time in our history when child abuse has been so rampant! Almost one-in-ten children nationwide are victims of brutal child abuse and the number of severe cases appears to be increasing at an alarming rate. There is a dire need for the services provided by the Cooper Home. Happy Trails Children’s Foundation in partnership with Trinity Children and Family Services continually operates the Cooper Home at maximum capacity with 40 boys between the ages of 9 and 15, plus we have a lengthy waiting list! These are boys that have been so severely abused, Child Protective Services has removed them from their homes and the courts send them to us. Since the Cooper Home opened in 1997, more than 350 children have received shelter, care and treatment services. Situated on 40 acres of land in the High Desert, the Cooper Home is surrounded by panoramic vistas of snow-capped mountains and natural desert terrain under healthy, smog-free skies. Its pleasant cottages and well-manicured outdoor play areas provide a peaceful, serene environment in which children can begin the healing process. There is an immediate need to expand the Cooper Home so that we can accommodate more of these abused children. Our next project is to build a third cottage on our campus that will house 20 more boys, bringing our total up to 60 beds. This much-needed project is estimated to cost in excess of $500,000. We welcome your involvement in the foundation through membership, volunteerism, or with your tax-deductible gift. As Roy and Dale once said, “Together, all of us can make a difference for our beloved nation’s greatest treasure: its children.”
The Happy Trails Children’s Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Code, Section 501 (c)(3), run by a volunteer board of directors,
and a paid and volunteer staff.
For more information on donations,
please give Joel a call:(760)240-3330
Don't Forget...
Proceeds to benefit the
Happy Trails Childrens Foundation
Cooper Home.
Used with Permission from Joel Dortch, Executive Director of
http://www.happytrails.org/
www.happytrails.org/
You can find out more by visiting
their Website...Just Click Here!
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The Ranch Entrance after we've added the posts from the former Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Museum, Victorville, CA. location, as a new fence at the Roy Rogers Ranch in Oro Grande, CA.. |
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...the Rest of the Story follows... |
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More of the article |
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The Rest of the Story! |
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We had many workers to help us get prepared for this wonderful event. Here's Cheryel Glaspie of "Shabby Chic" & she was such a big help. A Special Thank You to Cheryel & Everyone else!! |
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Here's Don Parks as he paints to help Spruce things up at the Roy Rogers Ranch prior to the festivities. |
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This is the fort posts from the former Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Victorville, CA. Museum as it's moved to our ranch in Oro Grande, CA. & set up as a fence. To see more of the Fort like Fencing material being set up at the Ranch Go to the REMODELING Menu page! |
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Gabby, AKA Dale Parks, instructing his horse before they entertain the crowd at the Roy Rogers Ranch on July 5, 2003.Photo from The San Bernardino Sun Newspaper. |
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Read the rest of this article below Elisa's photo. |
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Now Folks.........This takes Concentration. Elisa is real serious about her task! |
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Continued news article, see first part above Elisa. |
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Anne & the girls at the Festival T-Shirt stand. |
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The driveway as you Exit the ranch. |
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>Also see A View from the Trail PG#2 & PG#3 |
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Written by Tom ConnerArticle used with permission. |
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The Happy Trails |
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