Peace Ranch's 2021 First Quarter Newsletter
2021: Embracing the Change
In January, at our Annual Meeting we reviewed the History of our organization. Paraklesis Inc. was founded in 1990 to fill a service gap and Forest Lakes Counseling was born to provide quality, faith based counseling services for people in need regardless of their ability to pay. Twenty years later we saw another gap and Peace Ranch was born to provide quality equine assisted mental health services for all in need regardless of ability to pay. Telling our story highlighted all of the steps on this journey and the incredible change we have experienced as founders, as a board, as an organization, as a community, and as a country.
No one likes change but looking back I can see change has been both necessary and beneficial. From our inception, Peace Ranch has had to remain flexible to meet the needs of various horses and humans, in a constantly evolving field in which we now find ourselves the “experts”. The ability to pivot is built into the fabric of our organization, so together- horses, volunteers, clients, staff – we move into 2021 with confidence that our Mission is relevant, our Vision is worthy of pursuit, and we are equipped and ready to serve. I know for sure, there is no place I’d rather be.
“Real change,
Enduring change,
Happens one step at a time.”