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Peace Ranch's 2021 Second Quarter Newsletter

The headline of a Feb. 2021 Wall Street Journal article read: “For Better Health During the Pandemic, Is Two Hours Outdoors the New 10,000 Steps?” The article goes on to say that “the benefits of nature have been clear to scientists for some time but the pandemic has made the matter more urgent.”

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Peace Ranch's 2021 First Quarter Newsletter

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.

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Peace Ranch's 2020 Fourth Quarter Newsletter

The weeks and months are flying by, so many changes and adjustments, adding, subtracting, doing more of some things and less of others with not much time to process, have made my cup feel a little emptier lately. One thing that is unchanged is our commitment to serving both horses and humans in need.

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‘We Have A Lot To Be Thankful For’: Nonprofits’ Roller-Coaster Ride Eased By Funding, Donors, Creativity

At Traverse City’s Peace Ranch, which provides equine-assisted therapy to people of all ages needing mental health services, the pandemic brought cancellation of fundraising events but a swell in clients as the ranch took on people that state and local mental-health workers were prohibited from meeting with in person.

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Peace Ranch Equine-Assisted Therapy Helps People Cope during COVID-19 Crisis

Peace Ranch is an experience with a tranquil feel that immediately overcomes you when you walk onto the grounds in Hoosier Valley, just outside Traverse City. “We provide experiential therapy for people who have trauma, and we use horses in therapy, and that’s what makes it a little bit unique,” says Jackie Kaschel, the executive director and founder of Peace Ranch.

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Peace Ranch on GATHER Grand Traverse

Nestled back on Hoosier Valley road in Traverse City is a tranquil farm appropriately named PEACE Ranch. At first glance, it resembles a regular farm; horses, outbuildings, and gardens. However, it is so much more than that. By: Brooke Felger

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No One in Need has been Turned Away Because of the Generosity of our Donors

Yesterday I was tagged in a social media post by a 14 year old. The title read: Suicide is Gen Z’s Second-Leading Cause of Death, And it’s a worse epidemic than anything millennials faced at that age. Along with horror at the title, I was intrigued that a 14 year old was posting an article of this nature from the Business Insider, an American financial and business news website published by Insider Inc.

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