Spring Break 2010! Destination: Lama

In March, Lama was overrun with rowdy undergrads from Southern Methodist University.  Arriving under the guise of a world class ski getaway to Taos, students spent most of the week working for charity in blizzard conditions.  Revelers could be seen organizing the library and gear shed at the school, renovating the barn, tutoring middle-schoolers, and applying 500 linear feet of masking tape to the waste-veggie-oil-burning Cool Bus ahead of a custom paint job.  SMU students displayed telltale good attitudes in spite of inappropriate foot-ware.  Way to restore my faith in humanity kids!

For more on the cool bus with a hot paint job click here

Congratulations... It's a Yak!

On the last day of his ethnobotany internship, Colin said "I'll go feed those yaks one last time."  He found two new yaks!  Colin named them Yogi and Kumba.

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Youth Council Retreat: June 5th/6th

 This is the year that you take control of camp.  We are forming a youth counsel to plan the two-week session.

The planning retreat will be June 5th/6th.  We'll meet @ noon on Saturday for lunch at Bud's house, stay overnight at camp, and head home Sunday after lunch.

It's your time and your community, so whatever you want to do we'll stand behind (within reason).  You can contact Daniel to join the council, post a comment here with suggestions, and stay tuned for updates.

SCYR 25th Anniversary

SCYR 1949

1949-2009

2009 was the 25th consecutive year of summer camp hosted by Bud and Barb.  Although the they officially founded the Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch in 1985, Dr. Wilson started providing free youth enrichment programs on the ranch over 60 years ago. 

SCYR 2007

We celebrated a quarter century of transformative summers with the first camp reunion last Labor Day.  Campers past, present and future enjoyed a weekend of meeting new friends, designing T-shirts, playing with the horses, goat roasting, floating down the Rio Grande, pizzas from the horno, and of course: working on the ranch. 

 This year, the Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch is growing stronger than ever.  We’re proud of our legacy, and excited about the future.  Please take a look around this site to see what’s in store for the next 25 years, and how you can be a part of it.