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Youth Ranch</B></div> <div> Therapeutic Care for Hurting Teens</div> <bR> <div> She's hurting and angry but she says she doesn't want help.</div> <div> She cuts and she starves herself.</div> <div> She pushes people away with her words.</div> <div> She is self-destructive.  She runs.</div> <div> The nightmares won't go away.  </div> <div> She relives the abuse in her sleep.</div> <div> She's tried drugs to dull the pain.</div> <div> She doesn't know who she is.</div> <div> She's escaped into her mind so many times.</div> <div> She people pleases to gain love.</div> <div> She's been with so many men.</div> <div> She's had her own baby...looking for love.</div> <div> Her heart has grown cold and she's only sixteen.</div> <div> She feels hopeless and has just arrived at a place called <B>HOPE</B>.</div> <bR> <div> Webster defines hope as: to expect with confidence. </div> <div> We know she will find hope here.</div> <bR> <div> Where there is love...there is <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Lucida Sans Unicode" >H.O.P.E.</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="5" WIDTH="717" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#333333 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 623 ><NOBR><div> H. O. P. E. Youth Ranch strives to foster</div> <div> hope rather than despair</div> <div> potential rather than limitation,</div> <div> healing rather than hurting,</div> <div> belonging rather than isolation, and</div> <div> what the future can be,</div> <div> rather than what the past has been.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="9f7ca0a0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="419"><div> <IMG SRC="9f573740.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> H.O.P.E<B>  </B>(<B><U>H</U></B>elping <B><U>O</U></B>vercome <B><U>P</U></B>ast <B><U>E</U></B>xperiences) Youth Ranch is home to hurting teens in search of hope.  Our 9 to 12 month Faith-Based Residential Program is designed to help teens (11 to 16) process through the pain of child abuse or other family issues that are manifesting themselves through poor academic performance, behavior problems, family issues, drug and alcohol abuse and deliquency.  </div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> <B>The Hurting Stops Here...But We Need Your Help. </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Sans Unicode" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="268" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#660000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="youcanhelp.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="You Can Help"><U>How Can I Help?</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="379" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 168 WIDTH="371"><div> All donations to HOPE Youth Ranch, Inc. are tax-deductible under the Section 170 of the 501(c)(3) code.</div> <bR> <div> Florida ida Solicitation # CH18128</div> <div> "A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY  BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE."</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=28 BGCOLOR="#660000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> H.O.P.E. Youth Ranch     17933 East Road, Hudson, FL  34667-6074     (727) 232-0119   <A HREF="mailto:info@hopeyouthranch.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@hopeyouthranch.org"><U>info@hopeyouthranch.org</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>