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Watch Student Stories

It’s the last chance to order your Thanksgiving turkey! We have a few left and would love for you to enjoy one of our organic pasture-raised turkeys with your loved ones this year! 🦃🤎 Visit rocksideranch.org/turkey or click through link in our bio. #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

Our goal this year for Giving Tuesday is $100,000! All gifts go straight to student scholarships that make Rockside possible for so many students. Visit rocksideranch.org/give. 👏🏼❤️ #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch #givingtuesday

Happy Farm Friday from these foggy sheep! 🐑☁️ Fun fact: a group of sheep is called a flock! 🤓 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

Student Story: Valor #rocksideranch #liferestoration #nonprofit #workingranch

The students went on a weekend outing and found these beautiful fall trees! Look how colorful! What’s your favorite color of tree in the fall time?! 🤩🍂🍁🍃 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

Some staff from @rocksidegreatlakes came to visit Etna last week and helped build this firewood shed! Swipe to the end to see the final product! 🤩🪵👏🏼 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

Congratulations to the men and women who got first, second and third place in the 5k! 🥳🥇🥈🥉 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

At the ranch in Etna, we’ve had a longtime dream of a basketball court for students. So when Shepherd Church came to us and offered to help we said yes! 🙌🏼 Shepherd Church gave their time and resources to lay the foundation for the court and then many others came alongside to bring it to completion. Thank you for giving $9,000 to pour the concrete! Thank you, Ecobeton, for donating the sealant to preserve the concrete. Thank you to the family that purchased the basketball hoops. Thank you to the volunteer who sent new basketballs. Projects like this are only possible with a team of people to make it happen. Thank you, Rockside family, for believing life restoration takes all of us. 🏀⛹️❤️ #rocksideranch #liferestoration #nonprofit #workingranch

Swipe through to see some highlights from the Run for Restoration! Thank you again to everyone who participated! 🤩👏🏼🏃 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

Do you need a turkey for Thanksgiving? We have organic, pasture raised turkeys that can be shipped right to your doorstep! Click the link in our bio or visit rocksideranch.org/turkey to order!! 🦃🤩 We also will be making a trip to the Bay Area for delivery on November 23rd. Select ‘Delivered to Bay Area’ when ordering and you’ll be contacted to coordinate a place and time for drop off! 👏🏼 #liferestoration #rocksideranch #nonprofit #workingranch #organicturkey

Fall mornings on the ranch are so beautiful! Happy Monday! 🌤️🤩 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

The mornings are getting colder, but there are always farm chores to get done! 🐓🌤️ #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

Thank you to those who joined the 2nd Annual Run for Restoration in memory of David Lunde. 🏃👏🏼 Over 103 people participated all over the country and thanks to YOU, more than $11,548 was raised for student scholarships! 🤩🙌🏼 Whether you ran, walked, gave, volunteered or prayed- thank you for believing that life restoration happens in community, one step at a time. ❤️ #liferestoration #nonprofit #rocksideranch #workingranch

What’s better than an upside down smile from Loyal to encourage you through the rest of your week! 👏🏼😄🐾 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

All hands on deck!! The students helped with sealing the basketball court last week. The hoops were also installed last week. It’s coming along- thanks to YOU! 👏🏼🙏🏼🏀 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

The students had fun this weekend in San Francisco Bay! Swipe to see more! 🤩🛥️👉🏼 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

The 2nd annual Run for Restoration was a huge success thanks to YOU! Thank you to everyone who came out to participate and to those who made donations. You help make life restoration possible through your prayers, gifts and time—thank you!! 👏🏼❤️🏃 If you missed our stories the day of, check out the highlight on our profile! 🤩 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

It’s farm Friday— brought to you by a student loading and moving pigs! ❤️💪🏼🐽 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

These are two new Rockside board members! They got to visit Etna last week and have known Craig since college!!👏🏼❤️ #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

Farm dinner last week was special having so many people gathered around the first fire of the season! 🤝🏼🪵🔥 #liferestoration #workingranch #nonprofit #RocksideRanch

At the ranch in Etna, we’ve had a longtime dream of a basketball court for students. So when Shepherd Church came to us and offered to help we said yes! 🙌🏼

Shepherd Church gave their time and resources to lay the foundation for the court an

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