Matching Funds For Hope
As we enter into the season of giving, we ask that you prayerfully consider giving an end-of-the-year gift to Edgewood Children's Ranch. From now through December 31, 2023, our friends at the Lewis Family Foundation will match all donations dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000. Give today to double your gift of HOPE for children in Central Florida.
Why Do We Exist
Edgewood Children's Ranch is a trusted childcare facility and restoration home serving the individual healing needs of children in Central Florida. Our mission is to empower children to thrive through love, structure, education, and Biblical Values. Our purpose is to help children to live purposeful and transformed lives.
Why Change Need To Happen
A study called the Adverse Childhood Experience Study conducted by the CDC shows that traumatic experiences in a child's life such as experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect or witnessing it in the home or community have a negative impact on that child's future. The report states that other types of factors creating trauma in children today include substance abuse problems in the home, instability due to parental separation or a parent being in jail or prison.
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study demonstrates
- Children who have experienced trauma are more likely to engage in early initiation of smoking, sexual activity, illicit drug use, and suicide.
- Children with multiple traumas have significantly higher rates of heart disease, chronic pulmonary lung disease, hepatitis, depression, and diabetes.
According to the National Institute of Justice, abused and neglected children are
- 59% more likely to be arrested for juvenile crime.
- 28% more likely to be arrested as an adult.
There is hope for children living in and going through these traumatic experiences. Even though these children have had a rough start, there is potential for a positive future. Our child care facility and restoration home provide children ages 9-17 in Central Florida with love, structure, behavioral training, and education helping them to live a purposeful and transformed life. Children who complete our program have a better chance to finish school, respect authority, avoid destructive behaviors that have negative impacts, and have the tools to build a healthy family in the future. Our children now have hope for a successful future in their life. Healthier individuals and families lead to a healthier Central Florida Community.
