Wild Souls Ranch Announces L and Purchase
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ild Souls Ranch is a Therapeutic Equine Youth and Family Services nonprofit organization providing local at-risk youth with Equine Assisted Growth and Learning services, a Wraparound Program for children adopted out of Foster Care, and a Colt Training Program as Tip Trainers for the Mustang Heritage Foundation. Started in 2013 by Savanah McCarty, Wild Souls Ranch has grown and expanded, both in services offered, staffing, and herd size, allowing them to help more and more families each year. In 2017, Wild Souls Ranch moved to Fortuna to
rent property purchased and renovated by Marion Brown. Recently, through an extraordinary partnership opportunity and significant grant funding by the USDA, they were able to purchase the property from Marion and are now full owners. “This purchase provides Wild Souls Ranch an opportunity to have a ‘forever home’ and there are no plans to change a thing,” said Amy Scolari, Community Outreach & Development Director. While McCarty stepped down as executive director in 2021, the team continues the legacy of providing the highest quality of care to the youth and families of Humboldt County. “We are forever grateful for Marion’s willingness to sell us the property, and for her patience in the extremely long escrow process, and wish to specifically thank Reef Atwell, our USDA Representative out of Santa Rosa, Matt Allen of Humboldt Equity, Tom Hiller of Benchmark Realty who represented Marion Brown, Rick Phillis of Phillis Appraisal, and
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Wild Souls Ranch staff. Photo by Stephanie Richardson
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