The Little Bitty Ranch

The horses have been hayed, the ferret cages cleaned. The rabbits and the chinchillas have fresh water, and the chickens are full up on seed. The pig has been slopped and the walkways swept. All in a long, hard day's work on a ranch. Even of the smallest kind. And tomorrow, it will be more of the same. To top it off, it's not just the animals that are little bitty. The majority of that intense and repetitive labor is in the small but tough hands of many hard-working, animal-loving, big-hearted kid volunteers. Read Article...

Clays for Kids
Raising Funds- Raising Awareness for Children in Need

It was a sunny day last July at Big Sky Sporting Clays near Polson, and the mood was light and sunny too. But scattered amid the Clays for Kids shooting event and the stunning backdrop of the dramatic Mission Mountains were signs that reminded everyone why they were there. "Two in five children in the Flathead Valley are living in food-insecure homes." Each of the signs held a cold hard fact regarding hunger and homelessness.

Clays for Kids is an annual event held to raise funds for non-profit organizations that help children who are snared in webs of need. The sharp sound of gunfire on this big-sky, blue-sky day provided a perfect metaphor for the wake-up call to focus on the serious problem of hunger and homelessness that exists in the beautiful and seemingly picture-perfect Flathead Valley. This crisis is the real target for Clays for Kids. Read Article...