Buckhorn Feature
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New Barn for Dessie Scott
We are pleased to welcome a Mission group from First Baptist Church of Barnwell, South Carolina to our Dessie Scott campus in Wolfe County. The group is spending a week with us, building a barn for our Animal Therapy Program.
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The Nehemiah Project – Phase One
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Over the past year, Buckhorn Children and Family Services (BCFS) have been working to raise $100,000.00 in order to fund phase one of the Nehemiah Project. Through the Nehemiah Project, BCFS hopes to address the critical needs of the on-campus residential facilities. The cottages that house the youth haven’t had any major repairs or renovations since the mid-1990s. This is an issue that directly affects the children and youth here at BCFS. This past week, BCFS partnered…
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BCFS Prom 2017 “A Night in Disguise”
BUCKHORN – This past weekend was full of disguises as the Buckhorn Children’s Center (BCC) hosted their annual prom event. The theme for the evening was “A Night in Disguise.” The kids were encouraged to wear a masquerade mask along with their formal attire. Many of the prom dresses and shirts/ties were donated. Community members also volunteered their time and helped the ladies paint their fingernails and do hair/makeup. This was very special for the kids. “This dress from my teacher makes me feel beautiful,” one young woman said. The evening was full of fun for both the kids and the staff. There was delicious food, good music, and lots of…
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Camp Mariposa: An Awesome Adventure!
Camp Mariposa was held at Buckhorn Children’s Campus on December 8-10. We had so much fun!! We started our evening by roasting hotdogs for dinner. Each camper got to roast their own hotdog over one of two campfires we started. Then we went to our cabins (because it was SOOO COLD outside) and decorated gingerbread houses, drank hot chocolate and watched Christmas movies. [soliloquy id=”1975″] On Saturday, we had planned to go to Lexington to Southern Lights but the weather changed those plans for us. We decided to go to Hazard instead, because it was closer. Such a great idea!! We went to The Small Town and watched the parade, then…
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DSCH Receives Special Gift from Trail Keepers
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]PINE RIDGE – On October 10, Jeffrey Herald, director of BCFS’s program for Developmentally Delayed and Intellectually Disabled (DDID) children at our Dessie Scott Campus, attended a trail ride and fundraiser by The Trail Keepers Foundation to benefit Dessie Scott Children’s Home. The Trail Keepers Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create and preserve recreational trails on public and private land. The foundation uses environmentally responsible trail planning, construction, management, and user education to…
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Healing Gardens Yield New Harvest
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]BUCKHORN – Recently, female residents on the campus of Buckhorn Children’s Center have been reaping the rewards of their therapeutic gardens. Each cottage on the Buckhorn campus has its own garden, and over the last several months, the girls have been maintaining and tending to these garden beds every day as part of recreational therapy. In the program, the girls learn how to grow their own produce and prepare it for meals, but more importantly, they are…
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Ready to Fly: Hot Air Balloon Launch at BCC
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]BUCKHORN – All eyes were on the sky last week as hot air balloons took flight over the campus of Buckhorn Children’s Center (BCC). The ready-to-fly balloons, which were provided by the Buckhorn Lake Area Presbyterian Church, stood 8 feet in height and were assembled prior to launch by the kids in BCC’s care. John Craft, director of Buckhorn’s H2H Therapeutic Music Program, said three balloons were built per cottage. Due to a stretch of bad weather,…
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Music Makes A Note
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]The staff at Buckhorn Children & Family Services (BCFS) has found new and innovative ways to bring help and healing to at-risk kids. With special summer programs and a year-round therapeutic recreation program, which includes art, music, and drama, the kids at BCFS, many of whom have experienced severe abuse and neglect, are able to express their innermost thoughts and feelings. “They like it. They really do,” said John Craft, a music teacher in BCFS’s Halfway to…
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Big Creek Missions: A Summer to Remember
[x_section bg_color=”#f2f2f2″ style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]This summer, the kids at the Buckhorn Children’s Center were treated to action-packed days filled with fun, learning, and games courtesy of Big Creek Missions. Big Creek Missions, a Christian ministry center in nearby Bear Branch, KY, identifies ministry opportunities for church groups that travel to Leslie, Clay, and Perry counties. As part of their summer missions work, volunteer groups visited our Buckhorn campus from June 1 through August 1, providing day camps each afternoon. “Every…
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Buckhorn Children & Family Services launches $11 million capital campaign
[x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 45px 0px 45px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]Buckhorn Children and Family Services is preparing for major upgrades, including campus and on-site school renovations, program expansions, and new projects that will benefit whole communities. Reverend Ricky Creech, BCFS’s president and CEO, said his organization’s vision is to transform its aging facilities as it evolves into Kentucky’s go-to agency for the most severe child needs. “That’s what this fundraising campaign’s about,” Creech said. “We want to be at a higher level, because that’s what these kids…
