🍂 Fall Adventure Camp Registration Is Open!

Five Adventure-Filled Days at EmpoweRanch

Dates: Monday, October 5 through Friday, October 9, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
For children and teens ages 6 through 17

Give your child an unforgettable fall break filled with equines, ranch animals, outdoor exploration, creative projects, active games, friendship, and hands-on adventure at EmpoweRanch!

Campers will explore horsemanship from the ground up, care for animals, discover nature, complete team challenges, contribute around the ranch, and develop confidence, responsibility, communication, and new skills while having an incredible week.

Mounted horsemanship experiences are planned after campers complete foundational safety and unmounted instruction. Teens ages 13 through 17 may participate in our Teen Leadership Development Track.

Space is limited, and registration is now open for the complete five-day camp.

🌿 More Fall Adventures Are Coming!

Fall Adventure Camp is only the beginning. Additional EmpoweRanch programs and opportunities for youth, families, veterans, volunteers, and our community will be announced as plans are finalized.

Some programs have limited space, so join our email list now to be among the first to hear when new dates and registration opportunities are released.

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🎥 ABC15 Arizona “Helping Kids Go Places” Award

Featured story aired Nov 20th, 2025
This award was given to EmpoweRanch for the life-changing experiences we provide through our RANCH Kids℠ program. The story highlights the very work donors make possible: accessible, inclusive programs that help kids thrive.

⭐ Featured In the News ⭐

EmpoweRanch is being recognized for impact that donors make possible.
Our programs give youth, families, veterans, and people of all abilities a place to grow, connect, and heal through animals and nature, and the community is taking notice.

Thanks to the support of people like you, EmpoweRanch continues to be a place where kids build confidence, veterans find connection, and families grow closer through meaningful therapeutic outdoor recreation together.

🎥 FOX10 – Powerful Community Impact and Service at EmpoweRanch

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This feature captures how EmpoweRanch creates safe, inclusive, hands-on learning and therapeutic recreation for youth, veterans, families, and people of all abilities with supporters driving our mission forward! Thanks to Fox 10 Phoenix for showcasing the volunteer-driven, impactful work we do at EmpoweRanch. We welcome individuals and groups, including corporate volunteer groups like the incredible team at Howard Hughes Cares!

Support Life-Changing Programs at EmpoweRanch

Your tax-deductible gift supports EmpoweRanch’s inclusive, nature-based and animal-supported programs for youth, families, veterans, and people of all abilities. Your support funds program scholarships, accessible outdoor healing and growth, and the care of the animals who make this work possible.

🌲 Summer at Whispering Hope Ranch

This summer, the EmpoweRanch team is at Whispering Hope Ranch in northern Arizona, where we are providing camps, animal-supported experiences, and outdoor programs in the cool pines!

Our regular Phoenix-area programs will resume in early October 2026.

We are excited about what’s ahead this fall, and we can’t wait to share it with you as soon as the details are finalized!

About Our EmpoweRanch Team

All EmpoweRanch Program staff at minimum are background checked, hold a current AZDPS Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card, and maintain their current Adult and Child First Aid & CPR certification.

Our team is comprised of:

• trained, experienced professionals in relevant areas of expertise,

• caring community members that generously donate their time, talents, skills, lived experience, and mentorship to contribute to these unique programs, and

• committed students/interns in relevant fields of study.

Our team is committed and expected to serve as mentors and role models who demonstrate our high standards and values both at the ranch and in their personal lives. We are proud to only have team members that exemplify the strength of character, kindness, confidence, respect, integrity, compassion, resilience, determination, authenticity, and positive attitude that we seek to develop with those we serve.

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Founder-led and designed: Our programs are designed and led by Jessica Voss, CTRS, CPRP, CTRI. Jessi is an NCTRC certified recreational therapist (CTRS), Certified Parks & Recreation Professional, PATH certified therapeutic riding instructor (CTRI), and AAEE Certified Environmental Educator with over a decade of professional experience in a variety of roles and therapeutic settings, outdoor adventure and camp leadership and instruction, as well as a lifetime of herd and ranch management, animal behavioral rehabilitation, formal instruction, and extensive competition experience with equines and canines.

How to Visit EmpoweRanch

EmpoweRanch programs take place on a private ranch and residence. To protect the safety, privacy, and sensory needs of our participants, and to ensure our animals and staff can do their best work, we do not offer open visiting hours or drop-in access.

All visits must be scheduled in advance through: 🌟 Program registration 🌟 A confirmed appointment 🌟An invitation to a specific community event

We love welcoming people of all abilities to the ranch through structured, intentional experiences. Please check our calendar or subscribe to our updates for upcoming opportunities to attend!

Special thank you to our dedicated partners and sponsors!