Rawhide Boys Ranch

Rawhide Youth Services
Founded1965
FoundersJohn and Jan Gillespie
Bart and Cherry Starr
Legal status501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
FocusChild Treatment, Residential Treatment Programs, Alternative Education, Counseling
Location
Coordinates44°18′42″N 88°51′03″W / 44.3118°N 88.8507°W / 44.3118; -88.8507
WebsiteRawhide.org

Rawhide Youth Services is a faith-based non-profit organization established in 1965. Its campus is located south of New London, Wisconsin, in the Town of Caledonia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It provides residential programs for at-risk and troubled boys as well as outpatient mental health services dedicated to helping at-risk youth and their families lead healthy, responsible lives.[2]

History

Early years: 1965–1983

Rawhide was established in 1965 by John and Jan Gillespie, who purchased the 714-acre (2.89 km2) plot along the Wolf River near New London in 1965. They opened the ranch and took in their first eight boys.[3]

In 1967 Rawhide incorporated summer only boys programs, treating up to 300 boys a year.[4]

Rawhide ran its own fire department beginning in 1967 that also served the Town of Caledonia. It was one of only 10 such fire corporations in the state of Wisconsin. The boys were actively involved although they were given a separate ride to the fire scenes since they could not ride the fire equipment. In 1969 the Rawhide Fire Department responded to approximately 28 grass and woods fires in and off the Rawhide property.[5]

Bart and Cherry Starr

John and Jan Gillespie were thinking about starting a group home for troubled boys and heard that the Starrs had a similar idea. John found their phone number in the phone book and called them up. They then met and the Starrs agreed to help the Gillespies start up Rawhide.[6] Bart was the chairman of the fundraising drive to pay Rawhide's mortgage. Seventeen other members of the 1966 Green Bay Packers team, including Fred "Fuzzy" Thurston, Jerry Kramer, and Jim Taylor, joined in to help raise $20,000.[7] Bart Starr also donated a red 1968 Chevrolet Corvette he had won for his performance in the Super Bowl to be raffled. The raffle raised over $40,000 for the Ranch. Ronald Kent, of Larson, Wisconsin won the drawing from over 45,000 entries.[8]

Starr led additional fundraising efforts, and helped kickoff the vehicle donation program by sending out a letter across the country. He also was the host and narrator of the TV commercials for the vehicle donation program.[9][10] For his 37 years of service with Rawhide, Bart Starr was presented with the AMVETS Humanitarian Award in 2003. Previous winners include John McCain, Barbara Bush, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton, and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.[11][12]

Program expansion: 1983–2011

The vehicle program allowed Rawhide to expand again, and they began treating 20 boys a year in 1984.[13] Capacity by 1991 was 30 boys a year. The Rawhide School was renamed the Starr Academy in 1991 in honor of the support Bart and Cherry Starr had provided over the years.[14]

In 1993 Rawhide opened its fourth residence, expanding capacity to 40 boys a year,[15] and in 1994 also opened their first foster home, in the Appleton area, to help with the transition from the Ranch.[16]

Rawhide expanded again, opening its fifth residence house in December 1996.[17] Rawhide began its About Face program, a 4-month military-style discipline program, in 1997.[18] A barn fire on Christmas Eve in 1999 destroyed four horses. Donations surpassed the cost to rebuild the barn, and the excess donations were used to start a new program focusing on younger boys, Rawhide's Equine Assisted Program, utilizing therapeutic horseback riding. The new psychotherapy program focused on using interactions between the boy, a counselor, his parents, and a horse to improve communications and relationships.[19]

The first Rawhide program designed for boys not under court supervision, the Academy Program, began in 2003. The program focused on helping boys not yet in, but on their way to, serious trouble get their high school diploma and begin post-secondary education.[20][21]

Honors

The ranch was named one of 37 winners of George H. W. Bush's annual 1000 Points of Light citations in 1991, selected from among over 4,500 nominations and was now home to 33 boys.[22] On December 5, 2002, the City of Neenah Mayor George Scherck honored Rawhide by declaring it Rawhide Appreciation Day throughout the city. The award was honored to Rawhide because of their long standing history of working with young people, benefiting all communities in Wisconsin, and working diligently to paint the Oak Street Bridge in Neenah.

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle dedicated the eight-person Cornerstone Group Home in 2004. This was the first residence at Rawhide not to use house parents, leaving the boys with more autonomy.[23] In 2008 Rawhide opened its first outpatient clinic, in Green Bay. Two more outpatient clinics were opened in 2009, one in Menasha, and one on the Rawhide campus in New London.[24][25]

Car donation program

The auto, truck, boat and real estate donation program began in 1983. Rawhide initially hoped to receive one vehicle a week, but was averaging 20 vehicles a week 6 months later.[26] By 1986 donations were estimated at 3,500 vehicle and real estate donations a year.[27] In 1991 Rawhide moved from picking up cars directly or having them dropped off at Rawhide to an auto dealer drop-off network with more than 250 drop-off locations throughout Wisconsin.[28] The vehicle drop-off network was expanded into the Chicago area in 1993.[29] By 1995 the vehicle donation program was receiving over seven thousand vehicles each year[30] and reached 8,000 in 1996.[31] By 1997 the program was pulling in 11,000 car, truck, boat and real estate donations.[32]

Many cars are still processed and inspected on the grounds. From there they go to wholesale dealer auctions or are sold through the Rawhide eBay store.[33]

Ranch programs

The ranch receives funding from referring counties and parents,[2] as well as from donations. This includes donations of automobiles, which Chicago dealers accept on the ranch's behalf.[34]

The ranch's programs include working with horses and other animals.[35] The ranch also has two vehicle centers that allow for preparation of donated vehicles for auction, as well as offering work experience.[36] Volunteers from the ranch at times provide labor to help other organizations in the area, such as cleaning and painting a transitional living facility in the city of Waupaca[37] or helping with the cleaning efforts in the city of Waupun after a severe storm.[38][full citation needed]

Rawhide is currently a member of: the Wisconsin Association of Family and Children's Agencies (WAFCA),[39] the Wisconsin Association of Child & Youth Care Professionals (WACYCP)[citation needed] and the Alliance for Children and Families (ACF).[40]

Controversies

In 1982, Wisconsin passed the nation's first LGBT anti-discrimination bill, outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation. This conflicted with Rawhide's faith-based treatment programs, which were partially based on hiring Christian married couples made up of a man and woman to create a traditional home environment. Then-Governor Lee S. Dreyfus, who signed the bill in 1982, sent a letter to the Wisconsin Senate saying he would not have signed the bill if he knew how it would affect operations such as Rawhide. "I feel somewhat used," Dreyfus wrote, claiming to have specifically inquired about such effects when he was deciding whether to sign the bill.[41]

In 1987, State Senator Joe Leann, 14th District (Waupaca), introduced a bill, SB 301/AB 527 (commonly called the "Rawhide Act" or "Rawhide Amendment"), to amend the state's civil rights laws to permit faith-based non-profit institutions to discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation, marital status, or religion. The bill (which then Speaker pro tempore David Clarenbach conceded may have had sufficient support to pass) was replaced by a different bill, AB 916, which created limited exemptions to allow religious associations to "grant preferential hiring treatment to members of their own creed."[42][43] Clarenbach also said the new bill would conform Wisconsin state law to the US Supreme Court decision Corporation of Presiding Bishops vs. Amos, 483 U.S. 327 (1987).[44] In this case, the Court ruled 9-0 to uphold a provision of Section 702 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 exempting activities of religious organizations from the religious discrimination protections of the Act.[45]

In 1997, a former Rawhide counselor was fired and convicted of repeated sexual assaults on two boys who were residents at the Ranch.[46]

References

  1. ^ Town of Caledonia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin-Churches and Schools
  2. ^ a b Rawhide.Org
  3. ^ History, Rawhide Ranch
  4. ^ "Packers Put Their Support Behind The Rawhide, Inc. Project". Appleton Post Crescent. December 21, 1996.
  5. ^ Proctor, Lisa (March 1, 1970). "Rawhide: Its Product Is Pride". The Post Crescent.
  6. ^ Jones, Dick (January 18, 1987). "Range War Over Equal Rights". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  7. ^ Paustian, John (December 21, 1966). "Packers Put Their Support Behind the Rawhide, Inc., Project". The Post Crescent.
  8. ^ "Ronald Kent". The Post Crescent. April 7, 1968.
  9. ^ "Auto-overhaul project helps Rawhide Ranch". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. February 25, 1984.
  10. ^ Johanson, Mark (November 1991). "Donated vehicle auctions helped Rawhide turn corner". Northeastern Wisconsin Business Review.
  11. ^ "Bart Starr's work with Rawhide Boys Ranch earns National Humanitarian Award". New London Press Star. March 21, 2003.
  12. ^ AMVETS awards page Archived 2011-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Ogintz, Eileen (August 12, 1984). "Ranch drives delinquents to fix cars, not steal them". Chicago Tribune.
  14. ^ Meyer, Frank (January 28, 1991). "Troubled boys learn about love, discipline at Rawhide ranch". Shawano Evening Leader.
  15. ^ "Rawhide expands facilities". The Post Crescent. March 8, 1994.
  16. ^ Geniesse, Peter (March 20, 1994). "Most of Rawhide's alumni go straight". The Post Crescent.
  17. ^ Wagner, Mark (July 19, 1997). "New house softens Rawhide site". The Post Crescent.
  18. ^ Wagner, Mark (July 19, 1997). "Rawhide: Home helps point wayward boys in right direction". The Post Crescent.
  19. ^ Blaney Fljetner, Maureen (December 22, 2000). "Horses' deaths opened hearts to boys". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  20. ^ Culhave, Ed (April 23, 2003). "New class arrives at Rawhide ranch". The Post Crescent.
  21. ^ Wells, Kelly (June 23, 2003). "Ranching out: Rawhide to add a voluntary program for at-risk teens". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  22. ^ "Rawhide ranch hailed as a '92 'point of light'". The Post Crescent. April 28, 1992.
  23. ^ Wideman, Steve (April 17, 2004). "Rawhide facility dedicated". The Post Crescent.
  24. ^ Hueff, Mike (May 2, 2008). "Rawhide clinic gets Starr-studded kickoff". Green Bay Press-Gazette.
  25. ^ "Rawhide Boys Ranch opens two new counseling clinics". The Post Crescent. April 22, 2009.
  26. ^ "Auto Overhaul Project helps Rawhide Ranch". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. February 25, 1984.
  27. ^ "Rawhide to Cope with Tax Revisions". The Post Crescent. November 5, 1986.
  28. ^ Johanson, Mark (November 1991). "Donated Vehicle Auctions helped Rawhide turn corner". Northeastern Wisconsin Business Review.
  29. ^ Boe, Dave (November 27, 1993). "Auto Showcase". Daily Herald.
  30. ^ "Rawhide ranch hailed as a '92 'point of light'". The Post Crescent. April 28, 1992.
  31. ^ Wagner, Mark (July 19, 1997). "Rawhide: Home helps point wayward boys in right directioncase". The Post Crescent.
  32. ^ Hansen, Dan (July 9, 1998). "For more than three decades the Rawhide Boys Ranch has been helping troubled teens turn their lives around". Waupaca County Post.
  33. ^ "Car Donation FAQ's". Rawhide.org. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  34. ^ Popely, Rick (March 2, 2002). "Determining Worth of Donated Vehicle to Charity Presents Challenge". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  35. ^ Rawhide's Equestrian Center
  36. ^ Pennau Prep Center and Snap-on Auto Center, Rawhide
  37. ^ Waggoner, Judy (June 12, 2002). "New London, Wis., Native Works to Help Others Find Employment". The Post-Crescent. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  38. ^ Mueller, Dianna (June 26, 2004). "Sirens give ample time for people to take cover". Beaver Dam Daily Citizen. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  39. ^ WAFCA Member Agencies Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  40. ^ ACF Membership Wisconsin Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  41. ^ Neil H. Shively. "Starr endorses exemption bill". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 6, 1986.
  42. ^ "Rawhide Amendment Dies In Madison". Wisconsin Light, V. 1 #5 (March 11 - April 7, 1988); pp. 1, 4.
  43. ^ "WISCONSIN". The Advocate Issue 498 (5/10/88); p. 33
  44. ^ "Assembly OKs bill to exempt Rawhide from law on hiring" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Steve Schultze, February 12, 1988
  45. ^ "IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law" https://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_86_179
  46. ^ Nelson, Chris. "Counselor sentenced: Ex-employee of Rawhide Boys Ranch gets 15 years for 2 counts of sex assault." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 20, 1997

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