Community Service—Achaius Ranch
Earnie Banks ’19 greets a horse for the first time during a work break at the Community Service Day session at Achaius Ranch near Ladoga, IN.
Achaius Ranch Director Elisha McCulloh explains the program's mission to provide refuge for neglected, abused, and unwanted horses and to encourage children and families to interact with the horses to nurture healing and growth.
Students wheel a load of dirt to the corral where a new fence is being built.
Chris Wilson ’19 puts his back into nobody's favorite job—digging post holes.
Sam Stewart ’19 works alongside Wilson.
Wilson finds that cold well water hits the spot after a morning's work
An unusual perk of working on the ranch on Community Service Day—driving the four-wheeler.
Good use of muscle—Sovann Kho ’19 and Luke Fankhauser ’19 carry a feeding trough to the barn.
Aaron Embree ’19 meets Midnight.
Kho and David Thomas ’19 find another use for the wheelbarrow.
The Wabash work crew poses for a photo at the ranch's welcome station.
Elisha McCulloh introduces students to a few of the horses.
Caleb Larson ’19 backs the four-wheeler.
Wilson and Stewart level a post.
This is Liberty, saved from a barn fire before being brought to Achaius, she wears a flysheet to protect the skin grafts on her back from flies and sun.
Luke Fankhauser ’19
Achaius co-founder, Ranch Manager, and Horse Trainer Nicole Wilson shows off 11-year-old Napolean.
