Forgiven Ranch

We have been given 8 acres of land in Navarro County. Here is the preliminary plans for our 8 acres. A place for men to learn, grow, acquire skills, a little further out in the country. Because we are still located about twenty minutes from Corsicana, we can get involved in the community through recovery groups and church.

The main building will have a shop area where our t-shirt operations will be moved to, a kitchen, office space, classrooms, gift shop, and a couple of bedrooms upstairs.

The homes will be one and two bedroom homes for program and long term housing. There’ll be plenty of opportunity for the men to relax, recreate, work, be mentored, discipled, and eventually launch back out into society a better version of themselves.

We are in the process of working up site plans for our contractors to work from. We are in the process of raising $25,000 for the cost of the site plans. If you’d like to help us take care of that, just get in contact with Jay Dan at jaydangumm@forgivenfelons.org. The plans for the homes are already in place, but plans for the building still need to happen.

Watch the video to see what we’ve been doing, and then what we plan to do is at the end.

PRACTICAL ONGOING NEEDS OF THE MINISTRY

If you ever want to know how to donate "practical" things to our ministry you can view the list below. These are ongoing needs each month as men come and go through our ministry. You can send directly to our ministry or we can have someone pick up from you. You may also donate funds toward purchasing these items. Just mark it on your donation. 

-Twin sheets, fitted and non-fitted. 

-Twin blankets

-Towels. Bath, hand, and wash cloths. 

-Socks, gloves, and winter hats.

-Kitchen utensils, pots, pans, baking sheets, small appliances, hot pads.

-Light bulbs, cleaning supplies/chemicals, trash bags. 

-Hygiene. Soap, shampoo, Anti-perspirant, cologne, razors, shaving cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste. 

-Large appliances such as refrigerators, washer/dryers, microwaves. 

-Yard needs. Mowers, weed eaters, edgers, blowers. 

-Tools. Hand and power. 

Volunteer

We always need things done around the house that maybe the residents can't do because of their schedule. Sometimes the men could use a ride to parole when they first get out. After serving a long prison sentence the last thing you need to do is worry about how you are going to get to the parole office the next day. We can usually provide a ride but sometimes we need help. We always need help organizing clothes that are donated. We also need help going to pick up food at the food bank each month. 

The men also need good positive connections. You can volunteer your time  by pouring into one of our men. You can help them with navigating the computer, their new cell phone and inviting them to activities at your church. Let us know if you're interested in this because there is a little training involved.