Flat Creek Ranch

FLAT CREEK CROSSING RANCH TRAINING AND RETREAT SITE
"CONDITIONS OF USE"

Flat Creek Crossing is a near 600-acre Ranch which shares a fence line with the 5,300+ acre Pedernales Falls State Park.
The Ranch has facilities for group meetings, cabins for overnight lodging, camping facilities, swimming holes (on Flat Creek), and a ten-mile
hiking, mountain bike, and horseback riding trail.
Some camping equipment and mountain bikes are on the ranch and may be available for rental to individuals and groups using the facilities.
Also, for an extra charge, arrangements can be made for guide service, on-ranch transportation, trail rides, carriage rides, trailers for
hayrides, an Indian village, bar-b-ques, and even an occasional singing cowboy or two.
Arrangements may be made for TV/VCRs, overhead projectors and a big screen TV. There are meeting facilities for group sizes from 2 to
200 and lodging facilities for 60 people. All lodging facilities and most meeting facilities are air conditioned. Most lodging facilities are
equipped with microwave ovens and small refrigerators. In addition, there are four full kitchens on the ranch attached to meeting facilities.
All meeting facilities and many of the lodging facilities are handicapped accessible. Also, work is currently underway to make the creek
access and swimming holes more accessible to the physically disabled.
The Ranch is owned and managed by the non-profit organization, Child Incorporated, which uses it for training parents in parenting
skills and human service trainings, mental health activities, and as a part of its benefit package for its staff and parents.
When the Ranch is not in use for those activities, it may be available on a scheduled basis for use by Child Inc. staff family activities,
Child Inc. Center parent groups, other community organizations and even individuals.
While Child Inc. may simply rent the facilities, the demand is so high that it gives priority and rate discounts to those organizations and
individuals that are substantially assisting Child Inc. in meeting its priority activities and/or to organizations and individuals who have
significantly volunteered their efforts to assist in developing the Ranch and/or assisted with Child Inc.'s many other projects.
There are many types of assistance which might be valuable to Child Inc. to warrant a discount or complementary use, but prospective
users should first clearly define the assistance they are willing to provide on one or more of the objectives or project which Child
Incorporated has identified as its priorities . Simply conducting activities such as those
described in the priority activities section would not qualify an organization for…


	"Conditions of use"

FLAT CREEK CROSSING RANCH TRAINING AND RETREAT SITE "CONDITIONS OF USE" Flat Creek Crossing is a near 600-acre Ranch which shares a fence line with the 5,300+ acre Pedernales Falls State Park. The Ranch has facilities for group meetings, cabins for overnight lodging, camping facilities, swimming holes (on Flat Creek), and a ten-mile hiking, mountain bike, and horseback riding trail. Some camping equipment and mountain bikes are on the ranch and may be available for rental to individuals and groups using the facilities. Also, for an extra charge, arrangements can be made for guide service, on-ranch transportation, trail rides, carriage rides, trailers for hayrides, an Indian village, bar-b-ques, and even an occasional singing cowboy or two. Arrangements may be made for TV/VCRs, overhead projectors and a big screen TV. There are meeting facilities for group sizes from 2 to 200 and lodging facilities for 60 people. All lodging facilities and most meeting facilities are air conditioned. Most lodging facilities are equipped with microwave ovens and small refrigerators. In addition, there are four full kitchens on the ranch attached to meeting facilities. All meeting facilities and many of the lodging facilities are handicapped accessible. Also, work is currently underway to make the creek access and swimming holes more accessible to the physically disabled. The Ranch is owned and managed by the non-profit organization, Child Incorporated, which uses it for training parents in parenting skills and human service trainings, mental health activities, and as a part of its benefit package for its staff and parents. When the Ranch is not in use for those activities, it may be available on a scheduled basis for use by Child Inc. staff family activities, Child Inc. Center parent groups, other community organizations and even individuals. While Child Inc. may simply rent the facilities, the demand is so high that it gives priority and rate discounts to those organizations and individuals that are substantially assisting Child Inc. in meeting its priority activities and/or to organizations and individuals who have significantly volunteered their efforts to assist in developing the Ranch and/or assisted with Child Inc.'s many other projects. There are many types of assistance which might be valuable to Child Inc. to warrant a discount or complementary use, but prospective users should first clearly define the assistance they are willing to provide on one or more of the objectives or project which Child Incorporated has identified as its priorities . Simply conducting activities such as those described in the priority activities section would not qualify an organization for…

PRIORITY ACTIVITIES

		Increasing parenting skills training, beginning with prenatal instruction and running through late adolescence, for parents and children enrolled or formerly enrolled in Child Inc. programs; Reuniting and/or constructing nuclear families for the purpose of increasing emotional stability of children and decreasing dependence on publicly funded programs, of families of children enrolled or formerly enrolled in Child Inc. programs; Increasing circumstances where both parents, the mother and the father, accept financial and emotional responsibility for rearing the child, thereby reducing chances of need for long term public assistance of parents of children enrolled or formerly enrolled in Child Inc. programs; Increasing the use of nature and the outdoors as a mental health activity for the purpose of reducing the stress and hostility often associated with an inner-city environment, especially those activities which directly affect families directly associated with Child Inc. programs; Increasing linkages between individuals from various socio-economic and cultural groups, especially groups which involve Child Inc. families; Decreasing juvenile violence and gang involvement by increasing parent skills and awareness of parent and community responsibilities, among current or former Child Inc. families; Increasing the natural science knowledge and skills of Child Inc. teachers, teacher aides and classroom personnel associated with Child Inc. personnel; Increasing parent involvement in preschool and public school programs, for parents of children currently or formerly enrolled in Child Inc. programs; Creating a smoother transition from preschool to public school, especially from Child Inc. Head Start centers to the Public Schools; Increasing public awareness that the quality of early care and education that young children receive has a direct bearing on how the children act as teenagers and young adults. Increasing the involvement of responsible adults in the lives of the children enrolled in Child, Incorporated;






















PRIORITY VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE BOTH RANCH AND NON-RANCH PROJECTS ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED FOR...

		Development and maintenance of the 10-mile trail on the ranch; Construction and maintenance volunteer painting, curtain-making, light electrical and plumbing work, rock work, cement work (both in town and at the ranch); Classroom volunteers in preschool Head Start centers; Transportation volunteers - carrying families (in town); Medical, dental and health service volunteers assisting with immunization, health, dental and development screenings. >>>MORE