A Home

For Boys In Need

Since 1974

 

                        

 

Contributions can be made by clicking on the secure link below.

 

 

 

 

How You Can Help
the Maryland Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch

Gifts of Time

                    One great way to help all of the boys at the Maryland Sheriffs' Youth Ranch is to become a mentor.  For more information on our mentoring program and how to get involved click here.

Gifts of Cash

You can make a cash contribution to the Maryland Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch by using our secure PayPal account. 

Simply clicking on this link

Or you can send a check made payable to:

Maryland Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch
P.O. Box 42

Buckeystown, MD 21717-0042

Down and Dirty Short List of Things We Need

Service assistance

Plumbers
Electricians
Printers
Web Designers
Computer techs
Lawyer that is willing to do some sporadic pro bono work

Mentors

Tutors

Sports equipment

Jobs for our kids

Donations for activities for the kids

Unused tickets to sporting events
Tickets to amusement parks for the summer
Movie tickets
We had a laser tag company come out this summer and the kids loved it (cost was about $200)
Some of the kids would love to learn to golf
Take a Ranch kid to work and show them a job they never knew existed
A beach house for a week in the summer
Tickets to anything at the Weinberg Center for the Arts
Memberships to local athletic clubs
We would love to get a local fine dining restaurant to donate a meal for our kids. We would send them in very small groups so they could learn how to eat at a fine dining place

Office supplies

Copy paper
Document shredding service
Toner for our printers
1 Wireless router

Something for the employees

MSYR golf shirts
Tickets to anything
Meal at a local restaurant
 

 

 

 

Combined Federal Campaign

                    Each year federal employees and retirees are given the opportunity to support charities by designating a portion of their earnings.  If you receive a paycheck from the federal government, please choose to support The Maryland Sheriffs' Youth Ranch through the CFC.   Our CFC number is 74179.  Additional information is available HERE.

Matching Gifts

Many employers have matching gift programs in which an employee’s contribution may be matched in greater or lesser amounts by the company.  Please check with your company to see if they would be willing to match your personal contribution to the Maryland Sheriffs' Youth Ranch.

Securities

Appreciated Securities are publicly traded stocks that have appreciated in value and have been held in value for more than 12 months. No capital gains tax is paid on the appreciation and the full market value qualifies as a charitable contribution deduction. To maximize these tax benefits, appreciated securities can be given directly to The Maryland Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch. Depreciated Securities are publicly traded securities which have decreased in value since purchased. It is best to sell these securities and contribute the proceeds so the capital loss can be deducted by the donor.

Creating an Endowment

                   Endowed funds are held in perpetuity, which means they will be invested to sustain the Maryland Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch across generations.  The Ranch invests the initial endowed gift and only the income is spent.  Donors may add to the fund at any time and may restrict the purpose of the gift.  

                 An endowed gift offers the giver the opportunity to have their names, or the name of a loved one, linked to an area of the Ranch in which they have a special interest. Each donor's gift is a unique expression of the causes and concerns that matter most in his or her life. Some donors create unrestricted endowments, recognizing that the needs and challenges of the future will differ from those of today. Unrestricted gifts are used for the highest priority needs and provide flexibility as these needs change.

                Other donors choose to direct their gifts to programs of special concern to them, knowing that these additional funds provide an opportunity for those programs to grow and excel.  For example, some donors may wish to designate that the endowment be used for educational or recreational purposes. 

              Gifts are commonly made in the form of cash, marketable securities, real estate, personal property, life insurance, and provisions in a will or revocable trust.  Other planned gift options include retirement assets, life insurance, real estate and life income gifts, unitrusts, annuity trusts and gift annuities.   

              The Ranch places the endowed funds into a professionally managed long-term investment portfolio.  Earnings from the fund are available each year for support of the fund's designated purpose.

Technical Equipment

The Ranch is in need of PDA's.  Our current PDA’s are over six years old and we desperately need to upgrade.  We use the PDA’s to ensure that our staff has the most up-to-date information on our residents.  The PDA’s allow us to carry all of the needed information on our residents in the palm of our hands.  Ideally we would like to find PDA phones that would work with our current carrier, AT&T.

If you are able to help us with this need, you can drop the donation off at the Ranch or you could donate through Recycling for Charities.  Recycling for Charities is a non-profit organization that is committed to protecting the environment while simultaneously raising funds for charity organizations.   You can find them at http://recyclingforcharities.com/ or just click on the icon below.  You can use that link to make a technical equipment donation to the Ranch.

WARNING

     We have recently received several calls informing us that people in the community are receiving phone calls asking for donations for The Maryland Sheriffs' Youth Ranch.  Please note that The Maryland Sheriffs' Youth Ranch DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY PHONE SOLICITATION PROGRAMS. 

     If you receive a phone call asking for a donation for The Maryland Sheriffs' Youth Ranch please contact Mr. Mark Grover at (301) 874-4701 ext. 107.  We are committed to eradicating any fraudulent fundraising done in our name.