What We Are Building
Safe Haven Ranch is a land-based healing and hospitality nonprofit rooted in the rhythms of real ranch life. We are building a place where people reconnect to themselves, to the land, and to one another through animals, stewardship, and shared responsibility.
This is not a destination imported from somewhere else. It is designed specifically for Central Oregon, shaped by the land, the agricultural history, and the needs of the people who live here. Safe Haven Ranch exists to serve the local community first, creating access to restoration, learning, and belonging for individuals and families who may not otherwise have it.
At the heart of the ranch is a simple belief: healing happens when people are given meaningful work, steady routines, and relationships built on trust and care. Through ethical animal stewardship, sustainable land practices, and intentional hospitality, we are creating a place where horses and livestock are partners in the work, the land is actively tended, and people are invited to slow down and participate rather than perform.
Safe Haven Ranch is being built as an integrated ecosystem. Animals support healing and education. The land feeds people and teaches stewardship. Hospitality and retreats fund access for underserved and under-resourced individuals. Every part of the ranch is designed to work together, creating long-term sustainability rather than one-off programs.
We are building a ranch that lasts. One that honors the land, supports the community, and offers a steady, grounded place for restoration for generations to come.
Why Central Oregon Needs This
Central Oregon is home to many impactful nonprofits, equine programs, and retreat spaces. Safe Haven Ranch is not being created to replace or compete with the work already happening here. It exists because there are still gaps in access, continuity, and integration that leave many individuals and families without the support they need.
Most existing programs focus on a single lane. Some offer equine-assisted services. Others provide retreats, education, or community gatherings. Few are designed to bring these elements together in one place, on one piece of land, in a way that is sustainable long-term and accessible to the local community.
Safe Haven Ranch is built on an integrated model. One facility offers many points of access, allowing people to engage with the ranch in ways that meet them where they are. Healing, education, stewardship, and hospitality are not separated into different programs or locations. They are woven together, creating a cohesive ecosystem rather than isolated experiences.
At Safe Haven Ranch, animals are not tools or attractions. Horses and livestock are partners in the work, cared for ethically and intentionally, and given lives of purpose and dignity. The land is not a backdrop. Stewardship, sustainability, and daily responsibility are central to how the ranch operates, teaches, and serves.
Hospitality plays a key role in this model. Thoughtfully managed retreats, events, and gatherings generate revenue that directly supports community access, outreach, and long-term care of the land and animals. This approach allows the ranch to remain financially responsible while expanding access to individuals and families who are often under-resourced or underserved.
Safe Haven Ranch fills a need for a place that is both rooted and flexible. A place that honors Central Oregon’s agricultural heritage while addressing modern challenges around mental health, disconnection, and lack of access to restorative spaces. It is designed to complement existing organizations, collaborate when possible, and serve as a stable, land-based resource for the community for years to come.
How It All Works Together
An Integrated Ranch Model
Safe Haven Ranch is designed as a living ecosystem, not a collection of separate programs. Every part of the ranch is intentionally connected, allowing animals, land, people, education, and hospitality to support one another rather than operate in isolation.
The work done with horses and livestock is tied directly to land stewardship and daily ranch rhythms. Education is grounded in real responsibility and relationship, not theory. Hospitality and retreats are thoughtfully managed to sustain the ranch financially while expanding access for the local community. Each element strengthens the others, creating stability, continuity, and long-term impact.
This integrated model allows individuals and families to engage with the ranch in meaningful ways over time, rather than through one-time experiences. It also ensures the care of the land and animals remains central, supported by programs that are mission-aligned and financially responsible.
Safe Haven Ranch serves through five core pillars that define how we operate, who we serve, and how the ranch fulfills its mission. Each pillar stands on its own, yet works best in relationship with the others, forming a whole that is greater than any single program.
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The Land We Are Working Towards
Safe Haven Ranch is actively working toward securing a permanent property that will allow this vision to fully take root. We have identified land in Central Oregon that aligns with our mission, values, and long-term stewardship goals. This property offers the space, infrastructure, and agricultural foundation needed to support an integrated ranch model built to last.
Moving to this land would allow Safe Haven Ranch to consolidate programs into one cohesive home. It unlocks the ability to care for horses and livestock long-term, expand land-based education, grow food and community gardens, host retreats and gatherings, and provide consistent access for local individuals and families. Most importantly, it allows the ranch to operate with stability rather than limitation, ensuring that the work can deepen rather than remain temporary.
The land itself matters. It is not simply a location, but a teacher and a partner in the mission. Stewardship of soil, water, animals, and open space is central to how Safe Haven Ranch serves the community. This property gives us the opportunity to model sustainable practices, responsible growth, and respectful use of the land while preserving its agricultural integrity.
Fundraising is essential at this stage. Securing this property is the critical next step in moving Safe Haven Ranch from vision into reality. Financial support now directly contributes to land acquisition, infrastructure development, and the long-term sustainability of the ranch and its programs. This investment ensures that Safe Haven Ranch can serve Central Oregon for generations, offering a permanent place of restoration, connection, and care.
Our Commitment
Safe Haven Ranch is committed to building something that endures. We are not focused on rapid expansion or short-term outcomes, but on responsible growth rooted in care for the land, the animals, and the community we serve.
Stewardship guides every decision. The land will be protected, the animals will be cared for with integrity, and programs will be developed thoughtfully and sustainably. Growth will happen at a pace that honors responsibility over recognition, ensuring that each step forward strengthens the foundation rather than stretches it thin.
Accountability to the community matters. Safe Haven Ranch is committed to transparency, collaboration, and long-term presence in Central Oregon. This is a place built with and for the people who live here, shaped by local needs, relationships, and trust.
Above all, Safe Haven Ranch is built with generational thinking. The work happening now is meant to serve not just today’s participants, but future families, animals, and stewards of the land. We are laying groundwork that will support healing, learning, and belonging for years to come.
This is not fast work. It is faithful work.
Faith, Healing, and Welcome
We recognize that faith and religion can carry deep meaning, and they can also carry pain. Many people have been hurt, excluded, or misunderstood in religious spaces. We honor that reality. Safe Haven Ranch is not here to push religion, enforce belief, or require conformity. It exists to offer healing, dignity, and hope.
We believe that God, or for some simply healing itself, meets people exactly where they are. Healing does not begin with having the right words or beliefs. Often, it begins much more simply. With getting your hands dirty. With caring for an animal. With quiet moments on the land. With planting seeds that someone else may one day enjoy.
Safe Haven Ranch serves people of all backgrounds, identities, and life experiences. If you are breathing air, we are here to serve you. Period. Those full of faith, those still searching, and those at peace exactly where they are. You are welcome here. You are safe here. When you are here, our focus is on offering hope and love in the ways we know how.
Our role is not to define anyone’s truth, but to create space where healing can happen in ways that are real, embodied, and accessible. We trust that God does the deeper work in His time and in His way. That is not ours to control or define.
Safe Haven Ranch is rooted in faith. We believe that God is the ultimate healer and that true restoration comes from Him. Our work is grounded in the belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and that healing, redemption, and renewal are possible for every person. Now, for anyone who felt a little internal cringe, please know this. At the end of the day, Safe Haven Ranch is just that, a haven. A place of refuge, safety, and rest for all humans and animals.
This ranch is built on authenticity, humility, and compassion. We believe that when people are given care, responsibility, and belonging, healing naturally follows. Sometimes that healing is loud. Sometimes it is quiet. And sometimes it begins with nothing more than a gentle moment shared with the land and with authentic people, because we are all healing in real time.
A Note From Jenna :)
Why hello there!
If you made it all the way to the bottom of this page, you either skimmed like a champ or you actually read everything and are just as excited as I am about this whole thing. Either way, I’m really glad you’re here.
Safe Haven Ranch has been a dream of mine since college, even if I couldn’t always put words to it. For years, it felt like a bunch of thoughts constantly swirling around with no clear direction. And then one morning in the winter of 2025, I swear it all just clicked. Like God looked at me and said, girl, you’ve got to stop being lukewarm and start loving people the way I know you can.
I’ve always had a deep sense of empathy and compassion for people. I’m the person strangers end up telling their life stories to within minutes, whether I ask for them or not. I spent most of my twenties bouncing around, working at cutting horse barns and traveling across the country, always feeling close to home but never fully settled. I was in the horse world, but also not not in it, if that makes sense.
I explored a few different paths early on, learning pretty quickly what fit and what didn’t. Then I found hospitality, and eventually event planning, and something finally clicked. I realized I loved bringing people together. Weddings, corporate groups, big moments and small ones. I loved creating spaces where people could relax, open up, and actually connect on a human level.
Then came my time at the magical place called Long Hollow Ranch. That’s where everything started to merge. My horse background. My planning skills. And a whole bunch of strengths I didn’t even know I had until I was forced to use them. My confidence grew. My vision grew. And my passion grew into something bigger than just events or horses.
I started to understand that healing comes from so many places. What we eat. What we grow. How we treat the land. How we interact with animals. How we show up with other people. And honestly, how free we feel to be our real, authentic selves.
Safe Haven Ranch is rooted in a core desire to create a space where people can just be. Come messy. Come tired. Come broken. Come curious. We’ve got you. You might be carrying deep trauma, or you might have just had a really hard day. Those count too.
I want people to feel like they can show up and cuddle a goat, ride a horse, take a lesson, work in the garden, host a retreat, plan a wedding, or simply sit and breathe. This ranch retreat center is going to be something really special, and I truly hope you come along for the ride.
I’m endlessly grateful for my husband, Matt, who has never once wavered in supporting me and my big, sometimes chaotic dreams. Even on days when I think it might be easier to want something simpler, I know I’m wired to spread the sparkle. And that’s exactly what I want Safe Haven Ranch to be.
So if your hope feels thin right now, or your sparkle feels a little dull, come on over. We’ve got plenty to share. See you soon!
With so much gratitude,
Jenna
Founder, Safe Haven Ranch