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Seamark Ranch announces plans to expand as it prepares for the future

For Clay Today
Posted 5/11/22

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – As another schoolyear wind to a close, the Seamark Ranch already is planning to expand ahead of next year.

According to Greg Voss, the ranch’s chief executive officer, the …

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Seamark Ranch announces plans to expand as it prepares for the future


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GREEN COVE SPRINGS – As another schoolyear wind to a close, the Seamark Ranch already is planning to expand ahead of next year.

According to Greg Voss, the ranch’s chief executive officer, the board decided recently to build a fifth home in the boys’ neighborhood. The move was necessitated because it had to refer nearly a dozen children to other organizations simply because it didn’t have the space. The demand for new homes is becoming more evident and the ranch is rising to meet that need in our community.

Voss provided a spring update of the group’s activities, including trips to the Island of Adventure, the Clay County Fair and other trips during spring break.

Seamark Ranch is located on a 465-acre campus west of Green Cove Springs. It provides a traditional home environment where each child can experience the security of boundaries and the acceptance of unconditional love. The Seamark approach is therapy-based and individualized. It strives to heal wounds and help children prosper in faith, in school and the community.

The ranch’s vision is to break the generational cycle of failure that affects the families it serves and to nurture purposeful living in children who have experienced the impact of broken families. The children of Seamark Ranch will be equipped with a worldview and life skills that will enable them to productively contribute to our community. Our children will be healed in heart and formed for service.

The first season of growing strawberries created some real success. The group already is known for its blueberries. Many of the children played a huge part in the clearing, cultivating, planting, upkeeping and picking the strawberries.

Our blueberry crop is not as strong as it was a year ago, however, it was still a fairly solid effort. Berries are still available to those who will pick their own.

The Equine Program will be holding its annual horse show on Friday, May 13, which will allow the kids the opportunity to showcase what they’ve learned during the school year.

At the end of February, Seamark held its Annual Clay Shoot which was another tremendous success. So was their ninth annual Seamark Mudrun in April, which featured a record 1,000 participants.

The future Coxwell Wiffleball field is in the early stages of being constructed, with completion expected to wrap up by the end of summer. The ranch also is in the early stages of a capital campaign to build a few new homes and a new school building to keep up with both current and anticipated demands for children from families in crisis.

For more information or to donate, call (904) 303-8550.