
AMPLIFY AUSTIN IS MARCH 5-6, 2025
Amplify Austin is the biggest day of giving in Central Texas, raising $112.7 million dollars over the years for the local community. This inspiring day is called Amplify Austin, but the impact spreads way outside those city limits. During a single 24-hour period, from 6:00 PM on March 5 to 6:00 PM on March 6, 2025 residents across a 7-county region will come together to support more than 1,507 nonprofits – and Down Home Ranch is one of them!
Check out our website and get ready for this memorable day of giving downhomeranch.org/amplify
Here are four ways you can support Down Home Ranch this Amplify Austin day:
- Donate directly to the DHR Amplify Campaign downhomeranch.org/amplify
- Register for free to start an online Amplify fundraiser for DHR
- Share your “Giving Story” via email or on social media and tell everyone why you support Down Home Ranch on this day of giving! Be sure to include the link to our Amplify page.
- SHARE SHARE SHARE our Amplify Austin social media posts!
Down Home Ranch (DHR) is a working ranch that has fostered community, fueled social enterprise and sparked joy in thousands of people since 1989. Settled on 410 acres, this unique community of ranch hands, craftsmen, authors and athletes all live with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Jerry and Judy Horton founded DHR following the birth of their daughter, Kelly, who was born with Down syndrome in 1984. The Hortons observed that too many people with IDD experienced isolation, boredom and lack of opportunity after they reached adulthood. These two inspiring leaders dedicated themselves to building a residential community where adults with IDD would thrive.
The DHR mission is to empower the lives of people with IDD through Social, Educational, Residential and Vocational opportunities. Through these opportunities, DHR inspires those served (i.e. Ranchers) to pursue their interests, learn new skills and build meaningful social connections. The primary focus of DHR programming is to promote self-determination, independence, personal growth and community.
Help us Camplify Austin!
In celebration of Down Home Ranch’s 30th summer of Ranch Camp, help us to sponsor and host 100 campers to the ultimate camp experience! Amplify Austin is more than just a day of giving; it’s a powerful movement to ignite change and empower the lives of people with disabilities! At Down Home Ranch, we’re dedicated to creating endless possibilities for people with disabilities through social, educational, residential, and vocational opportunities—and we need YOU to help us “CAMPLIFY” Austin!
Click here to donate today
What an amplified summer looks like at Down Home Ranch…

















