Our story · Since 2016
One family.
A patch of land.
A promise kept daily.
We never planned to run a sanctuary. We planned to keep a promise to two unwanted goats — and that promise simply kept growing.
Who we are
We are not a corporation or a franchise. We are parents, kids and a handful of stubbornly devoted volunteers who decided our home would have room for the animals the world had given up on.
Our children grew up learning to muck stalls before they could spell, to sit quietly with a frightened animal, and to understand that compassion is just love with its sleeves rolled up. The sanctuary isn’t something we run alongside our life — it is our life.
— The Kozak family
How we got here
We said yes to two goats nobody wanted, with $150 and no real plan — just the feeling that we couldn’t walk away. We built their first shelter out of pallets and borrowed tools, and learned everything as we went. It was the smallest possible beginning, and it changed the whole shape of our lives.
A year later we drove home six dying goats and spent everything we had. After sleepless nights, round-the-clock feedings and thousands in vet care, three of them pulled through — and never left. That winter taught us what real rescue costs, and that we’d pay it every time.
Boris the horse arrived too weak to stand; today he runs the morning fence line like he owns the sky. Maggie the cow joined the herd that same year. With every larger animal, the pasture stopped feeling like a backyard and started feeling like a real sanctuary — one with room to grow.
We welcomed our first summer-camp children and visitors onto the land. Watching a city kid meet a rescued hen, or sit quietly beside a once-frightened goat, changed how we understood our work — it was never only about the animals. It was about everyone who got to fall in love with them.
Today the homestead is home to ninety-three animals — every one with a name, a story, and a place at the table for the rest of their lives. From two goats to a whole community of rescued lives, the promise hasn’t changed at all. It just got bigger, louder, and a great deal harder to feed.
Come spend a day
Kids learn compassion, chores and courage — hands-on with the herd.
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Your gift, in real terms
We run on donations and on the camps we host right here on the land. No middle men - your gift goes straight into the feed bins and the vet bills.
74% funded - thank you. Let's close the gap together.
What we believe
We didn’t set out to build a sanctuary. We set out to keep one small promise — and we never found a good reason to stop.
Be part of the story
Steady support is what keeps the hay bins full all year round.
-> 02Pick a resident and become their personal guardian.
-> 03Trade a Saturday for muddy boots and a full heart.
-> 04Share our animals. Every story shared is a life made safer.
->Life on the homestead
Partner with the farm
Our family, our animals and our camps run on the kindness of people and local businesses. Sponsor an animal, fund a season of hay, or partner your company with the farm — and help us keep every gate open.
Prefer to talk first? hello@kozakhomestead.org
