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Rebekah Reclamation Ranch ???

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Anonymous:
I have a great deal of current information about this home. I was there from early 2001-late 2005. They have gone through various legal battles, name-changes, and complete relocation. The home is currently called "New Beginnings Girls Academy." They dropped "Rebekah" and attachments to Roloff so they could avoid the negative attention, but it's basically still the same place. They stand for all the same things and adhere to many of the same practices of the old Rebekah Home for Girls--some "better" ones and some surely worse; the only difference is that it's now unaffiliated with anything "Roloff." In fact, the current administrators (Bill and Jennifer McNamara and their family) are the same people who took over the home shortly after the state of Texas allowed the reopening of the Rebekah Home--on the original Corpus Christi property--in late 1999. I was a girl in the home there, in Texas, for the first year. When the laws changed in 2001, the home was told to either get a state license or close down again. For many reasons, both clear and not, they didn't want a state license or the oversight that such a thing would bring. They sent half of their 90 (at the time) girls home, moved the other 45 temporarily to Missouri and closed the Rebekah Home doors again. But that didn't discourage them. I was one of the 45 who had to stay with the home, even when there was no physical "home" to speak of--just girls bunking in a trailer in the woods until we actually got property in Pace, Florida several weeks later. Last I heard, they were expanding and had two locations: one in La Russell, Missouri, and the other in Pace, Florida.

Some important disambiguation: They are UNRELATED to "Rachel Academy," Victory Academy and/or Mike Palmer. They have never been part of these ministries.

I'm sure that the majority of the negative posts regarding Rebekah/New Beginnings are absolutely true. I was dubbed "junior staff member" for the last four years, though it wasn't exactly a position to speak of. Basically, I was still one of the girls--an inmate with a set of keys and the code to the lockdown doors. This exposed me to all of the terrible truth. Eventually, I left because I couldn't take it all anymore. Leaving was the most difficult thing for me to do, even with what little clout I had being "part of the staff," and it certainly wasn't because I didn't want to leave or didn't try.

I have a great deal of relevant information that needs to be shared for the sake of the girls who go and the parents who are sending them. Parents: if you send your child here, you will certainly destroy her, whether it is immediately evident or not. Hopefully, one day she will be able to rebuild herself, but this place will tear her up from the inside out. You need to understand that this place may promise you the world and perfect behavioral results, but it's all a well-thought-out facade. This is not the solution to your problem, whether you are a Christian or not. They are abusing children.

This is already long, so if ANYONE would like information, please contact me. I'm most certainly one of the best sources. I encourage everyone, especially parents, to send me an email with any questions about this facility.

Me: www.newbeginningsgirlsacademy.com
MySpace survivor group for Rebekah and New Beginnings: www.myspace.com/nbga

Thank you for your time.
Brittany Campbell

Anonymous:
Brittany Campbell:

I have updated the wiki page on the European server, but the article could use some expansion about the campus in Missouri.

A nice link to Google maps to the exact location would be fine, but also something about living standards, the nature of consequences and corporal punishment if used would be a very good thing to have.

Please write what you have on the talk-page if you have difficulties with the Wiki-syntax. At some point the article could end being smuggled up on Wikipedia.

Anonymous:

--- Quote from: "Guest" ---Hi Abby,
I posted the first question asking for any information about the Rebekah Reclamation Ranch, or what is called the Rachel Academy, because my dad sent my sister there. Could you please respond to at least some of the questions about the Rachel Academy, or whatever it is called, from one of the previous posts. My dad will not give me any information about the home and I am really worried about my sister. Knowing more about the situation she is in might make me feel better.
Thank you.

 "What home? What are the rules? What are the punishments for not following the rules? What is a typical day like? How are the girls treated while on tour? How much & how often do they interact with their families? How often do they see a physician, clinician or other health professional? What if a girl has a different belief system, say Judaism?"
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Anonymous:
REBEKAH HOME FOR GIRLS IN CORPUS CHRISTI,

I was in Rebekah run  by the Camerons due to Roloff's death. If  RECLAMATION Ranch is anything like Rebekah " YES" she will be brainwashed and abused.. YES you have alot to be concerned about .. These people are sick and use "GODS WORDs" to hurt and abuse young people.. This happen to me 25 yrs ago and I still haven't forgotten the hell these people caused nor the damage they created. Feel feel to contact should you like to learn more details..

Anonymous:
I would definitely pray for her. I was at that Rebekah Home for girls in the 70's. I was there when the SWAT team surrounded the church in an attempt to get us girls out of there. I was also one of the 33 girls who were stuffed on a bus and sent to Roloffs home in Georgia so that the state couldn't come in and take us. It took me several years to undo and overcome after leaving that place. Anyway, I don't need to go into it all, but if the home she is in is anything like Rebekah, she definitely needs your prayers. God bless.

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