Aylward Boys Home

Aylward HomeHouseparents: Marvin and Julie Smith
Year opened:  1997
Capacity:         10 boys plus staff
Donated by:     Aylward Family Foundation

The Aylward Home was named in memory of Bill Aylward. Bill and his wife, Louise, headed up the first fund drive in the Fox Valley to help raise the money needed to secure a mortgage for the original Rawhide home and surrounding property.
Aylward Living AreaThis home, funded by Louise Aylward and her sons, Bill, Dick, and Andy, opened in 1997 and houses up to ten boys ages 14-17 and staff. The boys in this home are a part of Rawhide's Standard Residential Program and attend school at Starr Academy.