Lemont Sertoma Donates $5K To The Legacy Ranch

LEMONT, IL — The United Sertoma Lemont Charter recently gave a $5,000 donation to The Legacy Ranch, which provides equine-assisted therapy, in Lockport.

Founder of the ranch, Sandi Moleski, told Patch that the donation will be used to create a garden that will have wheelchair accessible plant beds.

"Our adult life skills program can plant, tend to and harvest the garden and sell their produce at our farmstand," Moleski said. "This will give them an opportunity to work on many life and job skills while also working together and with the community."

She said the garden is currently being built, and planting will begin later this month.

The United Sertoma Lemont Charter supports a variety of causes in Lemont and nearby communities, and has raised over $700,000 in the past 25 years for local causes.

The Legacy Ranch, 2705 S. Farrell Road, in Lockport, is a nonprofit which provides therapeutic riding classes, and other therapies that include interaction with the horses at the ranch.