Kemmerer Village in Assumption, Illinois is home to over 120 foster children and many more stay on the residential side. This massive undertaking requires hours of work and community support, both of which Kemmerer Village is fortunate to have. An excellent way of supporting their mission is this Friday, September 5th for the Annual Kemmerer Village Golf Outing at Oak Terrace Golf Course in Pana. The need for help continues into the holiday season when Christmas comes around. Staff members are working to gather sponsors to bring needed gifts to the children that are spending the holidays on their campus.

Schales Nagle, Executive Director of Kemmerer Village, first starts by sharing about their ‘therapeutic riding programs.’ She states that horses have been in use at Kemmerer Village for various reasons for many years, now their focus is on therapy.

One of these programs is ‘RIDE,’ where community members can even ride one of their many horses. Kemmerer Village now touts three riding instructors, leading to more class availability.

The other side of these equine services revolves around the “Horses and Heroes” program. Designed for mentally or physically disabled children, the horses provide a meaningful relationship geared towards the need of each child in the program.

Coming this Friday at Oak Terrace in Pana will be the Annual Kemmerer Village Golf Outing. Starting at 8 a.m., registered teams will kick things off following the raffle drawing that morning.

And although may be a ways off, community members interested in donating gifts to the many children Kemmerer Village supports, is now underway.

Find out more about Kemmerer Village at www.kemmerervillage.org.

Schales Nagle appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.