A Marion County farm that provides horseback riding lessons to those with disabilities needs help cleaning up after Hurricane Irma.
- Stirrups 'n Strides in Citra dealing with Irma damage
- Non-profit provides therapeutic riding for people with disabilities
- Group needs volunteers, trying to raise money for repairs
"We've got fencing down, we've got pastures destroyed. It's going to take us months to get back on our feet again," said Betty Gray, the executive director of Stirrups 'n Strides.
Gray, her husband and her daughter live on the farm on West Highway 318 in Citra.
She says her daughter, Kathy, was kicked by a horse when she was 3 years old. Kathy is the reason she started the non-profit organization after doctor's said she had less than a 50 percent chance to survive.
"She's just a living proof of what therapeutic riding can do," said Gray.
Gray says a tree came crashing onto their new covered arena. No horses were injured, but she says they did lose their storage shed.
The organization is hoping to raise $20,000 and is also hoping someone donates a shed.