Lambs Farm
Lambs Farm is a non-profit organization in Lake Bluff, Illinois, that provides vocational and residential services for over 250 adults with developmental disabilities. Located on a 72-acre (290,000 m2) campus,[1] Lambs Farm includes several family attractions, including a petting zoo, a pet shop, a miniature golf course, several small amusement rides, a restaurant, a thrift shop, a country store and a bakery. Lambs Farm community members work at these attractions, or at a nearby vocational center.[2]
Lambs Farm was formed in the 1960s by Corrine Owen and Robert Terese. Owen and Terese had been teaching at a school for adults with developmental disabilities, and were discouraged by the limited opportunities available to such people. In 1961, they opened a pet store near Chicago's Gold Coast and employed twelve of their students, who enthusiastically helped tend to the animals.[3] Four years later, Owen and Therese acquired a farm in Lake Bluff with the help of W. Clement Stone and began developing the current Lambs Farm facility.[4] By the late 1980s, Lambs Farm was hosting over 300,000 visitors a year, making it the third most popular attraction in Lake County, Illinois (behind Great America and the Ravinia Festival).[3]
The farm takes its name from John 21:15, in which Jesus tells St. Peter, "Feed my lambs."[5]
Notes
- ↑ Support. Lambs Farm. Retrieved on April 16, 2013
- ↑ Tina Kapinos. "Lambs Farm wears a second hat ; Facility also cultivates its destination as family entertainment center". Chicago Tribune. October 23, 2002. Retrieved on April 16, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Delia O'Hare. "Common ground - Lambs Farm raises quality of life for mentally retarded". Chicago Sun-Times. October 15, 1989. 35.
- ↑ History. Lambs Farm. Retrieved on April 16, 2013.
- ↑ Patricia Leeds. "Retarded find haven at Lambs Farm". Chicago Tribune. June 20, 1974. S8.
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