A gift to foster lifelong friendship

100+ Women Who Care of Will County donated $6,300 to the Best Buddies at Lockport Township High School on June 1.

The giving circle donated $4,200, which the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation matched by 50%, for a total of $6,300.

Members of 100+ Women Who Care of Will County presented the check to Kate Deane, director of the LTHS Foundation, and Sue Herring, the Best Buddies adviser.

The Best Buddies program pairs students without a disability with a student who has a disability to help create a lifelong friendship, according to a news release from 100+ Women Who Care of Will County.

As part of this program, the students are encouraged to email each other, call each other on the phone and spend time together outside of school.

Best Buddies is the largest after school club at Lockport Township High School, the release said.

For more information, visit 100wwc-will.org and lths.org.