Sophia Litrenta, the 9-year-old girl who ran a lemonade stand to raise money to save the Baltimore Police Department's Mounted Unit, handed the city's police commissioner a check for $2,319 this morning at the horse stables.

Sophia's at left, petting a horse with Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III, at her lemonade stand on Tuesday. The photo was taken by The Sun's Lloyd Fox.

The little girl from Lutherville served the lemonade and cookies earlier this week after seeing reports that the horse unit might be disbanded if the city can't come up with about $200,000 in private funds. Budget cuts forced the city to take away funds and the department is seeking donations through a private foundation.

Anthony Guglielmi, the city's police spokesman, said the foundation has raised nearly $60,000 so far.

Here's how to donate money to the horse unit: Contact Laurie Crosley at the Baltimore Community Foundation for the Police Foundation. Donations can be mailed to her at: Baltimore Community Foundation; 2 E Read St # 9; Baltimore, MD 21202-6903. Checks should be made out to: Baltimore Community Foundation, Police Foundation Fund. The cover letter or check should specify that the funds are to used to support the Mounted Unit. The phone number there is: (410) 332-4171.