Aldermere 4-H Club Donates Hair to Gulf Cleanup Effort
The Aldermere Achievers, the 4-H club at Aldermere Farm, donated 50+ pounds of hair to the Hair Boom Program. The hair came from cows that were either clipped completely to cool them off or for practice for the shows. The 4-H club also organized donation bins at the Northeast Livestock Expo where they received cow hair, goat hair and sheep wool. The Hair Boom Program makes booms out of hair for the oil spill in The Gulf of Mexico. The Aldermere Achievers will also continue to collect hair throughout the fair season and any local farms wishing to donate hair can drop it off at the farm. Aldermere Achievers 4-H members are Addie Bragg, Alice Flint, Cailand Sweeting, Courtney Mank, Ellie Pendleton, Erin Rollins, Tyler Leighton, Loren Guptil, and 4-H leader Heidi Baker. Story by Erin Rollins.
