THE wool industry came together during August 2015 to make a $14,000 heartfelt donation to Life’s Little Treasure Foundation – a national charity dedicated to helping families of sick and premature babies.<\/p>\n
The contribution was made on behalf of the Australian Sheep & Wool Show Fleece Competition and is the largest donation made in a single year in the history of the competition. Exhibitors donated two thirds of their fleece entries to the worthy cause.<\/p>\n
The fleeces were judged in July, and in August organisers put the contest’s 12 bales under the hammer at the Melbourne wool auction.<\/p>\n
Kelli Hugo, of Life’s Little Treasures, was thrilled the charity had been nominated for the event.<\/p>\n
“It’s been fantastic for our organisation, and also to be able to make a connection with the rural community,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We have a lot of families in rural and regional areas that need to travel to the city, and this will go a long way to helping them.”<\/p>\n
She said 45,000 babies required intensive care each year, and Life’s Little Treasures’ main objective was to provide information, support and understanding to those families.<\/p>\n
“Prematurity and its complications are the biggest causes of death up to the age of five,” Ms Hugo said. “And we get no government funding.”<\/p>\n
Landmark’s Candice Cordy said the fundraising added another component to the fleece competition, and had raised more than $100,000 over the past 14 years.<\/p>\n
“It’s a great joint effort between the wool industry\u2026all sectors are involved,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We try to get a new charity each year for the competition.”<\/p>\n
Ms Cordy said it was the largest fully-measured fleece competition in the world.<\/p>\n
The top-priced bale at the auction was 16.3 microns, and fetched 1071 cents a kilogram greasy.<\/p>\n
It sold to the Melbourne-based company Lempriere Limited, and is expected to make its way onto the European market for the high-end fashion market.<\/p>\n
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