Hornet sale helps Children’s Hospital

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Landon Hebbes and his 112 pound lamb “Hornet” were successful in raising money for the Alberta Children’s Hospital.  His hard work has paid off as he will be handing over $5900 to the hospital. At the West Wheatland Show and Sale, Landon started off the sheep part of the sale by telling the audience about his lamb and his mission to raise money for his favorite charity.  Landon and his sister Kylee were very excited to hear the auctioneer say sold at $25 / lb to Hiltona Holdings in Strathmore and to the kids surprise they donated the lamb back to be sold again.  The second buyer was TriWest Agro Ltd of Drumheller and they purchased the lamb for $26/lb.  And yet again another surprise for Landon was when he went over to have the gentlemen from Tri West sign the buyer slip they informed him that he could take “Hornet” home with him.  The buyers had the choice of what charity they wanted half of the proceeds to go to and they both chose Alberta Children’s hospital.  Bumper to Bumper in Strathmore couldn’t make it to the sale but gave Landon $200 to give to the hospital. There is talk that the Hebbes family would like to take “Hornet” with them to deliver the proceeds to the hospital and maybe they could have a visit with some of the patients there.  Rocky Ridge Land and Cattle donated the feed for the lamb and Strathmore Motor Products supplied the air time for Landon to advertise his lamb. It is great to see the members giving back to their community. Landon said he felt good about what he had accomplished and is now excited about taking the money to the hospital.