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A FAMILY has raised more than $3700 for the Royal Children’s Hospital through a fundraising lamb sale.
For four years now, Billy and Katrina Ogden, from Wanalta, have sold lambs in the lead-up to Good Friday to raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
Their middle son Heath, now a healthy four-year-old, spent a week in the hospital as an infant after falling seriously ill with pneumonia.
Monday’s sale of 10 lambs at the Bendigo Livestock Exchange generated $3710 for the hospital.
Elders Bendigo livestock manager Nigel Starick said buyers paid well above market price because they knew it was for a good cause, although he added the lambs were “outstanding” regardless.
Mr Starick said generally the best lambs at Monday’s sale went for just under $230, but one of the Ogdens’ lambs sold for $700 alone.
Mrs Ogden thanked the meat buyers for purchasing the lambs at good prices.
A fundraising shearing day will also be held in August with the support of farmer Billy Barlow and others in the community.