Friday, March 29, 2024

Bales4Blair wool donations pour in

Neal Wallace
Donations of wool to insulate a new Invercargill charity hospital have exceeded expectations.
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More than 300 bales of wool have been donated by farmers to the Bales4Blair project, well ahead of the 200 needed to insulate the Southland Charity Hospital which is under construction.

Amy Blaikie, an organiser of the wool donation project, says the wool will be scoured by NZ Wool Scours and turned into insulation by Terra Lana.

There was more good news for the hospital and for NZ wool, with Bremworth Carpets announcing they will donate wool carpet flooring.

“It seems to be all tying in nicely,” Blaikie said.

Blaikie says any excess wool will be sold to pay for any processing costs and possibly to buy wool blankets and wool upholstery.

The charity hospital was a goal of Southland farmer and cancer victim Blair Vining, who in the last year of his life campaigned to get better health services for cancer sufferers in regional parts of the country.

Blaikie says farmers and processors have been extremely generous.

“A big thank you to the shearing gangs, farmers, brokers, NZ Wool Scours, Bremworth and Terra Lana,” she said.

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