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Click go the shears as Elders staff lose their locks
The shearing season has come early for the staff of agribusiness Elders Ltd – yet not one sheep has lost its golden fleece in the process.
Rather than gathering wool off the boards, Elders 
employees have been sweeping up the tresses of their colleagues who have volunteered to lose their locks for an important cause.
Elders staff at the Adelaide, Lucindale and Naracoorte offices have just participated in the Leukaemia Foundation's “World's Greatest Shave” fundraiser.
Several Elders men, including Wool General Manager Mark Rodda and Elders Risk Management Manager Kieran Post, and one female employee Anna Hicks, volunteered to have their heads shaved and cropped, while other staff opted to have their hair coloured.
Sponsored by fellow Elders staff and management members, as well as clients, the volunteers raised a total $17,500 for the Leukaemia Foundation.
Sponsored by fellow Elders staff and management members, as well as clients, the volunteers raised a total $17,500 for the Leukaemia Foundation.
All money raised through the World’s Greatest Shave provides support and care for patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders. The Leukaemia Foundation also funds vital research into treatments and cures. Elders Wool General Manager Mark Rodda said the collective shave-off was representative of the company's moral support for Elders clients Bob and Rosie Legoe from Lucindale in South Australia’s South-East, whose son James has recently been diagnosed with acute lymphoid and acute myeloid leukaemia.
James, 26, has been receiving extensive chemotherapy treatment at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
“Knowing what James and his family are going through, Elders staff and management have been only too willing to help out the Leukaemia Foundation,” said Mark. “Having our heads shaved is a small sacrifice to make in the overall scheme of things, especially at this time of the year.”
“Knowing what James and his family are going through, Elders staff and management have been only too willing to help out the Leukaemia Foundation,” said Mark. “Having our heads shaved is a small sacrifice to make in the overall scheme of things, especially at this time of the year.”
To bolster the fundraising effort by Elders, Cricket Australia donated a bat from the 2004 Test series between Australia and Sri Lanka, featuring the signatures of all players from both teams.
Cricket Australia Board Chairman Creagh O’Connor presented the bat during the shave-off at Elders’ Adelaide office on Friday, February 16.
The bat was purchased by an Elders syndicate for $9600 and will soon be framed and displayed in the Elders Lucindale branch.
Attending the shave-off ceremony at the Adelaide office were James Legoe’s grandparents Tom and Pat Legoe, and General Manager of the Leukaemia Foundation for SA/NT, Elizabeth Davis, all of whom praised Elders staff for their contributions to the fundraising effort.
Further information about the Leukaemia Foundation is available via www.leukaemia.org.au or www.worldsgreatestshave.com or Freecall 1800 620 420.
Elders is proud to sponsor a wide variety of charities and events within rural and regional areas around Australia. We see this as way of giving back to the community in which we operate.For further information about sponsorships in your area, please contact your local Elders branch.
For national sponsorships please provide your query in writing to:
Elders Ltd
27 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Elders Ltd
27 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000
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