Community support and an insurance company's shear determination combined for something good for kids who raise, show and sell lambs. Ladies on the Lamb is a nonprofit in Fort Worth whose members are businesswomen and entrepreneurs focused on buying lambs.The women raise money to support the Texas 4-H and FFA young men and women who raise, show, and sell lambs at stock shows.
Years ago, founder Rebecca Clegg Emergy rallied support for her idea after noticing that sheep weren’t part of the frenzied bidding over goats, pigs and steers at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo's Junior Livestock Sale. The kids raising sheep had worked just as hard, but were getting fleeced at the final auction.A local insurance company submitted their work in a contest and got the ladies a $5,000 donation. They doubled that amount in an online voting contest.Every morning, NBC 5 Today is dedicated to delivering you positive local stories of people doing good, giving back and making a real change in our communit
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