Llamas go to school with GFWC-Hastings Women's Club volunteers
6/22/01
Elaine Gilbert
Assistant Editor

"Is your Mamma a Llama?"

That was the name of the book volunteer Audrey Renner
from the GFWC-Hastings Women's Club read and donated
to Head Start students before three llamas paid a visit to
the children.

Excitement was in the air as a two week old llama, its
mother and another llama visited teacher April Tobias'
class at the Sue Drummond Head Start Building to spend
some time with the children.

Agnes Adrounie, who heads the club's program to provide
volunteers to read to the Head Start students, made
arrangements for llama owners Ed and Juanita Slocum of
Hastings to bring the animals to school.

Feeding carrots to the llamas was a big hit with the kids
as well as the ice cream cones Adrounie brought for the
children.

The event was a celebration to conclude the volunteers'
reading program for the school year.

GFWC-Hastings Women's Club members take turns visiting
the school to read to the children. Volunteers, in addition
to Adrounie and Renner, included Connie Semerad, Martha
Day, Jeanette Kogge, Emmalene McConnell, Nan Button,
Donna Johnson, Juanita Slocum, Joyce Hargrove, Nettie
Baughman, Kathy Clary, Rowena Hale and Lorene
Wellman.