EVENTS: ShineOnCass animal baby shower set for May 5 in Albion

Photo of Cassidy Charette, who was a long-time volunteer at Hart-to-Hart Farm, in Albion.

Haddie Bickford pets one of the new baby calves at last year’s ShineOnCass Animal Baby Shower & PJ Party at Hart-to-Hart Farm in Albion.

Children dressed in their pajamas will welcome baby lambs, goats, calves and other newborn animals also wearing pajamas, on Sunday, May 5, at the ShineOnCass Animal Baby Shower & PJ Party, at Hart-to-Hart Farm & Education Center, in Albion. The annual event for children features educational stations that include learning how to milk a cow, fetching eggs from the chicken coop, spinning lamb’s wool, and participating in goat yoga. Children will be able to hold, and have photos taken with, the newborn baby animals.

Hart-to-Hart Farm & Education Center is a family-owned and operated organic dairy farm that offers spring and summer day camp educational programs for children. The ShineOnCass Animal Baby Shower is held each year in honor of Cassidy Charette, an Oakland teen who died in a hayride accident in 2014, who was a longtime summer camper at Hart-to-Hart Farm.

Families attending the free event are asked to bring food and pet items to donate to Humane Society Waterville Area in memory of Cassidy, who was also a shelter volunteer.

Sierra Veilleux snuggles a newborn goat at last year’s ShineOnCass Animal Baby Shower & PJ Party at Hart-to-Hart Farm, in Albion.

There will be two sessions offered: 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2 p.m., with limited capacity of 80 children per session. Pre-registration is required at shineoncass.org or hart2hartfarm.org. For more information, email shineoncass@gmail.com.

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