Hudson, 11 and Karsden, 9, Latta have been growing out their mullets for the past year and a bit.
Rather than keep the stylish and timely look however, Karsden said the boys had a different idea for how to use the mullet to help others.
‘‘Halfway through, we decided we wanted to donate them, and make a wig out of them,’’ he said.
Hudson is still growing his out to the proper length to be donated, but Karsden had his mullet cut on Thursday.
Karsden said after a year of having the hairstyle, it was strange without it, but there was one thing he would not miss.
‘‘It feels really weird.
‘‘But the really annoying part was if it was a windy day or if you’d go for a run, it’d just blow in your face,’’ he said.
It takes a village to grow a mullet, and their mother and volunteer firefighter Taryn Latta said her sons had done an amazing job, with only a couple of reminders from Mum.
‘‘It’s pretty cool.
‘‘I’m very proud of them.
‘‘They’re very selfless boys, they like to help people.
‘‘The hardest part was probably getting them to shampoo and condition their hair more than normal.’’
Not content with one good deed, they doubled down and raised money for Edendale Volunteer Fire Brigade, to the tune of $1300 in just a few days.
Edendale Chief Fire Officer Brent Shepard said he was very happy with the donation.
‘‘It’s very humbling that there are young kids in the community who are selfless and just get into it,’’ he said.
Mr Shepard said the money would go a long way to helping people in the community, providing a much-needed upgrade to the brigade’s equipment.
‘‘As a brigade we talked about what we’ll do with the money, which is putting it towards a suction unit we use on patients.
‘‘That’s performing CPR, unblocking airways. Right now, we have a hand-operated one and we would like to upgrade to an electric one, same as what ambulances carry,’’ he said.
Mr Shepard said the boy’s work would not go unnoticed.
