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Schools get behind Shave for a Cure

byStaff writers
7 April 2013 - Updated on 16 March 2021
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SOUTHERN Cross Catholic College (SCCC) mums Chrissy Barr and Sharyn Gilbert won’t have to worry about bad-hair days for the next few weeks.

The women, who have children attending the Scarborough college’s Delany campus, recently had their heads shaved to support the Leukaemia Foundation’s “World’s Greatest Shave”.

The close friends said having their heads shaved was an easy decision.

“We don’t have any close family or friends with leukaemia, however we have had family members with cancer who have lost their hair,” Sharyn said.

“This is a cause close to our hearts and anything we can do to show our support is worthwhile.”

Both women said the support they received was overwhelming, however one friend did offer $2000 for them not to shave their heads.

“The offer was tempting but we wanted to really show our support for this cause,” Chrissy said.

SCCC Year 6 students Maddie Bourke and Malieka Corrigan were also keen to shave off their locks but settled with colouring instead.

With leukaemia and cancer impacting their lives, the girls were passionate about their fundraising efforts.

“We’ve raised the money all by ourselves and hopefully next year we can raise some more when we are allowed to shave our hair,” Malieka said.

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It wasn’t just students and parents supporting the fundraiser, with SCCC secondary teacher Steve Tilly cutting and colouring his hair to raise more than $1000 in donations.

The three SCCC fundraising efforts raised more than $2500 for the Leukaemia Foundation.

Meanwhile, a team of two teachers and four students from St Columba’s Primary School, Wilston, also raised more than $3000 for “Shave for a Cure”.

The team members had their heads completely shaved while Prep students had their hair coloured.

Sponsorship came from the school and local community as well as from family members.

The effort takes the school community’s total support of the fundraiser to more than $10,000 during the past two years.

 

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