Whitsunday Anglican School hosted their World’s Greatest Shave event last Friday, 24th November on their last day of school for 2023.
Students partaking in the shave were passionate to raise funds to help Aussie families beat blood cancer, providing precious relief to those who need it most.
With no screening programs available and no means of prevention through lifestyle changes, blood cancer is Australia’s hidden cancer crisis. Every day, 53 Aussies are diagnosed with blood cancer, and 16 will lose their life.
It requires teamwork to stop blood cancer from wrecking lives, which was Whitsunday Anglican School’s reason to step up and take part in the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave, together giving people facing blood cancer the support and information they need, while driving breakthrough research projects.
Year 11 students Rohit Vaidya, Jarif Mazumder and Josiah Pulikkottil took the lead in assisting the organisation of the fundraiser, with a target of $5,000.
Stepping up to the barber clippers were students Rohit Vaidya, Jarif Mazumder, Amelia Wallace, Josiah Pulikkottil, Noah Binney, Jay Gaunekar and Amelia Wallace.
Commitments from staff members to join the students in the shave included Senior School Teacher Mr James Harris at the $1,000 mark, Deputy Principal Mr Jamie Novosel at $2,000 and Principal Mr Andrew Wheaton at $3,000.
All staff members lost their locks, with the fundraiser hitting just over $4,300 at the time of the event.
The shave commenced on the Senior School stage, with students gathered to cheer on the participants. Barbers from Modielox Mackay Barber Shop assisted in giving the students a fresh, new look for an important cause.
The students have smashed their target, so far having raised $5,730 for the World’s Greatest Shave campaign.
Rohit Vaidya and Josiah Pulikkottil commencing the shave with a full head of hair
Moldielox Mackay Barber Shop give the boys a buzzcut for the World’s Greatest Shave
Photo credit: Sinead Porter
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