World’s Greatest Shave 2022
This year, the Year 12 Charity Committee held the World’s Greatest Shave to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. This organisation supports blood cancer patients and their families across Australia, as well as funds research towards an eventual cure. This is especially important as over 135,000 people in Australia are currently living with blood cancer, with the disease carrying a mortality rate of 30.3%. Over several weeks, we held a sausage sizzle, raffle and eventually the shave itself, with the school community providing invaluable support in our fundraising efforts.
In the lead up to our World’s Greatest Shave event, we held a sausage sizzle, a bake sale, and a beanie store which offered a wide selection of colourful headwear, skillfully hand-crocheted by student Carla Miers. We also revealed Mr Morrison as our ‘Mystery Teacher’ to be shaved on the same day. We would like to thank Mr Morrison for this, sacrificing his luscious golden locks.
Our official shave event was held on the 3rd of June, 2022. The event had a great turnout, with many students and teachers leaving the hall with coloured or much-reduced hair. Special mentions must go to Carla Miers and Maya Allfrey of Year 12, who were our top fundraising shavers and raised $4,010 and $3,490 respectively.
We also held our ‘World’s Greatest Raffle’ at the end of Term 2. The winners have been contacted, and we are in the process of delivering their prizes. Congratulations to the prize winners listed below:
| Sponsor | Offers/Donations | PRIZE WINNER |
| Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink | 2 Family Passes (valued at $80 each) | Marcus Wu |
| Taronga Zoo | Family Pass (2 adults + 2 children – valued at $152) | Francesca Trioli |
| Charity Paintball (Australian Paintball Association) | 10 paintball tickets – valued at $149.50 | Luke Sarginson |
| Northern Beaches Rockhouse | 1 family entry (2 adult entry + 2 U16 entry) to the gym, including harness hire | Ying Zhao |
| AnyTime Fitness Balmain | 3 month membership and 24/7 access key | Gavin Vong |
| Raging Waters | 2 Day Admission Tickets | Elizabeth Kenyon |
| Sydney Fish Market | Double pass to a Sydney Seafood School class | Sarah Sen |
| Electorate Office of Balmain | Gleebooks vouchers | Louisa Dimoska |
| Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre | Two Family Swim Passes – Valued at $30.00
Archery Two Aim for Fun Passes – Valued at $25.00 each |
Zhoumi Zhang |
| Marrickville Golf | 2 rounds of golf and a motorised cart | James Rayner |
| GWS Giants | A football digitally signed by the 2022 AFL team | Subrat Nargundkar |
| Pancakes on the Rocks – The Rocks | $50 voucher | Pearl Ly |
| Australian Maritime Museum | Family Pass (2 adult entry + 3 children – valued at $89) | Wanda Yung |
| Sydney Swans | 2 x Home Game Tickets | Kylie Williams |
| Giants Netball | 1 x Platinum Family Pass | Amanda Fullerton |
To these ends, we would like to thank our sponsors for their generosity and support. Without them, the raffle would not have been possible.
We would also like to thank Campbell Ferguson from the Leukaemia Foundation for supporting us throughout our campaign and providing us with insight into the work of Leukaemia Foundation, as well as fundraising resources and tips.
Last but not least, we would like to thank and congratulate all teachers and students who participated in our World’s Greatest Shave event, and extend our gratitude to the Fort Street and wider community for your ongoing and strong support.
Overall, we have raised $22,773.55 for the Leukaemia Foundation.
We would greatly appreciate any further donations to the Leukaemia Foundation: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/fortstreet22
Year 12 Charity Committee,
Class of ‘22