{"id":7916,"date":"2025-05-16T04:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T04:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=7916"},"modified":"2025-05-16T04:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T04:49:27","slug":"worlds-greatest-shave-2025","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/worlds-greatest-shave-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Greatest Shave 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7922\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/05\/WGS-1-1024x360.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Sponsor our World\u2019s Greatest Shave!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The World\u2019s Greatest Shave is a Year 12 Social Justice campaign that the Fort Street community takes part in annually to raise funds and awareness for blood cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Friday lunchtime event, now postponed to June 6th, attracts a huge crowd in the hall to watch and support students from all years, staff and teachers line up to get their hair shaved or cut by the Year 12s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Here\u2019s why you should sponsor us\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blood cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australian children, impacting students and schools across the country. This will fund game-changing support and research. Every dollar raised helps provide families with the support they need, while powering critical research projects that bring us closer to a future free of blood cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsgreatestshave.com\/fundraisers\/FortStreetHighSchool\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sponsor us here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Year 12 Year Advisors are also here for the shave!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7920\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/05\/WGS-5-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To support the great cause, Ms Catalan (Year 12 Year Advisor), and Mr Tennet (Year 12 Assistant Year Advisor) are also participating among other teachers and students.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 3rd year participant, Mr Tennent will shave his head and go blonde this year, while Ms Catalan, a WGS newbie, will also (partially) shave her head and ditch her blonde to either purple, lilac, or pink! Have your say and vote for your colour of choice. They are both quite shy from their target goals so any help to make their effort count is appreciated!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sponsor Ms Catalan<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsgreatestshave.com\/fundraisers\/angelicacatalan\/2025\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.worldsgreatestshave.com\/fundraisers\/angelicacatalan\/2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sponsor Mr Tennet <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsgreatestshave.com\/fundraisers\/mrandrewtennent\/2025\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.worldsgreatestshave.com\/fundraisers\/mrandrewtennent\/2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hope you enjoyed your sausage sizzle(s)!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leading up to the event, the Year 12 Social Justice committee took charge of the sausage sizzle at the end of last term\u2019s Cross Country Carnival and to their great success, they sold out! Special thanks to Mr Tennent, Mr Patuny and Ms Catalan for stepping in for Mr Leondis, our resident FS Barbie King. All proceeds and preorders are calculated and will be added to the donation so we thank you for your support!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsgreatestshave.com\/fundraisers\/FortStreetHighSchool\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But with your help, we could do more!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7917\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/05\/WGS-2-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7918\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/05\/WGS-3-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/05\/WGS-4-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any amount of donation is greatly appreciated. We look forward to seeing you at the hall next week!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsgreatestshave.com\/fundraisers\/FortStreetHighSchool\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you for your support!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Let\u2019s get bald!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ms Catalan and Mr Tennent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Year 12 Year Advisor + Assistant Year Advisor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7921\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/05\/WGS-6-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsor our World\u2019s Greatest Shave!\u00a0 The World\u2019s Greatest Shave is a Year 12 Social Justice campaign that the Fort Street community takes part in annually to raise funds and awareness for blood cancer. 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