Cuts for Cancer

On Friday 17 March, our Year 12 students will be cutting and donating their hair to the “World’s Greatest Shave” – a campaign aiming to contribute funds towards the Leukaemia Foundation.

Each day, over 50 Australians are diagnosed with blood cancer – Australia’s second most diagnosed cancer – it is crucial that adequate services and treatment are made available to these individuals. The Leukaemia Foundation is an organisation that supports over 135,000 Australians living with leukaemia, and their families by providing accommodation, support groups and transportation, and other services. Ultimately, the Leukaemia Foundation’s mission is to achieve 0 lives lost to blood cancer by 2035, and the World’s Greatest Shave provides crucial funding to ensure this vision can be achieved.

When someone volunteers to shave or cut their hair for the World’s Greatest Shave, they foster an ongoing message of hope and show solidarity to those whose lives have been impacted by leukaemia. Longer hair donations can be used to create wigs to maintain a sense of normalcy during an individual’s treatment, whilst trimmings can be used to clean up oil spills in the ocean – regardless of the amount of hair contributed, both assist environmentally and socially conscious actions!

On lunchtime of Friday 17 March, all students are welcome to come to the sports hall to watch the Year 12 students having their hair cut, with a gold coin donation for entry going toward to the Leukaemia Foundation. This is a great chance for students to support their friends and a wonderful cause!

As a year group, we have set a goal of $5000 and we have already achieved half of this! We would appreciate any contributions to this wonderful cause, so please tell friends and family about this initiative!

The donations page can be accessed via this link, which can be used to sponsor your friends or show your support for the entire SCEGGS team.

Year 12 Cuts for Cancer Committee