{"id":7010,"date":"2026-08-28T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/?post_type=article&#038;p=7010"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:32:26","slug":"the-chop-for-mater","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/article\/the-chop-for-mater\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CHOP FOR MATER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">On Friday 28 August, twenty-one Year 12 students took part in The Chop, parting with their ponytails in what is becoming a much-loved tradition for graduating students at the College.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Their ponytails will be donated through Sustainable Salons to help create wigs for people experiencing hair loss, while students also raised $18,986 for Mater to support vital health services, research and care in our Townsville community.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">We are so proud of the Class of 2026 for getting behind such a meaningful cause. If you are in a position to donate, please <a href=\"https:\/\/fundraise.mater.org.au\/fundraiser\/alistairbaggott\/the-chop-st-patricks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit their fundraising page here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 28 August, twenty-one Year 12 students took part in The Chop, parting with their ponytails in what is becoming a much-loved tradition for graduating students at the College.\u00a0 \u00a0 Their ponytails will be donated through Sustainable Salons to help create wigs for people experiencing hair loss, while students also raised $18,986 for Mater [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-7010","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/7010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=7010"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=7010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}