Willaura Healthcare workers are going above and beyond the call of duty and chopping off their locks for the World's Greatest Shave 2021. Julie Chick, Brian Kelly, Gary Cunningham, Jess Peters and Kathy Young have all started growing their hair which will be shaved off in March next year to raise funds for the Leukemia Foundation. Willaura Healthcare support service officer Julie Chick said raising funds for the Leukaemia Foundation was a mission close to her heart. "I was adopted and I got to meet my real mum. She ended up dying from blood cancer when she was 63. It hasn't happened to me yet but it possibly could," she said. "It is something that I have said I would do for years, but I just never got around to doing it. "Brian and Gary from work mentioned they were going to do it. It's for a great cause and it's good comradery when you do it with someone else." READ MORE: East Grampians Health Service will host several fundraisers over the coming months, including a giant raffle. "We have organised for Central Salon in Ararat to cut and shave our hair," Mrs Chick said. "Letters have been sent to the IGA and Woolworths - they are going to do some fundraising for us. I am also going to put something at the local bakery in Willaura." Each year, 20,000 people face the clippers and bravely shave their hair as part of the World's Greatest Shave, to send a powerful message of hope to the 47 Australians who are diagnosed with blood cancer every single day. "We congratulate our staff who are taking part in the World's Greatest Shave, it's a very brave thing to do, but they are raising valuable funds towards helping to find a cure for blood cancers," EGHS chief executive Andrew Freeman said. If you are seeing this message you are a loyal digital subscriber to The Ararat Advertiser, as we made this story available only to subscribers. Thank you very much for your support and allowing us to continue telling Ararat's story. We appreciate your support of journalism in our great city. While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox from The Ararat Advertiser. To make sure you're up-to-date with all the news from across the Ararat shire, sign up here.
CHOP FOR CHARITY: Willaura Healthcare staff member Julie Chick will be shaving her hair for the World's Greatest Shave 2021. Picture: CONTRIBUTED
Willaura Healthcare workers are going above and beyond the call of duty and chopping off their locks for the World's Greatest Shave 2021.
Julie Chick, Brian Kelly, Gary Cunningham, Jess Peters and Kathy Young have all started growing their hair which will be shaved off in March next year to raise funds for the Leukemia Foundation.
Willaura Healthcare support service officer Julie Chick said raising funds for the Leukaemia Foundation was a mission close to her heart.
"I was adopted and I got to meet my real mum. She ended up dying from blood cancer when she was 63. It hasn't happened to me yet but it possibly could," she said.
"It is something that I have said I would do for years, but I just never got around to doing it.
"Brian and Gary from work mentioned they were going to do it. It's for a great cause and it's good comradery when you do it with someone else."
East Grampians Health Service will host several fundraisers over the coming months, including a giant raffle.
"We have organised for Central Salon in Ararat to cut and shave our hair," Mrs Chick said.
"Letters have been sent to the IGA and Woolworths - they are going to do some fundraising for us. I am also going to put something at the local bakery in Willaura."
Each year, 20,000 people face the clippers and bravely shave their hair as part of the World's Greatest Shave, to send a powerful message of hope to the 47 Australians who are diagnosed with blood cancer every single day.
"We congratulate our staff who are taking part in the World's Greatest Shave, it's a very brave thing to do, but they are raising valuable funds towards helping to find a cure for blood cancers," EGHS chief executive Andrew Freeman said.
If you are seeing this message you are a loyal digital subscriber to The Ararat Advertiser, as we made this story available only to subscribers. Thank you very much for your support and allowing us to continue telling Ararat's story. We appreciate your support of journalism in our great city.
While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox from The Ararat Advertiser. To make sure you're up-to-date with all the news from across the Ararat shire, sign up here.
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