Each year MLMC participates in the World’s Greatest Shave event, raising money for the Leukaemia Foundation by having staff and students shave off their hair or colour their hair for a donation. Last year our Principal, Mr Philip Morison, even shaved off his beard for this great cause.
This year Year 9 Purple student Kye Arnot participated in the World’s Greatest Shave.
Here is Kye's story:
Shaving my head was something that I wanted to do because I wanted to help young kids who felt insecure about not having hair and give them the confidence that cancer may have taken away from them.
My goal was to raise $800, but I ended up exceeding that goal and raising $1000. This was a really big achievement for me. The money raised was donated to the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave campaign and my hair, shaved off on 30 June, was donated to the Heart Foundation.
I felt extremely nervous about shaving my head, but I kept remembering that my hair will grow back and that these people who have lost their hair from chemotherapy treatment don’t have a choice.
Congratulations Kye on this wonderful achievement.
