A bit of background ..
E and K came up with an idea a few months back after H was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma to have a fundraiser for H's family ..
After a bit of pondering they thought of how they could help the family out and then and after a discussion with B (H's mum) thought about all of the kids in the district who have had to go to Starship Hospital and came up with the idea instead to fundraise and for all the funds to go to Ronald McDonald House as in the past 6 yrs .. we have had at least 7 of our kids in the district at Starship for various medical conditions or emergencies ... and of course Cam was one of them .. and all of our families have had to stay there during their time in Auckland ..
Entry was by donation ..
So there was some music
.. some speeches .. (from J and K)
... a visit from Santa and a helper ..
and a Mystery Items Auction with a number of donated items .. (where most went for a min. of $120) ...
The next thing was a kind of FunRazor but with a Puke twist .. done with a shearing hand-piece by S.
About 15 people elected to have their heads shaved for the cause.
This was one of the organisers - K . .she raised $400
Next up was an especially cool sponsored shave....
W has had this beard for something like 15 yrs ..
His daughter was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma a couple of months back
.. and is still in the midst of treatment ..
.. and his one condition was that she was the one to do the job ..
... so she is the one shaving his head and beard off ..
The district raised $1,000 just for him alone to do this ...
Many of the others above also raised funds or were sponsored ..
Starting the beard ..
Before (not entirely keen ..lol) .. After ..
Amazing what can happen after an idea over a few bevies one weekend .. is put in to fruition
.. and a rural district bands together to get it done huh ..
Will update at a later time the $$$ raised ...
Update: At the moment the total funds raised .. excl refreshment sales are over $5,000
that's awesome. they let him keep a mustache!?
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