Hi Everybody,

You may have seen in our last newsletter that I am participating in the World’s Greatest Shave next week. Since then I have been asked by several people, why am I doing this and also how can they help.

Why am I participating in the World’s Greatest Shave?
As you may be aware the Leukaemia Foundation assists approximately 11,500 Australians each year to cope with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders. Anyone who has had or knows of anyone who has one of these disorders will understand the support needed to heal yourself or care for someone. During the course of the last week, well after making the decision to take part in the World’s Greatest Shave, a 13-year-old son of a friend has been diagnosed with leukaemia. If I can help make a difference for Gabe, or anybody else for that matter, by participating in the World’s Greatest Shave then I feel it has been worthwhile.

Actually for me personally I see shaving my head as a very simple thing to do, evidenced by some of the photos below. You will see that I have had a bit of fun with the colour and style of my hair over the years. For many years I have said to Helen, “There are two things that I still have on my bucket list; one of which was to see how I look with blonde hair (you will see from the attached photos that this one has now been ticked off) and the other is to see what being bald looks and feels like,” next week I will be ticking this one off too.