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COVID hair growth prompts shave for charity challenge

  • Today is the day....

      26 February 2021
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    This morning kicked off with a fabulous interview with Sarah and Martin from The Breeze chatting to Chris about his fundraiser, The Breeze are fabulous supporters of our charity and the opportunity to spread the work a little further is always appreciated.

    So Chris has been looking fabulous for the past couple of days with purple hair and a pink beard along with a splattering of glitter to finish of the look. His stylist was his daughter who took full advantage of making dad look spectacular.

    So today at 10am the big shave will begin and we will be live on facebook sharing the big event so please make sure you are watching....

    Chris has also raised $2547.00 so far which is incredible !!!

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  • Even more reason to support Chris.....What colour hair should he have before the big shave????

      23 February 2021

    Hair cut update. To raise some more money I have been talked in to dying my hair for the last two days of work. Every $20 donated from Saturday 20th onwards gives you a vote for a colour.

    $100 gives you five votes. $1,000 might give you the casting vote!!

    What will it be - black, green, shocking pink!!

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    • 24/02/2021 by Chris

      So far I have had suggestions of purple to go with my Scouts involvement and pink. Will need to make a decision by 3pm so get those votes in!!

    • 24/02/2021 by Kerrie

      maybe purple and pink stripes!!!!!!

  • I have met Chris in person....

      18 February 2021
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    This afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting the very hairy Chris who is looking forward to shaving his hair and his beard and becoming a "Snooker ball" next week.

    It was so nice to finally meet in person in between both of our busy role. During his visit Chris had a tour of our shared space and couldn't resist a photo with our collaborative art wings wearing his Acorn Project T Shirt.

    Thank you to everyone who has donated and please keep sharing the link so other people can donate and raise awareness too.

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    • 18/02/2021 by Chris

      Kerrie, it was so great to meet you today and have a look around. You and your team play an absolutely amazing role in the lives of these kids and there families. I have had a lot of comments over the last week about how awesome The Acorn Project is!

      I have started keeping an eye on the weather next Friday wondering what sort of head covering I am going to need - I expect I will start feeling the cold a lot more than I do now!!It will also be quite weird seeing the proper shape of my head for the first time.

      After the shearing / shave I am straight away off to a Cub camp for the weekend where the Chief Executive of Scouts Aotearoa NZ is paying a visit - my head should be a good conversation starter!!

      As Kerrie has said, thank you so much to all those that have donated and please share on as many social networks as you can (Facebook for us in the older generation, Instagram or TikTok for those a bit younger or anything in between).

  • Not long to go.....

      18 February 2021

    Shaving your hair is a big deal especially when you haven't even had a trim for over a year.

    Chris is a generous and kind person who is wanting to make a difference in the lives of young people living with cancer. By choosing to shave his hair he is challenging himself to go out of his comfort zone to share kindness to young people who he has never even met.

    With only a week to go until the big shave we want to ask you to help us ~ PLEASE can you share this page on your social media.... the more coverage it gets the more donations and awareness it brings and that in turns helps Chris to reach his target.

    All of the money raised stays right here to support our members and their family living with cancer in Hawke's Bay. Which means every dollar donated will be supporting a son or daughter, niece or nephew, mum or dad, Granddaughter or Grandson, friend or colleague living with cancer right now.

    Nobody should do this alone and we pride ourselves on walking alongside our members, providing wrap around support that is tailored to their individual needs as no two people are the same.

    We provide social connection to peers who "get" what is happening as they are experiencing something similar, we provide activities to give them a break and have some fun, we provide opportunities to learn new skills and to feel empowered. We provide care packages, counselling and therapeutic workshops too. whether the member is recently diagnosed, completed treatment, palliative or bereaved we are their supporting them and their family navigating their new lives however that may look.

    Later today I am meeting with Chris to discuss the final preparations for the big shave and I look forward to sharing a photo too.

    We would like to thank everyone who has donated so far and to those who are helping Chris to reach his goal too.

    Once again please can I ask if you can share this page in support, we all would be truly grateful and to see more of what we do check out our facebook page ~ The Acorn Project Hawke's Bay.

    Have a great day

    Kerrie

    Founder and Youth Worker

    The Acorn Project Hawke's Bay

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