Dewalds Head Shave

$1,375 donated
Given by 31 generous donors in 4 weeks

Braving the shave to raise money for those who don't have a choice and donating his hair for wig making too

Hastings, Hawke's Bay

Hello my name is Dewald Botha, I am 19 years old and grew up in Hawkes Bay after moving to New Zealand from South Africa when I was 4 (Go Springboks). I work for a small charity called Re-Source where I am a van man. After leaving school I decided I wanted to grow out my hair after following strict rules for the past couple of years. It has been growing for over 2 years now and I have decided I am ready for a trim. I started playing rugby again last year for Napier Tech and met some really awesome guys. One of those men was diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer right before Christmas. This was a massive shock to me, he was the first person in my life to be diagnosed and even though we aren't that close it hurt all the same. Having cancer and losing your hair isn't a choice but I am lucky enough to be in a position where I can at least try and help one of those people. I am getting together with the amazing team at The Acorn Project to try and raise a bit of money for their awesome cause . My good friend Rawiri is going to be doing the chop on the 25th of March and making sure I come out looking ok on the other side.

About us

We Support Young people aged 12 - 24 years and their family living with cancer in Hawkes Bay

Use of funds

The money will help provide individual counselling support, therapeutic activities, peer support sessions, food / fuel vouchers and personalised care packages for those members and their family living with cancer here in Hawke's Bay

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Quick check in with Dewald  22 March 2022

The sun was shining and we decided today was a great day to check in and see how Dewald was feeling about his upcoming headshave.

As always he had a huge smile and was happy chat. He shared that he hadn't had a hair cut for over two years and he was really looking forward to not having to dry his hair for a long time.

Check out the full video on The Acorn Project Hawke's Bay Facebook page and please share the post so we can help Dewald break the $1000 mark.

Dewald we think your an amazing guy and we look forward to seeing you on Friday at 3pm ✂️😁✂️😁✂️😁✂️😁✂️😁✂️😁✂️😁✂️😁

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Val
Val on 31 Mar 2022
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Kirryn
Kirryn on 25 Mar 2022
Tana
$5
Velia
Velia on 25 Mar 2022
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Bloss
Bloss on 25 Mar 2022
Good luck dewald
$50
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Guest Donor on 25 Mar 2022
Go you.
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This campaign started on 8 Mar 2022 and ended on 8 Apr 2022.