The Day of the Shave!!!

`Saturday was the actual day of the shave. It was stressful to begin with as I had to coordinate the media crew, CCC foundation representatives, make announcements throughout the day and still manage incoming donations. A real barrier i faced was one of languages, as the media crew that arrived to record the event did not speak English at all, so until the representative arrived i really struggled to communicate with them.

When it was time for the event to take place, i delivered a speech to the crowd to inform them of what was me and Jaz were doing, and why we were doing it. I also had the foundation rep say a few words about the work the foundation does. The shave stands for nothing if the community doesn't know what it stands for, and so the speech and publicity has been an integral part of the project.

The shave itself was great, so many people gathered around to show their support and i had donations being handed to me non stop. It was really inspiring to see people get behind our project after all the planning and stressing.

We are still yet to finalize the count, but the total funds raised currently sits at around $3200 AUD which exceeds our goal by $1200, something i am really proud of. Above all I think we really helped raise awareness in the community about the foundation and ways they can help. We also reached a lot of friends and family back home who made generous donations and passed on word about the foundation, increasing awareness in a global scale. Here are some pictures of the event:

This is me plaiting Jazlin's hair into different sections. I then attached price tags to them so that people could pay for them and cut them off. This was a great initiative in terms of fundraising and getting people involved.

This is a photo of the first section of hair being cut off by the CCC representative, notice how many people are gathered to watch!

 

This for me is a really touching photo, this is the CCC rep speaking to Jaz just after the shave, thanking her for her display of courage

 

 

This is a nice photo of me and Jaz post the shave, her big beautiful smile inspires me greatly.