Williamstown North Primary student Natalie Gray is slowly getting used to her new haircut after having her long blonde hair shaved off in front of the whole school at a special assembly on Friday.
The year 6 student was taking part on the World’s Greatest Shave fundraiser for leukaemia research and certainly lived up to the name, with her locks – described by friends as ‘luscious’ and ‘gorgeous,’ – replaced by a buzz cut that wouldn’t look out of place in the army.
Any regrets Natalie might have will be tempered by the amount of money she’s raised, with the 11-year-old attracting more that $12,000 in donations, well above her initial target of $10,000.
All proceeds will go towards cancer research, a cause especially close to Natalie’s heart following the death of her father, Daniel, to brain cancer in 2021.
And now that the big shave is out of the way, Natalie is also realising some of the benefits too.
“Yeah, not having to wait 20 minutes to dry my hair,” she laughed.
Cade Lucas
