On 14th March, in front of a huge
crowd at the South Hay Pub, Gillian
lost her locks for Leukaemia. Jodie,
from Jodie’s Hair Salon has been on
hand throughout Gillian’s journey and
had the task of ‘cutting the locks.’
Two years ago Gillian White-Ley made
a big decision: to stop colouring her
hair and let it grow, in order to raise
money for the leukaemia Foundation’s
World Greatest Shave.
“Pantene is on a
mission to support
women with cancer by
providing free realhair wigs to women
who have lost their
locks through
treatment. “
http://www.beautifullengths.com.au/
How does the money help:
$160 can provide one regional family with
a free, fully furnished 'home away from
home' for two nights near a major
hospital.
$350 can provide 13 people with free
emotional support to help overcome the
initial shock of diagnosis.
$500 can enable two patients and carers
to attend an educational or support
program specific to their blood cancer.
$650 can fund the laboratory costs of a
PhD Student Blood Cancer Researcher
for three weeks.
$1200 can provide free transport to over
200 patients and carers to and from
hospital for a month.
$2000 supports a major blood cancer
research project for one week
The hair will be donated to ‘Pantene’s
Beautiful Lengths Program’, to be
turned into a beautiful wig for
someone who has lost their own hair
due to chemotherapy.
It takes at least 8 to 15 ponytails to
make a Pantene® Beautiful
Lengths wig.
The bags Gillian’s holding (above)
contain her 200mm long lengths of
hair. Each bag contains 8 strands and
there are 4 b