Stirling University RAG Head Shaving Fundraiser, 25 Feb 2011

Eilidh's aunt, Simone and dad, Gordon at the head shaving fundraiser


This message was sent by Emma McLean, RAG Vice President

on behalf of Cannon Dickson, RAG President

The day of our head shave has now been and gone but we are very pleased to report that it was very much a success. Even before the event had actually began people had already turned up at our stand in the main area of the university eagerly awaiting the start. The crowd that turned up were good sports, cheering on those who got their hair shaved off.
 The crowd for the most part stuck around for the duration of the event and we definitely caught the attention of passers by. Many pictures were taken by passers by, who were even lovely enough to donate what money they could. 

In total 6 people volunteered to shave off their locks, including Jen Andrews who initially approached us with the idea of doing this head shave in the first place. In fact two of our volunteers ended up losing their eyebrows too! These people had previously volunteered and so had been collecting sponsors prior to the event which allowed for us to reach the amazing total of £1200. Of that total, we made £100 on the day itself, as well as this, we have been taking donations from our society's weekly pub quiz to contribute to the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund too. We plan to continue raising money and are hoping to achieve a final total of between £1400 to £1500.

We were also unbelievably blessed to have Gordon and Simone at the event. It was such an honour for us to do this and for us to hear their testimony first hand really reminded us all exactly why we were there doing what we were doing. They opened the event for us and shared their story for the crowd there. We would like to thank them profusely for their contribution on the day, they even took turns at shaving Jen's hair.

We would like to thank all of our head shave volunteers and our hairdresser for the day, Zac Teasedale, as well as Gordon, Simone, Jen and all those at the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund for allowing us to have even this small part in contributing to the cause. While our event was a success and it was a lot of fun, there is still a long way to go and we only hope that this contribution will help you get that little bit closer to your total. We can only encourage people to keep donating and doing everything they can for such an important cause.

Eilidh's aunt, Simone Lahbib who was at the event also had this to say:

It was Jen's mums birthday on the day of the fundraising headshave. I'm not sure who was more brave........Jen for letting us shave all her hair off or her mum for coming to watch. I'm just so glad we were able to be there and show our support to all the brave students who sacrificed their locks to raise funds for the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund at Stirling University on 25 February 2011.

"We have a long way to go to raise the £150,000 approximately needed to build the holiday cottage for families who have a child with cancer or lost children to cancer. We're just so grateful to everyone who took part, who helped organise and who put money in the buckets, Every penny helps! Thank you."



Eilidh's dad, Gordon shaving Jen Andrew's hair

 

Eilidh's aunt, Simone shaving Jen Andrew's hair