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WESLEY Mission Brisbane’s Chaplain, Margaret Niethe, showed great bravery last month when she shaved her head for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave appeal.
Ms Niethe, her husband Paul, daughter Wendy and grandson Blake all took part in the shave at the Ipswich Riverlink Shopping Centre.
Blake has been taking part in the World’s Greatest Shave since he was in Grade 10 at school, and made his grandmother promise that the year he turned 21 she would get involved. “For a long time I wasn’t brave enough to shave my head whenever Blake asked me to take part,” said Ms Niethe, now 60.
“But this year he called me up and said, ‘Grandma, I’ve signed us up!’ and I thought I might as well get it over anddone with.
It’s a wonderful cause,” she said. “I have a nephew overseas who has been diagnosed with leukaemia.
It’s just about showing support for him and to let him know that we are thinking of him and all the other individuals and families affected by the disease.
“I don’t miss my hair, until I look in the mirror!” she said.
“Although, coming into winter it is starting to feel a bit chilly up there.”
The gen 3 team (for the three generations that participated) reached their goal of raising $5000 for the Leukaemia Foundation.
For more information visit www.worldsgreatestshave.com
Photo : Chaplain Margaret and her family at the Riverlink Centre in Ipswich. Photo courtesy of Wesley Mission Brisbane
