Halls Head parents Dr Naomi and Colin Jupp have braved the World’s Greatest Shave to raise money for the Cancer Council.
Dr Jupp shaved her head while Mr Jupp shaved his beard at the Peelwood Family Medical Practice on Friday, October 26, with Lyn’s Barber and Barbarette donating their time, tools and expertise to undertake the shave.
Speaking to the Mandurah Mail before the big event, Dr Jupp said she was feeling a little anxious.
“It’s all very well committing to this 11 months ago but to actually be bald is going to be quite interesting,” she said.
“Years and years ago I did shave my head to see what it would look like when I was young and foolish but this will be the first time I raise money for the Cancer Council.
“Colin shaving his beard is bigger for me than me shaving my head because he’ll be running around the house without a beard and I’ll have to ask myself where my husband is.”
Mr Jupp said he was also feeling the nerves in the lead up to the razor blade removal.
“I grew it out a bit over the last couple of months, it’s usually a bit tighter but it’s been 12 years since I shaved it off,” he said.
“I was quite looking forward to having it off because it’s gotten quite long and wiry but this afternoon I’m double thinking it.
“Our son Liam is not quite 11 so he’s never seen his dad without a beard.”
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Their son also took part in the family fundraiser, dying his hair black.
Liam said his dad will look like a stranger.
The shave was the major fundraiser for the couple’s Relay for Life team, for which they raised $3,700.
Dr Jupp said it was important to not only raise money for the Cancer Council, but also celebrate its successes.
“We, as a medical practice and people working in that field, are very close to cancer in lots of different ways from a professional point of view but also personally,” she said.
“In the grand scheme of what people who are going through cancer have to deal with, what we’re doing is easy – we get to choose to lose our hair, we don’t have to go through all the nasty treatment and symptoms from the disease.
“I don’t think you can speak to anyone who hasn’t been personally affected.”
