Last year over 400 schools and business nationwide took part, with over $90,000 raised to help support Kiwi children with cancer and their families.Luka, who won an award in last year's Outlook for Someday Sustainability Film Challenge, has made another short film to highlight the event.
Raising money for the charity means a lot to Luka who lost his young brother, Kosta, to cancer in March last year. Child Cancer Foundation national commercial manager Jo Clark says people simply need to "don a wig and make a donation" to get behind the event.
About 40 girls at Wenona School willingly had their locks snipped off on Wednesday by volunteer TAFE NSW hairdressing teachers.The hair will be used for medical wigs for people with cancer or alopecia.The students from the North Sydney school each donated at least 15 centimetres to waste recovery business Sustainable Salons Australia (SSA) - the largest provider of ponytails to children's charity Variety.
Former Wenona student Miranda Ilchef founded the event in 2015 after watching her aunt lose her hair from chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.
"I noticed that it (a wig) helped her restore a sense of normality in what is a very abnormal procedure," Ms Ilchef told AAP.
"Hair grows for free ... so I think it's a small thing we can do to make a big difference in someone else's life," she said.
Wenona's school theatre was abuzz on Wednesday as the hair donations began to stack up. Student event organisers Xanthe Muston and Charlotte Doughty both significantly trimmed their tresses.
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