Shave or spray in solidarity

28 February 2018 | Story Kate-Lyn Moore. Photo Robyn Walker.
A participant opts to donate a ponytail at the 2017 CANSA Shavathon. Donations of human hair are used to fashion wigs, provided free of charge, for cancer patients experiencing hair loss.
A participant opts to donate a ponytail at the 2017 CANSA Shavathon. Donations of human hair are used to fashion wigs, provided free of charge, for cancer patients experiencing hair loss.

The Health Sciences campus will, once more, play host to the annual CANSA Shavathon. The 2018 theme, Loud in Colour, is a clarion call for South Africans to either shave, spray or donate to show solidarity with those affected by cancer.

The annual event is driven by the staff and students from the Prince Group, a cancer research laboratory lead by Professor Sharon Prince within the Division of Cell Biology.

The 2018 Shavathon will take place at the Barnard Fuller quad, on Thursday, 1 March, between 09:00 and 15:00. Participants are asked to donate R50 when they have their hair sprayed or shaved, but all donations are welcome.

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