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$10,000 and it’s off!
Wise Monkeys? Josh Rose, Barry Mitchell, Merv Rogers and Mick Gillespie are going for the big shave on October 1.
By Millie Thomas
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hat would Josh Rose look like without his un-miss able fro? What about Merv Rogers without his iconic beard? Help raise $10,000 for Cancer Council SA ladies and gentleman and all of your questions will be answered. Cancer Council SA is the state’s leading non-government cancer control organisation, dedicated to ensuring that South Australians are reducing their cancer risk and receiving the best cancer care. Josh Rose, Merv Rogers, Mick Gillespie and Barry Mitchell are allying this year, along with the driving force of Mel Egginton to raise $10,000 for this great cause. On October 1, these four shaggy men will congregate at the Roxby Downs Community Club at AFL Grand Final half time and upon raising $10,000 will shave their various bodily areas of interest. Like many others Mel was impacted by can-
cer just over 5 years ago when she watched her father-in-law battle cancer and following this, her younger sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 24. “I’m pretty passionate about raising money for cancer,” she said. “It’s something that I want to do an activity for each year.” When work colleague Barry Mitchell was assigned a new job that required a clean- shaven chin, Mel jumped at the potential. “I knew that the beard had to come off, so he was my first target,” she said. It was from there that she caught up with Merv Rogers, who had contemplated a similar idea with Sideshow – Bob look-a-like Josh Rose. They both got on board, and were followed swiftly by Mick Gillespie. “I contacted those guys and they didn’t hesitate, they all agreed to do it,” said Mel. “I certainly thought it was going to be easier than getting Barry to paint the headframe pink, so this was the next best thing!” $10,000 may seem like an incredulous amount, but Mel is confident. “$10,000 I don’t even think it’s an ambitious target, I think
we’ll actually get that, and I think we’ll get a lot more,” she said. And the men have been extraordinary. “They’re fantastic,” said Mel. “I thought I would be doing a whole lot of work marketing this, but they’ve already taken off and are doing stuff on their own. “Each of them get behind the community in different aspects anyway, people know them and I think a lot of people will get behind it. “It should be a fantastic fundraiser.” Each of these brave men, have their own reasons for becoming involved. Josh and Merv, who have both been closely affected by cancer, spoke over a couple of beers last year about having a shave off. “I just thought it would be a good idea to raise a quid, let everybody have a laugh and look at this little baby face underneath!” said Merv. “Anything for a good cause, it’s for a good charity. One in two people are affected by cancer so if they can get rid of the bloody disease, every quid helps really,” he said. “It’s just for a good cause, you know, and if we can help out, it’s no problem,” added Mick.
“I think if they have to have it cut off because of the cancer I’m sure we can do it to raise funds. “Everyone get on board!” Josh, an enthusiastic sportsperson, can see more than one advantage to getting rid of the ‘fro. “I’ll probably be able to run faster!” he joked. “And it’ll be a lot cooler in summer! “Seeing someone close to me go through cancer, they didn’t have a choice whether they had hair or not so I guess it’s a good choice for me to lose it for the good cause.” “I’m a bit the same,” agreed Barry. “We can do it, ours will grow back. I might have to get out of bed a couple of minutes earlier each day to keep shaving it though! “Plus it will be some fun, this town thrives on it, it will be at half time of the AFL grand final down the Club so I’m sure there will be a lot of encouragement down there.” As enthusiastic as all four men are, Merv and Josh did admit that they may have to indulge in a few ‘heart-start pipe openers’ prior to the shave.
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