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A Victoria College student has raised more than £3,500 for a local Parkinson's charity in memory of his grandmother by getting a big chop alongside his friends.
Will Howarth established the JustGiving page earlier this month, giving the public two weeks to come together to support him and his friends in their fundraising.
"I am raising money for the Jersey Parkinson's charity as recently my Granny passed away and I decided I should do something to raise awareness and money for the charity," Will explained on his JustGiving page.
"Since I am in school, I decided that, the best way of raising money would be a head shave (buzzcut).
"Since everyone loves their hair, I knew that removing it would be an incentive for everyone to donate, and I knew that my friends would get involved."
Pictured: Before the boys went under the razor...
Within a day, he'd already reached £300, with momentum building through the weeks leading up to the big chop.
By 29 January, the fundraiser had smashed its £2,750 target.
"Thank you so so much to everyone who has donated. It means the world to us as none of us thought we would get as far as we would. We didn't even think we would get to £500 and now we're at £3,262. So THANK YOU SO MUCH," Will said.
Even following the cut, donations have still been pouring in, with the fundraiser now having raised nearly £3,600 at the time of writing.
Pictured: ...and after!
Victoria College's Deputy Head Teacher, Patrick Crossley, said: "We are so proud of this exceptional effort from our boys. This has been totally student led and has raised a lot of money and awareness for a very worthy cause.
"As ever, our students are our best ambassadors and it has been wonderful to see such support from the wider island community."
Janine Coxshall at Parkinson's Jersey added: "Thank you to everyone that took part to raise funds for our charity.
"Parkinson's Jersey has remained a voluntary charity for over 32 years, so with no salaries or overheads everything raised in Jersey is used to fund specific exercise classes and social events to help those living with Parkinson's to help give them a better quality of life."
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