CANCER claimed three members of Nycolle Clayton’s family within 18 months and, since then, she has been an active campaigner, raising awareness of its prevalence and raising funds for research.
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Nycolle, an early childhood teacher at Dolphins Child Care Centre in Tuncurry, shaved her head along with her husband Keith in front of an admiring crowd of children.
Reminded that this was only a job for professionals, the children watched as first Keith and then Nycolle lost her locks at the hands of Maureen Hair Care’s Kylie Visser.
In the next two weeks, their son Charlie will also lose his locks in front of his school, Forster Public.
The children at Dolphins joined in the fun, colouring their hair with an array of pinks, greens and reds to support the Claytons in their Shave for a Cure.
Nycolle said she was inspired to join the Leukaemia Foundation’s drive for research funds after losing two uncles and her mum to cancer in a very short period of time.
She has now shaved her head three times, and the family has completed a City to Surf for the Westmead Children’s Hospital. This latest shave marked five years since her mother passed away.
Over the weekend, Nycolle’s brother and sister joined in the fundraising effort, shaving half of their hair (and her brother’s beard) and completing a swim session with their swimming club before losing the other half.
As well as raising cancer awareness, Nycolle said she hoped shaving her head would give the children at Dolphins a good lesson in diversity.
“It gives them an awareness about people who look a bit different,” she said.
“And short hair doesn’t make you a boy.”
Nycolle thanked the team at Dolphins, the families and educators, for being so supportive of their Shave for a Cure.
