East Maitland student shaves head for cancer

By Perry Duffin
Updated January 28 2016 - 5:13pm, first published 2:36pm
East Maitland teenager Maddison Teat with the ponytail she shaved off in honour of her mother as part of a Bowel Cancer Australia fundraiser.
East Maitland teenager Maddison Teat with the ponytail she shaved off in honour of her mother as part of a Bowel Cancer Australia fundraiser.

While Maitland High School's class of 2015 fiddled with ties, adjusted gowns and crafted immaculate ringlets in their hair for their school formal, one student was preparing for the rattle of clippers to leave her with only a few millimetres of hair.

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