The West Coast Eagles have a new junior number one ticket holder and he’s already kicking goals off the field.
After growing his hair for over two years, Jack Churchman got it chopped off yesterday by West Coast Eagles and Cancer Council WA Ambassadors Luke Shuey and Andrew Gaff, raising more than $9,000 for Cancer Council WA.
The nine-year-old from Bassendean has been running Jack’s Big Cut - his Cancer Council WA fundraising campaign - since 2014 after being inspired by young people living with cancer.
“There were some kids in my sister’s class who had cancer and it was hard for them,” he said.
“I felt really bad for them. I just wanted to help.
On his Facebook page, Jack has uploaded numerous videos of him recreating his favourite movie scenes which have led to him featuring in a number of magazines and newspapers as well as local and national TV news programs.
Luke Shuey, who cut Jack’s hair in a special event on Monday, said he was grateful to have met Jack and was amazed at the result of his fundraising efforts.
“What Jack has done has blown me away, raising $9,000 for Cancer Council WA is outstanding,” Shuey said.
While Jack was going to have a break from fundraising to allow his hair to return to a more manageable state, he did have one piece of advice for people who were thinking about giving fundraising a go.
“Some people might think they are too small or too young to help people with cancer, but everyone can do something,” Jack said.
“If I did it so can you, so just do it for cancer.”