There will be a head shave and a visit to Oak Bay High by Tour de Rock riders on Friday.
And the Horwood brothers’ red locks will fly.
Rather than pull their hair out trying to live up to Oak Bay High’s annual Cops for Cancer fundraising expectations during the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Grade 12 twins Chris and John Horwood are opting to shave it off.
The two are leading the fundraising campaign this year, a tradition that raised $76,000 last year and has hit $90,000 before. While this year’s fundraising group might not hit as big a number this year they’re doing surprisingly well, John said.
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“The students [volunteering] for Cops for Cancer are doing their best,” John said. “We did have the best car wash ever. The numbers are still coming in but it was the biggest.”
One of the biggest challenges was canceling the Oak Bay High Garage Sale this year. Another was the limitations on door-to-door canvassing, where a bulk of donations come from.
Saturday’s rainy day bottle drive at Oak Bay High was also impressive.
“It was crazy busy from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.,” John said. “We rarely went 30 seconds between cars pulling in to drop off bottles and cans.”
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To help, the two brothers are joining the many others in shaving their heads on Wednesday (Sept. 30). It will be a closed-door head shave this year, with only a pod of one or two friends or family allowed to join each student. In years past, the gym would be buzzing not only with clippers but the support of hundreds of students eager to experience the emotional reaction of students having their hair liberated from their scalp.
Always competitive when it comes to the sibling rivalry, John started his own head shave campaign before his brother and as of Monday, John was up to $1,800.
“I started earlier but Chris made $750 in the last two days so he’s catching up,” John said.
The annual cheque presentation will be made to a group of Tour de Rock alumni who will stop outside the school on Friday for a smaller, socially distanced visit this year.
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