Duchesne College

Ponytail Project 2025 QLD

We're rocking the chop to put a stop to cancer!

Did you know that 1 in 2 Australians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime?

We're taking part in Cancer Council’s Ponytail Project campaign to raise funds that will support people impacted by cancer.

Throughout the year, we will be growing my hair as long as possible, alongside peers all across Australia, before chopping off my ponytail and rocking a brand new hairdo. Every ponytail chopped will make a difference to the lives of people affected by cancer #chopforchange.

All funds raised will go towards essential cancer support services, prevention programs and lifesaving research. This means everything from transport to get cancer patients to and from their medical appointments, to assisting childcare facilities to keep kids safe from the sun.

We know that we can help create change.

Will you support us?

You can find out more about where your donations go at ponytailproject.com.au/about-cancer-council

Thank you!

Our Achievements

Shared on socials

Invited friends to join team

Added a blog post

Girl squad assemble, you will achieve incredible things together!

Confidence is your best hairstyle! You look great, now conquer the day!

Halfway there! We believe in you

PROUD! You have reached your team fundraising goal! Your squad are inspiring

Thank you to our Sponsors

$5k

David Brown (grandpa)

In loving memory of Mama

$1.31k

Duchesne College Student Club

$1.02k

Daryl Mosley

$600

Ruby Robertson And Ruby Simms Auction

We are so proud of you Rubyx2!! Love from your Mums, Duch girls and dogs!

$515

Pm Concepts Pty Ltd

Great cause, thank you Liv

$515

Bronwyn Bourke

$500

Anonymous

$400

El, Char & Ebs

Much love xx

$350

Char Davies

from all of us WE LOVE YOU

$264

Ed Phelan

Well done team. A great cause.

$250

Jorja Buchanan

Slay for cutting Lydia’s hair

$224

Hannah

Congratulations on your chop! It takes a special person to donate their hair like this. Wishing you all the best with your new do. You're a true inspiration!

$221

Leslie Worthington

A donation for your Nanna Norma.

$211

Petrina

$211

Milo

$211

Julia Farrell

So proud of you!

$211

Darrin Bragg

$211

Maryann Graham

Looking forward to seeing the Bob. Well done helping others

$211

Michael & Wendy Bonanno

Always thoughtful 💞 Your beautiful locks will make an amazing wig 🎀

$211

Kenlyn & Travis Heaney

We are so proud of you Rio! ❤️

$211

Bernadette Mihaljevic

Go for it!!

$211

Seanna Strong

$211

Uncle Nick And Aunty Mandy

Good luck with the fundraising Liv

$211

Nana

$211

D And P Plumbing

$211

Katie Fitt

Well done Em, great cause!!

$211

Clinton Burns

$200

Derrin Powell

$200

Mum And Dad

Proud of you for doing this for such a great cause!

$200

Anonymous

$158

Josie Mcqueen

You girls are doing amazing!

$158

Isaac Seri

$158

Paul Whitsed

$129

Russell

Congratulations on being my favourite fund raiser. Keep up the good work!

$116

Trent Kallquist

Nice one Chloe ❤️ Like Isla said SHAVE IT

$106

Anthony Partridge

Way to go Tara, so proud of you! Uncle Anthony & the Cayman Partridges xxo

$106

Anonymous

$106

Melanie Smith

A bob will look good on you 👩🏼‍🦰

$106

Nicola & Nina

We and all ponies adore this pony tail! Not too short or you can’t play hairdressers like when you were little xx

$106

Rowena Flower

Amazing Bel. Proud of you. Xx

$106

Davo And Lou Davidson

$106

Sheryl Stefani

$106

Kerry

You're a legend!

$106

Simon And Sarah

Go you good thing!

$106

Anne Chalmers

$106

Jan Culka

Shave it all and I’ll double it.

$106

Dunk Farming

$106

Terry & Eva Trefz

You GO young Lady, we are so proud of all your achievements.

$106

Lisa Sherrington

Proud of you supporting such a wonderful project, Hazel. 💛💛💛

$106

Phyllis Kallquist

Good on you Chloe

$106

Natalie Dingle

Can’t wait to see the transformation!

$106

Matthew Stapleton

$106

Carmen Kerr

You go Little Lady xx Dad and Mum

$106

Erin

forever in support of you 🫶

$106

Caitie Spinella

Proud of you girls 🩵🩵

$106

Leigh Ferguson

Love you lots!! 🥰♥️

$106

Chyrelle Carley

Great cause Alice!

$106

Will Speer

Well done Em!! Your new trim looks great! x

$106

Ros Agnew

Well done Liv 🙌 this is such a great fundraising event!

$106

Cat

$106

Nan And Pop

$106

Travis Heaney

Love you honey

$106

Emma Burton

for a good cause

$106

The Agnew Family

What an amazing act of support Annabel! We are so proud of you for organising and rocking the chop !!!

$106

Sherree Hodby

So proud of you donating your ponytail for a wig & helping raise money for cancer.

$106

Shirley Nichoson

$106

Sarie Lowdon

Go girl!! Love Nanna xx

$106

Grace Lara-ferguson

$106

Elsie Elliott

so SO proud of you, your genuinely such an amazing person with the BIGGEST heart. YOUR INCREDIBLE RIO 💗💕🩷💋

$106

Flower Fam

$106

Scott M

A nice charity. But good luck!

$106

Sally Graham

So exciting for you!!

$106

Allan & Sandy Horsford

Can't wait to see the new haircut 😍

$106

Patricia Cox

Good work Anika!

$106

Chris Muir

Great work!

$106

Catherine Fitt

Well done Emily. Lots of love C, A, S and M

$105

Greg Penhaligon

Great to see your charitable actions Pearl.

$104

Mary And David Fitt

$101

Penny Speer

$94

Anonymous

Good job, Tara

$80

Phil B

Love your work Sarah!!!

$70

Anonymous

$70

Simon Molloy

$70

Joanne And Alan

$70

T & S Granter

Great work Chloe

$70

Jacquee Jovanovski (your Dad’s Mate)

Legendary Emily.

$70

Sarah & Gerard Tevant

$70

Nathan Lansell

A selfless act for a great cause

$70

Glenda Brown

Brave girl! Proud to support you and the cause ❤️

$70

Rochelle

Thank you for doing something so incredible to raise awareness for such a worthy cause :)

$70

Tracey Prince

Hi Hazel, well done for raising money to such a great cause. Love Quentin, Tracey and Sammy

$70

Amanda Thomas

Excellent effort for a great cause.

$70

Anonymous

Great cause Sarah!

$70

Robert Salerno

$70

Nate Wines

$70

Lisa Duncan

Congrats on an incredible thing to do to help others. You are beautiful inside and out.

$70

Tim & Wendy

$70

Margaret Dev Ine

$70

Leigh D♡

Epic effort! Well Done! ♡

$70

Jorja Buchanan

Here you go pookie

$70

Anonymous

$70

Hayley Jordison

$70

Roger & Kylie

What a great cause! x

$70

Jo Devine

$65

Demi Elliott

$62

Jane Graham

$62

Samantha Walters

So lovely to see you’re still out there doing great things and making a difference x

$62

Samantha Walters

What an amazing thing you’re doing! 💇‍♀️✨ Such a great way to make a difference. Wishing you all the best as you “rock the chop”, a huge well done to you! 🌟👏

$62

Mae Ottaway

$62

Elaine Sonter

$62

Bella

$62

Neo

I’m so touched that you’re donating your hair and hope some money donations help :)

$62

Caleb Min

Well done Tara 👏

$62

Jeremy Davis

$62

Luke Kallquist

Nice work Chloe

$62

Jodi Kallquist

Love you babe! So proud of you❤️

$62

Ian Lara

Great work gracey! Insurance 2U proud to contribute.

$62

Tam

Great cause - well done!!!

$62

Marguerite Powell

You go girl Grandad & I are very proud of you.

$62

Stefanie Carne

Such a great cause! Well done Emily 🤩

$62

Megan Bertram

$62

Lizey

So proud of you gf!

$62

Will

$62

Anonymous

$62

Kellie Cleland

Fantastic cause. Go Grace!!!

$62

Zoe Skinner

Look forward to seeing your new look!

$62

Leanne Trefz

$62

Keely Salter

Let’s go Hazel! What a legend. Xx

$62

Melissa Stapleton

Proud of you darlin girl!

$62

Jean Murphy

Well done Olivia your Nan would be so proud of you ❤️

$62

John Kallquist

👏👏👏

$62

Anonymous

$62

Anonymous

$62

Scott Minehane

$62

Lisa Grant-palairet

Love from the Palairets ❤️

$62

Ella Plumb

$62

Tracy Stefani

Love you Makaela ❤️❤️

$62

Bridgette Howard

$62

Lee Maddison

$62

Megan Jones

🩷

$62

Gogo And Bumps!

Well Done Kara, we are very proud of You!

$62

Cherry Leung

$62

Rachel Brown

$62

Sage Stevenson

🩵💛

$62

Fiona Bohn

Great cause Kara!

$62

Byron Griffiths

was gonna gamble it but i think this is a better cause

$62

Anonymous

So awesome that you're doing this! You'll look really pretty with short hair too

$62

Dan Stefani

$62

Scott Elliott

Hi Carla, living the dream gold you are enjoying yourself at uni

$62

Emmi

Forever inspired by you Bel 💛

$62

Nicola Massy-westropp

$62

Amanda Olsen

So amazing Rio! Xx

$60

Vera Lee

Good on you Emily, a great cause!

$60

Lisa Horsford

What an awesome thing you are doing. Can’t wait to see your new hair style xx

$60

Saiyara Shehnaz

Great job Tara 👏😊

$60

The Belchers

Rock'n the long bob, Rio ❤️

$57

Molly Jones

$57

Fran Beattie

So proud!

$57

Jasmin Dass

Proud of you Grace , such a beautiful soul

$57

Alana Shortt

Keep up the great work, proud of you!

$57

Hannah Shelburn

Go Duch!!!

$57

Alix Holston

$54

Alana Edwards

$54

Eilish Lynch

Well done Rio, so proud of you

$54

Madi Smith

$54

Ann Tok

Love ya

$54

Natasha Millar

$54

Tomas Family

Love your work Hazel! Very proud!

$54

Anthony Prior

$54

Anonymous

$54

Greg Minehane

Good luck!

$54

Mackenzie Fam X

Proud of you darling girl xx

$54

Peter Peter Peter

My dad said he wishes he got the snip. Glad your getting the snip

$54

Marites Plowman

Grace Lara you are doing an amazing job well done young girl ❤️❤️

$54

Jessica Rowlings

Well done Annabelle 🫶

$54

David Kerr

Yaya said About time Lydia. Great work and supporting a good cause.

$54

Narelle Ford

$54

Shannon Faletti

$54

Aaron Jaeger

Good luck Katie.

$54

Jasper

Too bad you won't be looking like 11 from Stranger Things 😔... still very impressive you're doing this. Wonderful work and good luck🙌

$54

Tanya Catford

Good on you, Jas.

$54

Gabie Agnew

So are proud of you, Ebony!!!

$54

Genevieve Bonanno

$54

Kim Paine

Such a beautiful cause gorgeous Em💓

$54

Tania Aitken

Well done Rio x

$54

The Dunn Family

So proud of you Brooke!!! You’ll rock the chop!!! 💕

$54

Leith Mcgahey

$54

Brodan Cornwall

$54

Lana Moore

get your hair chopped off queen 💅🏼

$54

Vicky Dawes

Awesome work girls!!

$54

Lynda Antoniou

You’re amazing, proud of you Jas ❤️

$54

Heather Behrendorff

$54

Bronwyn Jordison

$54

Tracy Stefani

Your Beautiful hair is going to make an extra special gift for someone in need ❤️

$54

Pam Minehane

Love you from Grandma x

$54

Jack Graham

$54

Annabel Flower

$54

Jack Shears

$54

Kaitlin Hodby

So proud of you Brookeo!

$54

Paul Barnes

Go Tara

$54

Josh Summers

$50

Darcey B

super proud of you xx brilliant girl helping a wonderful cause!

$50

Scott Nicholson

Proud of you Brooke for doing this. Wish we could be there - will settle for photos please.

$50

Katie Rostirolla

$50

Merchant Family

$50

David Barrett

$50

Josh And Kelsie

Up the bob :)

$44

Mark Fortey

Go the chop! ( Does Jake need to do this also?)

$44

Tj

ONYA MAZDOG THE BOB ERA WILL BE FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

$44

Grace Lara Salinas

Beautiful cause Gracie. So proud of you!

$44

Lynne Howkins

It's a really worthy cause, so good to see you and your friends being so charitable Carla.

$44

Rory Antoniou

So proud sis! 🫶

$44

Milla Brady

yay bob, proud of u💗💗

$43

Lara Boulton

Proud x

$40

Ella Swalwell

🩷🩷

$38

Anonymous

$33

Frankie Fisher

Your going to slay the short hair 🫶🏽

$33

Rian Castilla Franco

GO BETH!!!! ILY!!!!

$33

Giles Birchley

$33

Tammie Morris

Good on you Hazel 💞🙏

$33

Anonymous

$33

Shun Yan Emily Fam

Hope your donation can help other.

$33

Clare

I’m so proud of you Hazel. #bringbackthebob 💙

$33

Lydia Kerr

$33

Maddison Markenstein

Have fun

$33

Danya Manteit

Go girl, great cause x

$33

Grace Turner

$33

Poppy Mackenzie

You go gf 🩷

$33

Debbie Savy

Love your work Hazel!

$33

Josie Evans

❤️

$33

Gen

You go gorgeous girl!! So proud of you 🩷🩷🩷

$33

Claire Davies

$33

Jade H

$33

Claire Davies

$33

Claire Davies

$33

Brett Pollard

Well done, Emily!

$33

Amanda Bell

$33

Erin Foley

$33

Caitlin Stolte

$33

Anonymous

$32

Evanns And Jaxy

Good on you for supporting such a good cause!

$30

Kim Stephan

$30

Kathleen Reid

What an incredible act of kindness and courage you’re doing Grace! Proud of you x

$30

Nana Gloria

$28

Sharyn Couper

Go girl

$28

Annelyse Tevant

Thought I would spend this on euro summer, but thought this was a better cause

$28

Phoebe Noffs

$28

Jill Cash

$28

Chloe Davis

Sooo proud of you!!! You’re going to look so good with a bob <3

$28

Hilary Maloney

Well done!

$28

Maggie

$27

Alice Mcdonald

$25

Mary Macuga

$23

Matilda Murphy

What’s your name b o b so they calling you bob Stop playing girl you know that I’m know for the bob 👩‍🦰

$23

Chloe Kallquist

$23

Oscar Little

$23

Elena

YOU'VE GOT THIS

$23

Barbra Ward

$23

Emile

$23

Sophie Moore

$23

Nichola Mccall

$23

Jaz Zimmerman

so beautiful such a kind heart x

$23

Maria Jose Montoya Ortiz

What a kind and wonderful thing to do

$23

Carla Graham

$23

Veronica Swan

❤️

$23

Anonymous

Proud of you :)

$23

Suzie Huggett

Wow Grace, awesome work!

$23

Teena Jordan

Way to go Haz!

$23

Sarah Schwabe

$23

Anonymous

$23

Bella

Love your work ❤️

$23

Indiah Fishburn

$23

Tay Mcnamara

Proud of you Brig xoxox

$23

Keralea Jenkins

Well done Sophie!

$23

Melissa Brooks

You’re very brave to do such an amazing thing to raise money for cancer

$23

Matilda Richards

$23

Makaela Stefani

$23

Ruby Butler

So proud of you Hazel xx

$23

Lola Hamilton

$23

Stormie Holub

💇‍♀️

$23

Anonymous

$23

Beth Baker

Well done Brooke. What a wonderful heart you have x

$23

Lydia Kerr

$23

Corina

Well done Grace, such a generous thing to do, I just know someone is going to truly adore your luscious locks.

$23

Michelle Pitt

❤️

$23

Ruby Logan

Go Chloe!

$23

Aunty Caz

Can't believe you are finally cutting your hair. 🤩

$23

Jem & Taj

An angel shares her wings 🤍👑

$23

Sophie Mckenzie

Barnsey is finally doing the big chop!!! Macky is proud !

$23

Jakoda

$23

Sarah Wasifa

Love you so much Bethy Poo <333

$23

Anonymous

so proud bestie x

$23

Matilda Stephan

$23

Kitty

Good one Brig!

$23

Geoff Nicholson

$23

Em

$23

Jess

Didn't really talk to you through high school but this is something I believe in causes like this

$23

Alex Macdowell

$22

Ciara Teahan

$22

Olivia Burgess

$20

Anonymous

$20

Paula Mau

$20

Annie Mccosker

keep up the good work!!

$20

Georgia Shoebridge

$20

Georgia Shoebridge

$20

Joseph Lee

Wishing for your upfall

$18

The Bowlings

$18

Hannah Shelburn

Yes Hazel!!! Go Duch!!!!

$17

Claudia

Proud of you!!

$17

Anonymous

$17

Taela Braney

$17

Noah

Yay Hazel!

$17

Anonymous

$17

Libby Hain

$17

Eilish Weier

$17

Maddie Fagan

Go girls!

$17

Jasmin Antoniou

Proud of you, can’t wait to see the new look 🫶🏼

$17

Kara Donkers

So proud of you!

$17

Maddie Moloney

$17

Linda Yang

For Grandma. Keep up the good work! Also you rock the bob x

$15

Amelia Walsh

$15

Frank

$12

Lucy Bishop

$12

Jennifer Tonkin-jones

$12

Anonymous

Lowering my taxable income xx

$12

Ruby Kallquist

Proudddd!!! 💕

$12

Anonymous

Im sorry, you definitely are not dumb. #notdumb #economicsslays

$12

Madison Fagan

Yay Ebony! This is such a great cause.

$12

Kara

Go Hazel!!

$12

Kiera Bascombe

can’t wait for the bob!!! 💕💕

$12

Anonymous

$12

Jorja Rossiter

$12

Ben

$12

Angus Gray

$12

Adelaide Harris

Good on ya Gracie 🙌

$12

Ariff

$12

Hayden Spencer

$12

Dave M

$12

Emma Emsley

$12

Mary Lynch

Go Sprig!!!!! #Rosemarysontop

$12

Mary Lynch

Go sprig #rosemarysontop

$12

Sam

$12

Layla

$12

Ruby Robertson

Yay Lily !!!! ❤️❤️

$12

Lucy Walter

$12

Anonymous

$12

Vivien Forbes

$12

Ruby Delisle

Amazing Rio!

$12

Anonymous

$12

Tony

You rocked that chop !! 😆😆😆

$11

Jake Fortey

$11

Ciara Teahan

$10

Millie Davies

go vestie bestie !!

$10

Mason

Very nice hazel 👍

$10

Anonymous

$10

Claire Crossley

Can’t wait to see the new do 💙💙

$10

Kate Anderson

💁‍♀️

$7

Zhengxi Li

Proud of you.

$6

Isla Kallquist

SHAVE IT

$6

Maddi Cantwell

$6

Lily Milestone

Beautiful girl thank you so much for taking part in this! It really hits close to home so I am beyond grateful! x

$6

Anonymous

Go superstar 🫶✨⭐️

$6

Tayla H

$6

Georgie Davis

So proud of you!!!!! 🐣🐣🐣

$6

Anonymous

$6

Lucas Ng

$5

Callum

🔥

$2

Carter Staggs

$1

Henry G

Hazel I hope this helps, your the 🐐.

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