Year 12 Fundraising Team
Welcome to the year 12 Pony Tail Project Team!
Mercedes College is stepping up for a cause close to our hearts. In week 3 of Term 2, the Year 12 cohort will be rallying students from all year groups to join in a remarkable gesture of solidarity and support.
We're hosting a bold and heartwarming event where students will bravely part ways with their ponytails, all for a purpose. Their locks won't just be a style statement; they'll be a symbol of hope and strength for those battling cancer.
We believe in making a tangible difference. Every snip of hair and every dollar raised will go directly to the Cancer Council. Our students are going the extra mile by donating their hair to craft wigs for those experiencing hair loss from cancer treatment, reminding them that they're never alone in their fight.
How can you help? You can support our cause by donating to the group as a whole or by sponsoring individual students. Every contribution, big or small, fuels our mission and makes a real difference.
Our Team Members
Eloise Benness
$670
Emily Hollingsworth
Mercedes College
$108
Imogen Mailey
$1,272
Caillie O'Shea
$54
Ella Chilton
$848
Addison Pun Chung
$102
Addison Pun Chung
$54
indiana ballantine
$110
Ella Lech
$1,900
Eden Del Paggio
$1,280
Ava Richardson
$1,217
Kelsey Van Heemst
$759
Alexandra Pike
$152
Lucinda Boylen
$735
Alexandra Pike
Paige Kyte
$686
Ruby Breuer
$496
Indigo Whincup
$1,093
Catarina Da Silva
$482
isabella rapos
$108
Lindsay King
$251
Kealey Ward
$261
Isabella Yii
$859
Jiya Sharma
$496
Billie-Rose Francis
$60
Andrea Shiny
Valeria Martinez
hannah koay
$401
Harper Hopkins
$50
Thank you to our Sponsors
$264
Trish Del Paggio
$243
Sean & Kara Richardson
That’s my girl, so proud of you!
$243
Reactive Chemistry Pty Ltd (best Uncle!)
Well done Ella, great cause and I know Gran loves your commitment.
$243
Ana Silva
Well done Girls! It is a gift from God to have you in my life, love you. Mum & Dad
$243
Damon & Jo Watling
Well done Ella.
$211
Sarah Ferguson
Amazing Kelsey! Your hair will bring so much joy to whatever luck recipient receives a wig made from it xxx
$211
Mum Dad Miki & Brodes
Nana would be very humbled and proud of you as we are! Lots of love xxxx
$211
Kerry Redfern
Hope you can reach your goal
$158
Cody Flannery
So proud of you, Jiya! Appreciation to you and all involved for chopping your ponytails to support this amazing cause. Your act of kindness and bravery is truly inspiring, and your efforts will make a real difference in the lives of those who need it most. It’s incredible to see how a community can come together, take action, and make a significant impact. Keep it up, Jiya — you’re making a difference. The world needs more people like you. Massive respect to you for showing such heart and courage.🫡❤️🙏
$158
Kim Luu
I am very proud of you. Thank you for raising awareness and believing in this wonderful cause.
$158
Nadia And James
Well done sweetheart! We are so proud of you 🫶 xxx
$132
Will Salom
$111
Rachael Kalajzich
$106
Tony And Emily Salom
$106
Catherine Lech
To our gorgeous girl, your kindness and spirit shines brightly, we are so proud.
$106
Martin Boylen
Good luck Lu, we are very proud of you.
$106
Aunty Pi, Uncle Gav, Clauds, Caelan & Matthew Xx
So proud of you Aves xx
$106
Colleen Horton
Super proud! 😁
$106
Ava Ellis
Nice work Paige
$106
Mum & Dad
Proud of you Ps: Bring back the bob!
$106
Will Thow
All the best!
$106
Troy Van Heemst
What a great cause to get behind K. And your hair can definitely be put to be better use than it currently is. 👏
$106
Keith Coakley
Go Hannah
$106
Owen And Jane Hightower
$106
Rhiannan
Looking forward to the Dora bob!
$106
Anelia Irdi
Well done Eloise, you are showing the community what the Mercy spirit is.
$106
Jacque Beros
💕
$106
Girl Army + Trent
Proud of you ❤️
$106
Pratt Family
So proud of you gorgeous girl!! Love the Pratt's xx
$106
Laura Tati
$106
Stephen Colgan
Well done Eloise
$106
Claire B
Thank you Indigo x x
$106
Steven Yii
Well done Bella 👍
$106
Nicole And John
Champion!
$106
Uncle Bren And Aunty Jodie
Super proud Imogen Rose🩷
$106
Nanna And Nono
Love from Nanna and Nono
$106
The Spanjich’s
So proud of you Imy xx
$106
Ellen Sagana
Well done Ella❤️
$106
Brad Fidge
You go girl.. 🙌
$106
Anonymous
What a great cause, much needed and your beautiful hair will make such an impact and bring so much joy to them, well done Kelsey!
$106
Elaine Marie Puzon
Hope you reach your goal Ella. 💕
$106
Sharon Bergmans
This is very thoughtful ❤️
$106
Charlotte Wallace
Super proud of you! 😍
$106
Deanne Johnston
Go Girl! 💕
$106
Anonymous
So proud of you and your kindness to others xx
$106
Lite Electrical
So proud of you for chopping your hair for Cancer #doitforcancer
$106
Anonymous
Awesome Ava!!
$106
The Fords X
Proud of you XX
$104
Lisa Ammon
Well done Rubes x
$100
Alinda Chiu
You got this Hannah ! Very proud of you . Power up and have empathy to all human kinds !
$100
Claudia Tati
Well done Eden 🩷
$100
Porky And Michelle Poore
What a great cause Imogen ❤️
$80
Holly Deluca
forvever proud!
$80
Holly Deluca
love you!
$65
Danuta Antoniak
Love Babcia
$54
Amberjill Li Kwong Ken
<3 your doing amazing sweetie!! - from amber and mama eve
$54
Nana
Proud of you
$54
Boss’
Good work Lu!
$54
Kerry & Andrew Martin
Well Done Lu. Congratulations on contributing to an amazing cause.
$54
Lisa Powis
Wow Paige that's so awesome , well done you a super star 💫 Love Lisa and Sandy 💕
$54
Sue Chen Tan
$54
Vanessa Pina
Great job ladies !!!
$54
Gaye Thompson
All the best to you Kelsey we hope you raise the money xx
$54
Leish
Go Ella! #bringbackthebob
$54
Jill Girdon
$54
Blake Rapos
$54
Jasmine Smith
You did always suit the bob.
$54
Lily Rapos
Well done Isabella. So proud of you.
$54
Anonymous
Good job E 💕
$54
Swee Johns
Keep up with the great work
$54
Swee Johns
Keep up with the great work
$54
Kym Banes
So proud if you Eden 💕
$54
Tom Willday
$54
Helen Curtis
Well done Gogo!
$54
Dad
$54
Caroline Hickey
Well done Gogo!
$54
Anonymous
Well done and it will grow back ...
$54
Holly Skipworth
Great work Ruby! You are the best. Love Cooper Chet and Opie x
$54
Solomon Consortium
Proud of you Gogo
$54
Cara-leigh Patterson
Way to go Eloise!
$54
Emma M
You are a true angel Imy Rose 🌹
$54
Anne Ward
Great effort Kealey So proud of you 💕
$54
Stacey Tomsic
Proud of you Eden 💗
$54
Rosie Boylen
so proud of you! i love you so much 💝
$54
Elaine Gilberthorpe
$54
Desiree Champion
$54
Madi & Mandy
Keep shining bright El's, so proud of you🤍🤍
$54
The Richos
Kealey, we are so proud of you! X
$54
Granny
Very brave and well done Paige - miss and love you
$54
Wendy & Adrian Elliott
$54
Michael Benness
Good on you for doing this
$54
Tehana Harvey
$54
Beadle’s
$54
Aunty Tegan
$54
Sarah Betts
Go you good thing Ruby! Sending our love Xxxxx
$54
Dianne Davies
Hope you achieve your goal. ☺️
$54
Nana Lizzie
Go Lindsay Lu xxxx
$54
Sally Van Heemst
Great work Kelsey for a great cause!
$54
Caitlin M
Good luck Lu!!!!!!
$54
Sharyn Oliver
Well done on cutting your hair 👍 I will cut your hair free of charge for the occasion x
$54
Anonymous
Good Luck
$54
Swee Johns
Keep up with the good work!
$54
Mandy & Chris
We are so impressed with what you are doing, Ella. Such an inspiration and a wonderful cause! Hope our contribution helps you reach your goal!
$54
Swee Johns
Keep up with the great wok
$54
Olivia Ross
Such a great cause Ella and sending love to your Gran during her treatment x
$54
Kaia
You’re amazing Ella!!
$54
Jenelle Ward
Proud of you x Mum, Matt, Chloe, Kai & Millie
$54
Kirsten Manners
Such a great cause Ella! 💕
$54
Steve Blackwell
Good for you Eloise.....
$54
Lachlan
$54
Paul Redfern
I wish there were more people like you in the world, love your work.
$54
Jem Pope-brien
Inspiring! 🤍
$54
Stephanie Francis
$54
Hisham Mahmoud
Well done Bella
$54
Sindi Dimovski
Great job Bella! Xx
$54
Lily
Well done Ella! We can’t sit to see your gorgeous short hair! 💛
$54
Samantha Swain
So proud of you Imy - your kind hearted gesture is a beautiful tribute to your Nan, and is a gorgeous gift to someone else. ❤️ Love from the Swain crew xx
$54
Donna Newman
Amazing Eden! Love A. Don U.Scott Layla & Blake
$54
Ellie
All the best xx
$54
Sue Brand
So proud of you Eden💖
$54
Tosca Del Paggio
Proud of you Eden! 💞🥰
$54
Caitlyn Benness
Well done Eloise, hope you reach your goal!
$54
Mia Horgan
So proud of you Gogo!!!
$54
Jayne Stanley
Well done Kelsey. I hope you get your total and more.
$54
Ryan And Crystal Bell
Go Paige!! So brave and well done for supporting the cause.
$54
Donna Leyonhjelm
$54
Marina Ferreira
👏👏👏👏👏
$54
Dean De La Rey
❤️
$54
Jenny Tham
Well done Bella, so proud of you x
$53
The Little Carozzis
$53
Cathi And Long
$53
Wendy Jamieson
As a past work colleague of Kevin’s I fully support you doing this for Kerry!
$50
Ava Boekhoorn
love u eden xxx
$50
Trisha, Doug & Mia
Congratulations Ruby! So proud of you! Lots of love from little Mia xx
$50
Steve & Wendy
Great course Ruby well done
$50
Ryan And Chelsey Brand
$50
Sera
So extremely proud of you!
$50
Vrinda
You’re so inspirational Ella! Love you ❤️
$50
Anthea Benness
Great work Eloiseeeeee xx Love how much you do for others, very proud xx
$50
Tanya Sim
Goodbye ponytail!
$50
Grandma
Congratulation’s Darling! Looking forward to the day with you xx
$50
Anonymous
$50
Jennessa Oeng
You are an inspiration Isabella! Good job! ☺️
$50
Kim Nguyen
Strong and brave! Very proud of you Isabella. Love Nana xx
$50
Linley Sisti
Well done and I’m very proud of you! You’re very brave for letting Valentina cut your hair.
$50
Ali Grabowski
Great job Ava!!
$50
Stefanie Kimberley
Such a great cause. Thank you gorgeous Eloise- you are doing a great thing.
$44
Tara Pike
Proud of you Alex!!
$44
Mandy Italiano
For a teenage girl this is a powerful symbol of hope and support. Good on you Ella.
$44
Jordan Gangemi
$44
Natasha English
Great job persisting with growing your hair that long. It will be much appreciated by someone 😊 as well as the money you raise. Enjoy the chop and getting your curls back.
$40
Eden
rocking the chop together, love you!!
$40
Ferrari Family Exmouth
Well done for doing this Jiya
$33
Bella Kalajzoch
If you don’t chop off your hair I will sneak into your bed and chop it off for you ❤️❤️
$33
Vera ,zirojevic
$33
Andrea Barton
$33
Suzanne And Craig Beck
🥰
$31
Bianca Algeri
CHOP IT OFF
$29
Xavier Gough
$28
Kylie Grant
Awesome work Paige!
$28
Brodie
$28
Lucia La Rosa
so very proud of you x
$28
Anonymous
$28
Nathalia Guimaraes
$28
Joanne Boylen
$28
Joanne Boylen
$28
Kate Tredget
Your doing amazing things Ava, love you xx
$28
Blake Ferrari
$28
Oli Filmer
$28
Nicholas Stocker
$28
The Marevics
Good on you Harper. We’ll be cheering for you on the big day!
$28
Jhy Casselton
$28
Rosa Chiera
Your commitment is inspirational Bella 🌟
$28
Anonymous
$28
Dawn Marrell
$28
Zenobia Barratt
Go Alex!!
$28
Mel & Cam Benness
Well done Eloise on supporting this important cause.
$28
Penny Chinyowa
You go girl!!
$28
Rachel Liew
A haircut for a great cause! Go Indi!!
$28
Sally Tabram
Short hair rocks!!!!
$28
Anonymous
Meow
$28
Stacey Scheepers
Go Ella!! Amazing cause x
$28
Natalie Young
$28
Marie
I am sure you will do well Lindsay.
$28
Eliza Redfern
Well done Ella 🫶
$28
Abby O'rourke
🫶🫶🫶
$28
Gavin Kyte
You go girl! Proud uncle 👊
$28
Kathryn Harris
So proud of you gorgeous girl! Amazing thing you’re doing. xxxxx
$28
Roland Pain
Nice one Bella
$28
Giorgina Lamattina
Well done Eloise, your’re a true superstar!
$28
Henrik
$28
Rosetta Castellano
What a wonderful gesture x
$28
Tytan Milne
$28
Hoa Dong
Well Done !
$28
Amanda Farmer
So great x
$28
Jane Donnelly
Great cause Ava
$28
Anonymous
great cause
$28
Anonymous
$28
Chrs Stanley
$28
Tameka Meehan
Awesome work Paige! 🌺
$27
Nam Luu
Well done Bella!
$25
Amber Yoon
$25
Lucinda
I love you. This is so girl boss of you. Eat this up. Your are gorgeous xx
$25
Beth Ferialdi Beth Ferialdi
$25
Ava Richardson
Forever proud of you Lu! x
$25
Shaz
Proud of u😘
$25
Anonymous
Love you 💕❤️
$23
Emma Biundo
GOGO BURGAH!! lug you 🫶🫶
$23
Emma Biundo
$23
Zoe Brindal
$23
Rosie Boylen
proud of you!!
$23
Eden
$23
Daniel & Rochelle Kiely
Nice work!
$23
Bianca Poole
Amazing efforts Paige . You should be proud of yourself . Bee
$23
Izzy Mitchell
so proud of you x
$23
Nina O’rourke
$23
Maureen Finlay
Well done Ruby, great cause!
$23
Goldpaynes
$23
Izzy Mitchell
congrats girl im so proud of you! love you xxx
$23
Michelle Vann
Great cause Harper. So proud of you 😘
$23
Alexandra Favas
GO ELLA!!! 👏👏
$23
Bri Kusuma
sooo proud!! such a good cause❤️
$23
Steph Jones
good luck pookie 🫶🫶🫶
$22
Mia Hayes
$20
Grandma
So proud of you Ella!!
$20
Shantora Sandilands
Good job guys
$20
Ab
Join the gang :)
$20
Dani Sanders
Well done Kelsey. What a fantastic cause to raise awareness of and support.
$20
Abbie Hartus
❤️🫶❤️
$20
Jessica Walton
$20
Anonymous
❤️❤️❤️
$18
Ella Byers
goodluck immy miss u ❤️
$17
Tani
$17
Zoe Parks
love ya longtime gogo 🩷🧚♀️
$17
Anonymous
$17
Phoebe
$17
Lucinda
Good luck xx
$17
Lucinda
Good luck xxxx
$17
Madi Hamilton
♥️
$15
Chelsea Pereira
So proud of u!! 🫶
$15
Tani
Your gonna be a blonde bob baddie 🔥
$15
Tani
❤️❤️❤️
$15
Laila
$15
Aless
$14
Gemma Roberts
Proud of you Ella💖💖 Love Gem xx
$12
Abbey Xoxox
Proud of you Kealey! Love you❤️❤️
$12
Anonymous
$12
Abbie Boylen
Good luck Ella!! Ur amazing 💕
$12
Tayah Carter
$12
Jack Blechynden
well done for doing it your gonna change many peoples life’s with this fundraising.
$12
Vanessa Hogan
Amazing ❤️
$12
Alexandra Pike
$12
Alexandra Pike
$12
Kate Tredget
YOU GO IMM!!
$12
Maddy Grant
So proud!
$12
Chennoa Clifford
#bringbackthebob
$12
Anonymous
Get it!!!!
$12
Abbie
Good Luck!!!
$12
Sohaan Sharma
😇
$12
Billie
So proud !!!
$12
Lucie Knezovic
$12
Lucie Knezovic
$12
Lucie Knezovic
$12
Anonymous
slaurrr harnie
$12
Zara Ramage
$12
Ellie !!
Im sorry all i have
$12
Addison Pun Chung
so so proud!!
$12
Amelia Wells
Good luck Alex!!
$11
Josh V
Good onya for doing it, great cause
$11
Tom
$10
The Billy
$10
Tahlia Bell
$10
Addi Blizzard
proud of you x
$10
Tiana Ellery
You’re amazing Ella!!🩷🩷
$8
Kelly Parkinson
$7
Kitty Swingewood
$6
Hollie Mcgruddy
Proud of you Lu xx
$6
Hollie Mcgruddy
So proud of you Alex!!
$6
Anonymous
U have a beautiful heart
$6
Alex
$6
Holly Hedley
Love youuu!! xox
$6
Kip Kerr
$6
Anonymous
Good luckkk
$6
Fin
ava wow, this is so cool you’re amazing, much love
$5
Joel Matthews
For a good cause!!!
$4
Anonymous
Go Lu Go
$1
Very proud of you Eden for supporting such an important cause.