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Acting Senior Constable Aaron Hartwell, Uncle Eric Law and hairdresser Gina Oberle
(Photo: Cherbourg Radio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 13, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cherbourg’s award-winning Junior Police Rangers have joined in the fun – and fundraising – for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave.<\/p>\n

Cherbourg Police Station admin officer Louise Thompson said 25 of the youngsters gathered in the grounds of Cherbourg Radio on Wednesday for the event.<\/p>\n

Murgon hairdresser Gina Oberle was kept busy cutting hair, shaving and colouring.<\/p>\n

Wakka Wakka elder Uncle Eric Law, who has been a part of the Junior Police Rangers program from the beginning, lost his locks while local police officer, Acting Senior Constable Aaron Hartwell, ended up sporting some multi-coloured hair.<\/p>\n

Uncle Eric said the Junior Police Rangers focused on three important issues: Attending school every day, learning about Indigenous culture, and being good citizens.<\/p>\n

“We talked about Shave For A Cure as part of being good citizens and they wanted to do it,” Uncle Eric said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said the group had set itself a conservative target of raising $500 for the charity.<\/p>\n

The children were aiming to do this by selling raffle tickets during the next week.<\/p>\n

The prize is an autographed and framed Legends of League jersey.<\/p>\n

The Cherbourg Junior Police Rangers began in July 2011 with the induction of the first 26 children into the program, aged between 9 and 12.<\/p>\n

The program aims to create positive role models and instil a sense of community spirit and pride in participants.<\/p>\n

In 2012, it won a\u00a0Police Service Award for Excellence and in 2015 were finalists in the\u00a0Queensland Reconciliation Awards.<\/p>\n