This year I'm taking it all off in Texas for blood cancer !
G’day from Texas y’all!
They say everything is bigger in Texas – the steaks, the hats, the belt buckles, the egos.
Well this year I’m bringing something even bigger: ME! plus 20 years of fundraising stubbornness, and a set of clippers with absolutely no respect for what’s left on top. In 2026 my campaign goes multi-national - I’ll be shaving it ALL off in Austin, Texas at my daughter-in-law Jessica’s newly opened Training Mate HiiT Gym. https://trainingmate.com/studios/austin-soco/ (promotion intended) . Make sure you visit when in Austin, open every day, no excuses.
Sadly , while humans around the world find even more ways to hurt each other, blood cancer marches on and we need to stop it.
Every 27 minutes an Australian is diagnosed with blood cancer. Over 140,000 people are living with it right now. Globally, over 1.2M people are diagnosed every year and 700,000 a year don’t make it. Behind every one of those numbers is someone’s mum, dad, brother, sister, mate, kid. Someone who’d give anything to go back to the unremarkable beauty of a healthy, boring, Tuesday afternoon. I’m sure like me we have all lost someone or know someone who has been hit with this indiscriminate disease. It can, and has, been beaten and we can help more beat until we lose no one .
For 2026, we are running a Bloody Aussie Legend dual campaign – raising money for the Leukaemia Foundation back home in Australia AND for Blood Cancer United’s right here in Austin Texas. Same shave, two countries, twice the impact. Because blood cancer doesn’t care about your passport, and neither should we.
Over the last 20 years, you lot – my incredible supporters – have helped raise over $500,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation. Together we’ve been the largest single fundraiser of all time for the foundation. Read that again. That’s not me – that’s us. Every dollar you’ve chipped in, every guilt-ridden click after my annual email landed, every “oh for FFS, Graham’s at it again” followed by a donation anyway – THAT is what got us here. THANK YOU.
So this year lets do it all again for Australia and kick off our first American fundraising chapter. The Leukaemia Foundation’s goal of zero deaths from blood cancer by 2035 is getting closer. With breakthroughs in immunotherapy, CAR-T cell treatments, and precision medicine, we’re not just throwing money at hope – we’re funding the science that’s actually saving lives. Your donations literally put researchers in labs and patients in trials. And now we can do that on both sides of the Pacific.
So here’s the deal: dig deep, pour yourself something strong (bourbon if you’re feeling Texan, a shiraz if you’re staying loyal) or make that a double and click twice below and donate. I’ll be taking it all off at Training Mate Austin and sending you the photographic evidence – complete with a Stetson.
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Help me earn the Financial Support badge. That's enough to help 75 families who are struggling financially with expenses like hospital parking and groceries
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Wrap Around Care
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Research Outcomes
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Clinical Trial
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Discovery
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Transportation
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Personalised Treatment
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Place to Stay
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Lab Equipment
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First Title
Goodluck! Keep up the great work!
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David T
You are a legend
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Sebastian Watkins
Good luck GM!
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Monique
Here you go again. Thank you for fund raising.
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John Nesbitt
Awesome work Graham. A genuine legend.
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Tom Crampton
Tireless!!! Keep up the great work Miro!
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Gareth Woodbridge
Is there much hair to shave off!? Great cause GM and huge impact over the 20 years
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Hong Sun
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Kyle Evans
Go get 'em Mirabito!
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Sheridan Weston
Well done Graham. Incredible achievement.
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Tim Lawless
Take it off Mirabito.
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Ron Spector
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Lindsay Armida Monteith
One more time, with feeling!
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Philip White
Well done Graham.
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Bayon
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David Coorey
Go Graham !!
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Lisa Mirabito
Good on you bro
Your support is changing lives with the Leukaemia Foundation
50 years of supporting Australians with blood cancer
The World's Greatest Shave is the flagship fundraising initiative of the Leukaemia Foundation, Australia’s only dedicated blood cancer charity. This iconic campaign helps us continue to provide wraparound blood cancer care for Australians with blood cancer.
And with blood cancer rates continuing to rise, our work is far from over. Fuelled by our community of patients, carers, healthcare professionals, researchers, specialists, and supporters like you, we’re committed to continuing our work in providing life-changing support services, funding groundbreaking research projects, and advocating on behalf of patients and families.
Bloody Aussie Legend dual campaign has begun!