Ms Smith is just one of a number of staff and parents from Mudgee Little Learners, who have cut, coloured and shaved their hair for the Leukemia Foundation's World's Greatest Shave.

"I'm 43 and I don't think I can permanently rock blue hair but it's nice for a change," Ms Smith said.

The team is called "Ace's Warriors" and they originally planned to raise $1000 to fund blood cancer research and support those living with it.

"We absolutely smashed our goal after just two weeks. We're now at $2,266 and we're excited to see how much further we can go," she said.

For the team at Mudgee Little Learners, this is a fundraising cause close to their hearts.

In January, Ace Hanson who attended Mudgee Little Learners tragically passed away from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

"We all still miss Ace terribly, so anything we can do to help their family and any other families going through the same situation... we wanted to be able to give back as much as possible and we thought this was the perfect way to do it," Ms Smith said.

The cold wind was the first thing Toni-Louise Mason, a parent at Little Learners, noticed after her head was shaved.

"I thought I'd be a lot more anxious but I feel good, I love it and it doesn't matter, it grows back," she said.

Every day, 47 Australians are told they have blood cancer, and sadly 20 people lose their life to blood cancer daily.

In just 15 years, this number will more than double to 100 people every day according to The Leukaemia Foundation's latest Blood Cancer in Australia report.

Those wanting to donate can do so at Ace's Warriors World's Greatest Shave page.

Connor Everingham from Telstra Mudgee was another to have a date with the hairdresser, foregoing his signature beard and head of bright red hair. The goal was $1000, and they just cracked past that with $1064 on Wednesday afternoon.

"We had a guy come in the other day and was like 'when are you doing the shave? He wanted to come back just to watch it," Blake Jeffery, Connor's colleague said.

Connor has not been beardless since he was a young lad at 21. Now, eight years later, his whole face is again in full view. "Blake really wants me to keep the beard off, but I don't know, I'll see how I go," Connor said.

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