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Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 16:39
Jo Madge, of Tower Hill, Stogursey, raised more than £400 through sponsorship by having his hair shaved off for the children's charity.
A student at Bridgwater College, Jo was held down jokingly by boys of the Bridgwater & Albion Rugby Club while Sainsbury's general assistant Jess Beal gave him the chop.
Events organiser Carole Al-Aqqad said: "We've raised more than £600 in the last week and it's been really fun."
Another visitor to the hairdresser was the manager of Eastover Shopping Centre, Pearl Johnson, who had all of her hair shaved off on Friday and raised £250.
Pearl, who had a brown bob, volunteered to help the centre which had a number of other fundraising events planned including a fun day.
Mechelle King, who owns Avalon Esoterics, a store within the centre, said: "Pearl was very brave.There were a few tears but what she did was really great. In total, the centre raised around £350, and it's safe to say around £250 of that is down to Pearl."
In another fundraising event, a Huntworth worker sat in a paddling pool full of baked beans and had them poured over her at a distribution depot.
Staff at Wincanton Somerfield distribution depot at Huntworth raised nearly £600 for the Children in Need Appeal through different activities, including goods-in clerk Sam Lazowski wallowing in cold, slimy beans for an hour.
Staff also made cakes and flower arrangements to sell, dressed in their pyjamas and had a swear box, which proved very unpopular, all to raise funds.
Staff at Homes in Sedgemoor took their teddies to work and raised £280 for the appeal. They also sold cakes, had a bring-and-buy stall and a raffle.
Chief executive Gary Orr said: "Once again our staff had a fun day raising money for this worthwhile cause. This amounts to nearly £4 for each person in our office, which in these times is fantastic."
Staff of Sedgemoor District Council also took their bears to work on Friday and entered them into a best-dressed teddy competition. The winner was Linda Krause. Staff raised £250 for the BBC appeal by selling cakes, holding a dress-down day and selling books.
Seven-year-old Jack Vasicek, from Bridgwater, saw his dreams of pizza glory realised after he won the national competition to design the official Pudsey Bear Pizza of 2008 after winning a competition at Bella Italia.
Now Jack's pizza can be seen on menus across the UK and for every pizza bought nationwide £2 will be donated to the charity. Around £5,000 is expected to be raised.
A group of businessmen and women are usually expected to wear crisp suits and silk ties, but never pink wigs, cowboy hats and Disney dresses.
Six people from different Bridgwater businesses who are usually expected to wear crisp suits and silk ties, got dressed up in pink wigs, cowboy hats and Disney dresses on Friday to raise more than £300 for the appeal.
Office workers in Bridgwater wore their slippers to work and ran a soup kitchen to help Children In Need.
Porcupine PR Ltd and Fairway Office Interiors at Polden Business Centre raised around £200.
Porcupine PR consultant James Rich said: "We wore our slippers all day long and even attended client meetings in them. Some of the team also wore them for 24 hours through into Saturday securing extra sponsorship."
Slippers were not worn in the Fairway warehouse so the soup kitchen helped to boost the funds raised.
