Merewether is a selective high school located in the Hunter region, NSW. Every year, the school, led by the prefect body, raises funds for the World's Greatest Shave, which aids children and adults with Leukaemia, blood cancer with no current cure. Through the World's Greatest Shave, the Leukaemia Foundation raise their funds to provide accomodation and transport for patients and their parents, as well funding researchers in their hunt for a cure.