Before and after - COMPARE THIS PHOTO WITH THE PHOTO ON TOP

It was a buzz-a-thon for a good cause. On Feb. 27, about 40 Bluffton University baseball players and coaches, with the help of haircutters from The Curling Iron, went bald to show they care.

Having already raised more than $6,100 since December for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation—which funds research for potential childhood cancer cures—the Bluffton baseball Beavers took their support a step further on Wednesday, having their heads shaved in solidarity with young cancer victims.

The mass shearing, courtesy of stylists from The Curling Iron in Bluffton, took place at noon and continue for nearly an hour in The Commons in Marbeck Center.

It is the second annual BaseBald event at Bluffton for St. Baldrick’s, a Monrovia, Calif.-based charity. The fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s has generated more than $7,900 as of Wednesday. More than 12,000 children and teenagers are diagnosed with cancer every year.