(COLORADO SPRINGS) — District 20 students and staff participated in its annual ‘Bald for Bucks,’ on Friday, Feb. 28, to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

Each year, the event sponsors a local child who has experienced blood cancer. This year’s Hero Child, 8-year-old Jaxson, was diagnosed with multiple metastatic glioblastomas and passed away a week before the event. The Bald for Bucks event went on in his memory, and honored his life and his love for Spiderman, in addition to raising money for LLS’ and his family.

This year, more than 2,000 were in attendance at Rampart High School’s gymnasium, and more than 160 students and staff cut or shaved their hair to help reach the fundraising goal of $70,000.