Around one hundred people went under the shears yesterday raising more than $300,000 for charity as part of St Baldrick’s festivities.The annual event, which began in the US in 2009, is dedicated to raising money for cancer charities through volunteers agreeing to shave their heads.Last night hundreds gathered at the Bermuda Athletic Association Gym to watch the shavings take place, cheering and taking pictures as friends and family went under the razor.Organiser of the BAA event Kate Daly said yesterday afternoon that 47 people had volunteered to shed their locks, but that number goes up every year once the action is underway.“I think by the end of the night we should have around 55 or so,” she said. “We are always willing to pass the hat around if someone new volunteers.”She also said that while $200,000 had been pledged before the event began, she still hopes to reach the event’s goal of $300,000, surpassing last year’s total of $268,000. “We are already ahead of where we were last year,” she said.Veteran shavee Susan Patschak said that she in the past raised around a quarter of her donations after the fact.“Every time someone goes to touch your head, say ‘$25’,” she said. “It’s like a pregnant woman’s belly. For some reason people think it’s public property.”She said she is pleased to see the way the event has grown on the Island, saying: “I look back on the days at Robin Hood when it was so small and it was mostly exempt company people. Now half of the people are Bermudian.”In addition to the event at BAA, 44 Saltus Upper Primary School students, three parents and two teachers were shaved as part of the fundraising event at the school. Headmaster Ted Stauton said that at last count, the team had raised $110,599 for PALs and the St Baldrick’s Foundation — above and beyond their original goal of $75,000.“This was a record number of shavees for us,” Mr Stauton said. “We also had two female students and one mother who had their hair cut for ‘Locks of Love’.“The support has been overwhelming and the sense of community at Saltus is amazing.”A trio of Saltus Secondary students also took part in the St Baldrick’s event at the BAA, with one student, Kenedi Edwards, raising more than $2,000 as of yesterday afternoon.