Have you heard of the head shave fundraiser? It’s a challenge where a teacher or other adult challenges kids to meet a certain fundraising goal. If the goal is met then someone gets his head shaved. Kids and teens love this challenge since they like to see teachers humbled a bit and find the whole thing pretty funny.

A band director in New Haven, Connecticut put his full head of hair on the line to challenge students to raise funds for uniforms. The New Haven Independent School District reported that:

the campaign to raise $4,000 for the first-ever band uniforms for the John S. Martinez “Dragons” was not progressing as swiftly as anticipated. (Proceeds from the production of Annie are also raising money for the same purpose.) So 20 days ago Collette turned to his young instrumentalists and said, “Kids, if you raise $2,000 in 20 days, I’ll shave off all my hair for the role of Daddy Warbucks.”

So did the kids raise the funds? You bet they did! And Mr. Collette had to make good on his promise.