Saturday night a Swift Current resident raised money for the Childhood Cancer Futures Fund by letting the highest bidder cut this hair.

Neil McKenna, who organized the event and spent one year growing his hair out so he could auction off total freedom for people to do whatever they wanted to his hair and he would have to walk around with it for two weeks.

McKenna said that he was inspired by his cousin to host the event.

"My cousin's done it for eight years, and I've decided to jump on," he said. "He's doing it in Saskatoon. He doesn't do it for cancer, he does it for heart and stroke, but the hair goes to the same place."

That place is Pantene Lengths. An organization that makes and gives free wigs to children when the families can't afford a wig for the child.

McKenna said that he chose to donate to cancer because his father is battling it currently.

"Inspired by my father," he said. "I actually talked to him, and we decided that the children's foundation is where it's most needed. Kids live with it for a lifetime so it should go to somewhere where it can be used the best."

The event featured a silent auction, raffle, and 50/50 and saw over 20 people pack into Kabos Pub & Grill.

McKenna said that it was amazing to see all the donations that he received.

"It's blown me away actually," he said. "I've been taking this stuff in for months now, and it wasn't until last night that it was all getting bundled up and packaged that I realized that it's unreal what word of mouth and working with good people has benefited this organization."

McKenna added that overall the event went awesome, except for the haircut he received.