From left, Daniel Meyer, Gabrielle Lucas and Greg Harris had their hair trimmed for Cuts for a Cure at the Butler High School Sunday night.

BUTLER TWP — Monetary donations are one thing.

Giving the hair off one's head is another.

Plenty of both took place Sunday afternoon at the ninth annual Spike Out Cancer charity volleyball event in the Butler High School gym.

Ten teams — primarily high school age or younger — registered for $100 each to play volleyball for an hour and fight cancer.

“We're teaming up with the Butler Cancer Support Services, which helps people with all types of cancers,” said Butler High School girls volleyball coach Meghan Lucas. “My team is here to fight breast cancer. It's what they wanted to do.

“Over the past couple of years, many members of our team have had mothers or grandmothers getting breast cancer. It's affecting all of our lives in some way.”

The Spike Out Cancer event raised $1,000 to battle the disease last year. Spectators donated to the cause as well as the players.

“We've raised more than $1,200 this time,” Lucas said Sunday night.

In addition to giving money, Spike Out Cancer is also providing hair for “hair halos,” which cancer patients can wear under hats after losing their own hair to cancer treatments.

Stacy Meyer, a social worker for the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, in partnership with Butler Health System, supervised the hair cuts given to volunteers. Local Motion Hair Design of Butler and Creative Hair Solutions volunteered time to administer the trims.

This is an excerpt from a story that appeared in Monday's Butler Eagle.