PHOTO GALLERY: Gentry Middle School students collect peanut butter jars for the Food Bank

Science teacher Dean Klempke gets his head shaved by Cortney Gilbow on Friday at Ann Hawkins Gentry Middle School in Columbia. Klempke told his students that he would shave his head if they collect 2,000 jars of peanut butter for the Food Bank Buddy Pack program. The students collected 2,700 jars.   |  Alli Inglebright

Students give their teacher, Dean Klempke, thumbs up by telling him he looks good after he shaved his head at Ann Hawkins Gentry Middle School on Friday in Columbia. Students collected jars of peanut butter for the Buddy Pack program at the Food Bank, which supplies food for children during weekends and holiday breaks when schools don't provide meals.   |  Alli Inglebright

Shaven hair litters the ground around the chair that science teacher Dean Klempke sat in to shave his head Friday at Ann Hawkins Gentry Middle School. This is the first year that Klempke has shaved his head, but he said he would do it again if it meant that they could continue to collect food for the Food Bank. This year the students collected 2,700 jars of peanut butter and Klempke hopes they collect 5,000 next year.   |  Alli Inglebright