On Saturday May 30th, Tracy Rutter hosted the fourth annual St. Baldrick's/Locks of Love event, Kutting for a Kause at the Irish Circle. The event was well attended and was held in the honor of Mikey W. Mikey W. is a fun loving 3 year old little boy who was diagnosed with an unidentifiable brain and spine tumor in September 2008.

He is currently undergoing chemotherapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Over 45 boys and men sat down for a buzz cut from local Hairdressers and Barbers to show solidarity with the little children like Mikey who fight for their lives every day.

In addition to the guys over 15 girls and women also sat down and donated their long beautiful hair to the Locks of Love organization, which makes wigs for females recovering from chemotherapy.

In all on Saturday over $50,000 was raised to help fund Children's Cancer Research and find a cure for this most dreaded of diseases. The Kutting for a Kause event at the Irish Circle was started by Tracy in 2006 in the honor of her aunts Clare Wayne and Teresa Hettenbach who lost their battles with cancer before the first event.

In the years since she has personally raised over $105,000 for Children's Cancer Research thru the St. Baldrick's organization, and sent over 120 Ponytails to the Locks of Love organization.

Though Tracy organizes the event she has many family and friends behind her helping her out, they are; Terri Rutter, Kenny Rutter, Kim Rutter, Amy Rutter, David Feddern, Irene Hettenbach, Andrew Lind, Sharon Lehener, Linda Paden, Peggy Caffrey, Rita Hurley, Susan O'Brien, Nicole Lonigro, Lauren Pellegrino, Erin Mallis and Dawn Brady. They organized a group of Hairdressers and Barbers including; Jordan D'Elia, Lori Boyle, Elizabeth Ambrosia, Elizabeth Amourso, Tina DiBenedetto, Darlene DiResta, Joann Manning, Jackie Nicosta, Richie O'Connor, Christine Marten, Daniel Roselli and Colleen Burke.

Every year local bands agree to play for the event and this year they included; Flashback w/ Mike Byrnes, Wine With Sue and Whole In One. The Irish Circle has opened their doors for the event each year through the generosity of owner Jerry Perish and his staff led by Manager and recently shaved Brian Dickesheid.