The Mustaches for Kids fundraiser ended Saturday, netting more than $20,000 for Baltimore classroom projects. Dr. Alonso raised $5,109, making him not only the city's top earner, but the top individual fundraiser in the country -- surpassing hundreds of competitors in 25 cities.

Nearly 80 people donated toward the projects Alonso selected on DonorsChoose.org. The fundraiser's organizer, Pranav Saha, came in second among Baltimore mustache growers with $2,415. The teachers in Cherry Hill who sought to beat Alonso ranked third, raising $2,203. School board member Bob Heck raised $1,163. Alonso and Heck are pictured here with one of the Charm City Roller Girls (dressed for the event as "She Guevara"), who judged a mustache competition Saturday night at Taps bar in Federal Hill. Neither of them won the prize for the "sweetest 'stache."

At the fundraiser's concluding event, DonorsChoose announced that the Abell Foundation has donated another $3,000 to projects selected by various mustache growers, including $1,000 for Alonso's. 

Of the 25 cities that participated in the competition, Baltimore mustache growers placed fifth. New York City was first with $73,020 raised. Alonso had wanted Baltimore to beat Chicago, which came in fourth with $25,505. But Baltimore did far better than Los Angeles, which was sixth with $6,656.

Alonso says his beard is on the way back.