{"id":41697,"date":"2022-12-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=41697"},"modified":"2022-12-15T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:00:00","slug":"no-shave-november-extends-to-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2022\/12\/15\/no-shave-november-extends-to-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"No Shave November extends to New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Danielle Ray <\/b>
\n Landmark Correspondent<\/i><\/div>\n

STERLING \u2014 Members of the police department are taking No Shave November to great lengths, extending it into the month of December.<\/p>\n

Participants forgo shaving and grooming in order to inspire conversation and raise awareness and funds for men\u2019s mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Recently promoted Sgt. Ryan Ferguson said the department has participated since 2015 in the typically monthlong experience, but that this year they decided to do things a little differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, we decided to fundraise for \u2018Cops for Kids wCancer,\u2019 a local law enforcement-based charity that we met when they recently provided support for a young friend of ours from Sterling who was fighting a rare brain tumor,\u201d Ferguson said.<\/p>\n

To date they have raised well over $2,200 for the nonprofi t organization, which is focused on raising funds to help families of children fighting cancer and improve their quality of life. Ferguson said when they approached Police Chief Sean Gaudette with the idea to continue their efforts another month, \u201cIt was apparent to us that he recognized the importance of the program and what it brought to both the department and to this year\u2019s charity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaudette said he was happy to honor the side bet the officers made with him that if they raised at least 50% of their goal last month, they would be able to keep their beards until the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo Shave November has always been a way for the officers to draw attention to a good cause. It seemed like a good twist to offer an incentive for the officers participating to extend their bearded time,\u201d Gaudette said, adding that \u201cthey have almost attained the 100% amount.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to work with officers who care about community and congratulate them on winning the bet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferguson said with the chief\u2019s support, nine officers began fundraising at the beginning of November through word of mouth and social media announcements.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecognizing the opportunity to raise even more money, Chief Gaudette challenged these officers to double their efforts by setting a campaign goal amount,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Nov. 23, that goal was met, and Gaudette authorized No-Shave November to continue through the end of December.<\/p>\n

\u201cParticipating in this fundraiser has always been important to us because it\u2019s a way for us to engage with our community and raise money for a good cause,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cThe facial hair creates conversation when we interact with the public, and it\u2019s a great opportunity to spread the word, as we have all been affected by cancer in one way or another.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fundraising link, copsforkidswithcancer. org\/sterling- police-ps-nsn-2022, will be up until the new year. Ferguson said he and the rest of the bearded crew appreciate the community\u2019s backing of their meaningful endeavor and additional outreach efforts. \u201cThe public support for all of our fundraising efforts has been inspirational to us all,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery year we reach out to the public for their support for various fundraisers, and they have always humbled us with their willingness to help support us in any way. Whether it\u2019s the trucks full of Toys for Tots that are donated every Christmas, to our most recent Pink Patch Project that raised over $1,800 for the Ellie Fund, the public support of our efforts is truly treasured and appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STERLING \u2014 Members of the police department are taking No Shave November to great lengths, extending it into the month of December. Participants forgo shaving and grooming in order to inspire conversation and raise awareness and funds for men\u2019s mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}