AUSTINTOWN The season of giving continues for 32 children in the Austintown school district.
Austintown Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 126 worked with the schools to provide Christmas gifts for nine families.
By extending the usual “No Shave November” the officers participate in, they were able to keep their facial hair as well as raise money for a good cause.
“The guys wanted to keep their facial hair and, with the money going to the kids, the chief was on board,” officer Valorie Delmont said.
About 25 officers paid $25 each to keep their facial hair. The FOP matched the funds raised and that money, along with funds collected from other donors, local businesses such as Walmart, Home Depot, GameStop, Pinnette’s Bowling League and American Towing, were used to buy the gifts.