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Kauai police double down on ‘No-Shave November’

PHOTO COURTESY KAUAI POLICE DEPARTMENT
                                Some of the Kauai Police Department employees who participated in the “No-Shave November” project to raise funds for the American Cancer Society of Hawaii —Kauai Branch. First row: Detective Chad Cataluna (left) and Chief Todd G. Raybuck. Second row: Assistant Chief Bryson Ponce (left) and Sergeant Shane Sokei. Third row: Sergeant Clyde Caires (left) and Detective Brian Silva. Back row: Accountant Justin Faford (left) and Sergeant Anthony Morita.

PHOTO COURTESY KAUAI POLICE DEPARTMENT

Some of the Kauai Police Department employees who participated in the “No-Shave November” project to raise funds for the American Cancer Society of Hawaii —Kauai Branch. First row: Detective Chad Cataluna (left) and Chief Todd G. Raybuck. Second row: Assistant Chief Bryson Ponce (left) and Sergeant Shane Sokei. Third row: Sergeant Clyde Caires (left) and Detective Brian Silva. Back row: Accountant Justin Faford (left) and Sergeant Anthony Morita.

After participating in “No-Shave November” to raise funds for the American Cancer Society of Hawaii — Kauai Branch, the Kauai Police Department is looking to continue doing so during “Double-Down December.”

Nearly two dozen KPD personnel participated in November, raising almost $1,500.

For December, dress code will be relaxed for the department, meaning employees can grow out their beards or goatees or wear their hair in a ponytail or in cornrows while at work.

“I’d like to thank the KPD officers and employees who participated in this fundraiser in an attempt to support the prevention, treatments and awareness of cancer, an ailment that touches everyone in some way,” said Kauai Police Chief Todd G. Raybuck. “We will continue to rally this month and raise even more money, in hopes that more people will be inclined to make a donation, especially during the holiday season.”

“No-Shave November” began as a tradition in 2007 for a Chicago family as a tribute to their father, Matthew Hill, who died from colon cancer. That tradition turned into a nonprofit to raise money to fight cancer.

In November, American Cancer Society’s GrowNation encouraged people to be part of a hair-raising movement to lead the fight for a world against cancer. Since the inception of GrowNation in 2017, the initiative has brought in about $66,000 toward the mission, according to Patti Ornellas, senior community development manager of the American Cancer Society Kauai Field Office.

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