{"id":49192,"date":"2019-01-07T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49192"},"modified":"2024-10-25T09:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T14:16:44","slug":"acc-officers-get-shaved-for-pediatric-cancer-research-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/01\/07\/acc-officers-get-shaved-for-pediatric-cancer-research-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC officers get shaved for pediatric cancer research fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College District (ACC) police officers participating in a fundraiser benefiting pediatric cancer research said goodbye to their beards in a public shaving event. The event took place at Highland Campus Friday, January 4, to commemorate the end of the two-month-long Beard It Up\/Color for the Cure campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the fundraising campaigns, ACC officers raised more than $4,000 to support <a href=\"https:\/\/thecurestartsnow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cure Starts Now<\/a>, a foundation dedicated to finding a cure for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, one of the most aggressive forms of cancer that affects children almost exclusively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Not only has it been a good thing for the community and the charity, but the officers had a lot of fun with it and it&#8217;s really helped morale,&#8221; says Chief Lynn Dixon, ACC District Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 60 officers \u2014 men and women \u2014 participated, each making a donation of $50 to either grow a beard or color their hair, or $30 to grow a goatee or color their nails during November and December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s great to have a beard, but it&#8217;s also great to get it off. This has been the longest I&#8217;ve gone without shaving,&#8221; says Officer David Powers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Beard%20It%20Up%20Shave%20Off%20Clean%20Shaven.jpg\" alt=\"Clean-shaven ACC police officers with barbers \" title=\"Clean-shaven ACC Police Officers Frank Miranda and David Powers with barbers from Luis' Corner Barber Shop. \" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clean-shaven ACC Police Officers Frank Miranda and David Powers with barbers from Luis&#8217; Corner Barber Shop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbers from Luis&#8217; Corner Barber Shop volunteered to give the officers a clean shave at the event. &#8220;David (Powers) has been a customer for years, and it is a great cause. We were more than happy to help,&#8221; says Luis Salinas, barber shop owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cure Starts Now has funded more than $12.5 million in cancer research, resulting in over 80 cutting-edge research grants in six countries since 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) police officers participating in a fundraiser benefiting pediatric cancer research said goodbye to their beards in a public shaving event. The event took place at Highland Campus Friday, January 4, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/01\/07\/acc-officers-get-shaved-for-pediatric-cancer-research-fundraiser\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17],"tags":[526,3381,3383,219,3382],"class_list":["post-49192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","tag-acc-police","tag-beard-it-up","tag-color-for-the-cure","tag-fundraiser","tag-pediatric-cancer-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}