The Winning Beard
| 06 Dec 2018 | 01:50

WINNER with the most votes Thomas Walker: The American Legion

Steven Altieri: We are playing for Wounded Warrior Project. I'm on the right and these are 2 of my coworkers. Dan Lynch is on the left and Mike Arcuni is in the middle. Saying whats up from Orange and Rockland Utilites.

TITO: ASPCA

Adorable Lumberjack: St. Jude's Children's Hospital

Jeffrey garnes: Prostate cancer

Joseph Mahoney: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

William Voelkel: Safe Haven in Milford

Town of Chester Police: Spagnoli Family Cancer at Orange Regional Medical Center All persons pictured agree that if selected as the winner all winnings($200, the $100 personal and the $100 charity donation) can be donated directly to above charity.

Mike Nice: Warwick Animal Shelter

Beard for Blindness: I’m playing for the Foundation Fighting Blindness. My son is blind and would love to send a donation to this organization in his name to help all people with vision problems.

Nereyda Marten: American Cancer Society

Mike Cordero Mustache: The Movember Foundation, Testicular cancer

carlos cofino: st jude’s

Evelyn Luna-Orellana: St.Jude organization

Linda Plimpton: First United Methodist church of Newton

THINK: Eleventh hour rescue

Kody Renzland: St. Judes Childrens hospital

Todd Friedrich: Movember Foundation

Laurie L Byro: Keeping it local, West Milford Township Library

Moses: Prostate

Nick - Pose 1: American Red Cross for the devastating California Fires

Lakeland EMS: No Shave November Foundation; all proceeds will go toward the Squad’s donation at the end of the month to the No Shave Foundation. (Pictured here is the members who partook all month long; at least four more unable to make it for the picture).

Irish Red: St.Judes children’s hospital

Lenny Smit: Red Cross

Pantoleone Brugellis: St. Jude

Jason Lowenfeld: Homes for Our Troops

Seth Bellber: St. Jude Children’s hospital

John Hilla: Make a Wish Foundation

Xavier Hidalgo

Joey: Bronx Charter school - I grow it every November I am a High school Math Teacher would be cool to win and buy the kids lunch. My mom is always yelling at me that i can scare the kids with the beard. Thanks for a chance to win

O Christmas beard O Christmas beard: Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Milford

Frank:American Cancer Society

Luke Venskus: Vernon PAL

Gary Esposito: Goshen Humane Society

Anthony Andersen: Saint Jude’s Children’s hospital

Paul Wilcock: USO

John Markiewicz: Goshen humane society

Greg Soboleski Knights of Columbus charities

Randy Retguiz: breast cancer awareness

Ralph and his beard: ASPCA

Alex Mott: St.Judes hospital for children

Christopher Sullivan: Children's cancer center

Dad and Dunkin Klein: The American Cancer Society. Growing our beards took a whole month but what better way to promote men's health and awareness! Let's help them conquer cancer once and for all!

Tom Niski: DAV - Disabled American Veterans

joe manganel: American Cancer Society/No Shave November

Mike Zucca, great husband, father & son!:First Presbyterian Church of Monroe Food Pantry

Todd Bilney: ASPCA

Mark Murphy: Sugar Loaf Fire Department

Cody and Craig: YoungLives

Tim and the pibbles: Pibbles & more animal rescue

Nelson Aponte: The National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce

Bill King: Cancer Research Institute
More than 2,600 votes were cast for 52 beards in Straus News’ No Shave November Contest, sponsored by Horizon Family Medical. Straus News hosted the contest and offered $100 to the winner plus $100 for a charity of the winner’s choice to help promote awareness of prostate cancer and men’s health in general. Congratulations to Thomas Walker, the winner and his charity of choice, The American Legion.