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Deputies shave beards for cancer research

Posted at 2:42 PM, Jan 04, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-04 14:42:49-05

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — More than 400 Erie County Sheriff's Deputies and Corrections Officers received a clean shave Friday to support cancer research.

The deputies have been growing beards since November for their no-shave November fundraiser that benefits Roswell Park in Buffalo.

A check was presented to the Comprehensive Cancer Center for $23,000. Since the campaign began three years ago, more than $60,000 have been raised.