The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office presented a $7,450.00 donation that they raised through their participation in a” No Shave October & November” event to Chief Kevin Kalk and members of the Barneveld Fire Department.
Typically, the monies raised through “No Shave” events go towards men’s cancer research. However, this money raised at the sheriff’s office will go to help raise funds to rebuild the Barneveld Fire Department, which suffered a catastrophic collapse this past February.
The presentation happened at the town of Trenton Highway Department, which is also serving as the temporary Barneveld Fire Station.
Deputy Tom Bronson proposed the idea to raise funds for the Barneveld Fire Department to Sheriff Rob Maciol earlier this year. Bronson is assigned to work out of the Sheriff’s Barneveld Field Office.
Members of the sheriff’s office made a $75 donation to the Barneveld Fire Department. In return for the donation they were allowed to grow facial hair for the months of October and November. Female employees who wanted to participate in the fundraising event were allowed to paint their fingernails any color of their choice or to wear loop earrings.
