{"id":772,"date":"2013-11-18T12:50:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T17:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/?p=772"},"modified":"2024-11-04T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T20:32:15","slug":"scruffy-faces-for-a-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/scruffy-faces-for-a-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Scruffy Faces For A Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/114720020482208359254?rel=author\">Cheryl Rings<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN2624-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-773 \" title=\"No Shave November at Gettysburg Flag Works\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN2624-3-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"No Shave November at Gettysburg Flag Works\" width=\"294\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN2624-3-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN2624-3-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN2624-3-500x291.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN2624-3.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Business owner Michael Cronin (Back, Right) and 5 staff members on day 1 of No-Shave-November 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>East Greenbush, NY &#8211; November, 2013<\/em> &#8211; In honor of veterans and as a fun way to make a difference, Gettysburg Flag Works is celebrating No-Shave-November.\u00a0 Business owner Mike Cronin, a Vietnam era veteran, and the men on the staff are all putting down their razors to raise awareness and cash for AMVETS J.J. Yager Post 797 in Rensselaer County.\u00a0 Their goal is to raise $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>AMVETS, the most inclusive of the leading veterans organizations, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/flags-banners\/open-flags\">open<\/a> to all who served honorably in the U.S. military. Over 1,400 posts assist veterans in their local communities and sup\u00adport qual\u00adity of life pro\u00adgrams like Special Olympics and ROTC.\u00a0 Information about this organization can be found at <a title=\"AMVETS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amvets.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amvets.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->AMVETS J.J. Yager Post 797, just over a year old, is headquartered at Chandler Young VFW Post 8162 in Nassau, NY. Visit Gettysburg Flag Works in East Greenbush, NY, or the <a title=\"No Shave November for AMVETS\" href=\"https:\/\/fundly.com\/nonprofits-and-charity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fundraising site<\/span><\/a>. For information about joining AMVETS, contact Post Commander Chip Lynch at (518) 788-1983.<\/p>\n<p>Gettysburg Flag Works of East Greenbush, has been providing quality flag, banner, and flagpole products to the Capital District and worldwide for 20 years. The business location is 715 Columbia Turnpike, East Greenbush, NY 12061.\u00a0 For more information visit <a title=\"Gettysburg Flag Works\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">www.GettysburgFlag.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Cheryl Rings East Greenbush, NY &#8211; November, 2013 &#8211; In honor of veterans and as a fun way to make a difference, Gettysburg Flag Works is celebrating No-Shave-November.\u00a0 Business owner Mike Cronin, a Vietnam era veteran, and the men on the staff are all putting down their razors to raise awareness and cash for AMVETS&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/scruffy-faces-for-a-cause\/\">continue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[154,40,155],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flag-information","tag-amvets","tag-gettysburg-flag-works","tag-no-shave-november"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scruffy Faces For A Cause - Gettysburg Flag Works Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/scruffy-faces-for-a-cause\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scruffy Faces For A Cause - Gettysburg Flag Works Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By\u00a0Cheryl Rings East Greenbush, NY &#8211; 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