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Beards Grown at Job Lot HQ to Help Kids with Cancer
A group of employees at Ocean State Job Lot's corporate office in North Kingstown ditched the razor in November to help St. Jude's.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI—Things got a little hairy at Ocean State Job Lot’s headquarters in Quonset Business Park last month—for a good cause.
A group of men who work at the corporate office participated in “No-Shave November” to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Whisker by whisker, they raised $1,685 for the hospital, which provides care and support for families affected by childhood cancer and other diseases.
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Photo caption: A lumberjack look was in style for the month of November at Ocean State Job Lot’s corporate office, 375 Commerce Park Drive, to support St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Through personal donations and other contributions to its “No-Shave November” initiative, the Job Lot team raised $1,685 for the hospital, which provides much needed support for families impacted by childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Participants were (left to right): Paul Conforti, Richard Smith, Leon Mazoyer, Don Sanita, Adam Sykes, Paul Cox, Eric Pina, Marc Pasquazzi, Bob Selle, John Conforti, Frank Pate and Jeff Enrique. Not shown: Jason Debalsi and Ray Conforti. (Submitted photo)
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