Buchanan County Sheriff’s officers will grow their beards and goatees in November to help the department’s Adopt A Family program. Participating officers will make $25 donations to get a pass from the Sheriff allowing facial hair. The donations are expected to increase the number of families the department can help this Christmas.

In recent years officers made donations for permission to wear jeans on Fridays. The department’s Adopt A Family effort has grown from helping one family to four, and two seniors, last year.