{"id":1316,"date":"2012-01-06T13:31:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T13:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1316"},"modified":"2012-01-06T13:31:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T13:31:37","slug":"man-grows-hair-and-beard-for-1-year-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/man-grows-hair-and-beard-for-1-year-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Man grows hair and beard for 1 year for charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man refused to shave his beard or cut his hair for one year to raise funds for a military charity.<\/p>\n<p>Giuseppe De Vita got rid of his tresses on New Year's Eve 2010 and did not groom them again until New Year's Eve 2011, the John O'Groat's Journal reports.<\/p>\n<p>All of the money he collected for the stunt has gone to Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Mr De Vita decided to attempt it after a friend of his was killed in duty in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>After he completed it, the 22-year-old observed that &quot;it felt great&quot; to be able to get rid of the long, scraggly beard.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;A fair few people stopped as they were passing on the High Street and gave donations. It was worth it in the end,&quot; Mr De Vita remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Those who do not fancy taking on such a hirsute challenge can instead complete a charity trek, run or bike.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Trevor Smith<br> &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801257433-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801257433\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giuseppe De Vita did not shave or have a haircut for 365 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Man grows hair and beard for 1 year for charity - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta 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