‘YOU MATTER’

LA GRANGE — Beards of all kinds gathered at the Historic Casino Hall on Jan. 20 for a fundraiser and competition benefiting the Colorado County Wellness Council.

The event hosted several people with wide-ranging styles of beards as they entered several different categories of contests such as the Goatee competition as well as contests for sideburns, mustaches and full beards. The competition concluded with the Best in Show category as the top facial hair aficionado received the award for the top entry in the competition.

Doors opened at noon before the competition began at 2 p.m.

The Wellness Council received $20,000 in donations during the event as it provided a significant amount of funding for their operations.

The beard competition was hosted in part by the Honest Amish beard and facial hair care company.