Cancer center receives donation

BENNINGTON - Members of the Bennington Police Department gathered to make a donation to the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center Wednesday, September 15. The police department raised $2,850 during a cancer awareness fundraiser last year.
The funds were raised by selling pink T-shirts and patches to department personnel and members of the public. Department staff could pay to wear the T-shirts to work on Fridays throughout the few months of the fundraiser. In addition, officers could pay to grow facial hair. A department policy that prohibits growing facial hair was suspended temporarily for the purposes of the fundraiser.