{"id":27602,"date":"2025-11-07T11:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27602\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:05:11","slug":"reading-hospital-foundation-kicks-off-no-shave-november-with-popular-beards-and-brews-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27602\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Hospital Foundation Kicks Off No Shave November with Popular Beards and Brews Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Reading Hospital Newsroom<\/p>\n<p>Reading Hospital Foundation\u2019s annual No Shave November celebration is back with a big goal. Together, participants are rallying to raise $100,000 to benefit men\u2019s health, cancer care, and mental health initiatives through the McGlinn Cancer Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The month-long fundraiser will officially kick off with \u201cBeards and Brews\u201d on Thursday, Nov. 6, when hospital team members, celebrity bartenders, and community members will join to support men\u2019s health initiatives at McGlinn Cancer Institute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to be participating in No Shave November again this year,\u201d said Dr. Timothy Lindsay, a celebrity bartender and chief, division of hematology and oncology at McGlinn Cancer Institute at Reading Hospital. \u201cThis event is special for our team because it gives us the opportunity to enhance education and care provided for our patients and community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Event informationWhen:\u00a0Thursday, Nov. 6Where:\u00a0Building 24 Kitchen &amp; Bar, 1115 Bern Road, WyomissingTime:\u00a04 p.m. to 9 p.m.Celebrity bartender schedule4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. \u2013 Gustavo Cepeda, Visions Federal Credit Union, and Dallan Yoh, Great Reading Chamber Alliance4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. \u2013 Michael Stern, Tower Health president and CEO, Dr. Charles F. Barbera, Reading Hospital president and CEO, and Irene Paige, BSN, RN, McGlinn Cancer Institute at Reading Hospital5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. \u2013 Michael Stern, Tower Health president and CEO, Dr. Charles F. Barbera, Reading Hospital president and CEO, and Dr. Timothy Lindsay, chief, division of hematology &amp; oncology, McGlinn Cancer Institute at Reading Hospital5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. \u2013 Gavin Milligan, Advanced Comfort Specialists, and Ann Marie Haus, Customers Bank6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. \u2013 Brad Bartman and Jason Arnold, Office Service Co.6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. \u2013 Jamie Lipovsky, JD\u2019s Steaks, Kristi Gage-Linderman, Gage Talent &amp; Business Solutions, and Freddy Vasquez, FXV Digital Design7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. \u2013 Amy Johnson and Angela Himmelberger, Baja Beach Wellness7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. \u2013 George Ortiz, American Barber and Beauty Academy, and Sarah Deisher, Clean Eatz8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. \u2013 Lori Favinger and Jim McKeon, American Crane &amp; Equipment Corporation8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.\u00a0\u2013 Stephan Fains, Berks Community Action Program, and Sara Miller, The Friends of Reading Hospital<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event includes two signature cocktails named after Tower Health leaders and No Shave November participants \u2014\u00a0Stern\u2019s scruffy spiced mule and Barbera\u2019s bearded crush.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event brings the community together in a fun and special way,\u201d said Katherine Thornton, president of Reading Hospital Foundation. \u201cIt\u2019s inspiring to see participants, local businesses, and community partners come together for the health of the men in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Reading Hospital Newsroom Reading Hospital Foundation\u2019s annual No Shave November celebration is back with a big goal.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-27602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}