{"id":11433,"date":"2014-12-05T15:53:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T20:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=11433"},"modified":"2014-12-05T16:01:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T21:01:59","slug":"thumbs-the-no-shave-november-special-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/05\/thumbs-the-no-shave-november-special-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (The No-Shave November Special Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll tell you right now. They&#8217;re all <strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>James Buckner came up with a great idea to raise money for the Danville Cancer Association during the month of November. &#8220;No-Shave November&#8221; was the plan for people to sell raffle tickets while growing beards during the month.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get to the Thumbs! Big Board&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to James Buckner. He came up with the idea, solicited all the prize donations and put the event together. After being elected to Danville City Council, Buckner is fast becoming a community leader. That&#8217;s good for Danville.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danvillevacancer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Danville Cancer Association<\/a>. They do a great job supporting local people in their fight against cancer, yet a lot of Danville residents don&#8217;t know about the organization. Events like the &#8220;No-Shave November&#8221; raise awareness for the group&#8230; and that&#8217;s awesome.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to Tony Turner for being the &#8220;Official Photographer&#8221; for the event. Tony&#8217;s an awesome guy and I was glad to finally &#8220;meet&#8221; him at the event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to Dell&#8217;Anno&#8217;s Pizza Kitchen for being the hose for the three get-togethers during the event. Awesome food, cold beer. Who could ask for more?<\/li>\n<li>Finally, a big <strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to everybody who participated. from the ones who grew beards to the people who bought raffle tickets or made donations&#8230; you all helped the Danville Cancer Association to help Danville residents in their battles against cancer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Five Thumbs UP!. Over one hundred people participating. $1,400+ raised for a local charity.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what Danville is all about.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/13\/breakdown-danville-school-board-election\/sclogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sclogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"sclogo\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll tell you right now. They&#8217;re all Thumbs UP!<\/p>\n<p> [&#8230;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thumbs","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwqFk-2Yp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11155,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/12\/thumbs-11122014\/","url_meta":{"origin":11433,"position":0},"title":"Thumbs! 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(Veterans Day Parade Special Edition)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Parades like today's make me proud to live in Danville. Here come da Thumbs! Big Board! Thumbs UP! to everybody who came to this year's Danville Veterans Day Parade. This was the largest crowd that I've seen, and their waving and cheering put a smile on all the honorees' faces.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thumbs!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thumbs!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/thumbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/FTJuZgD.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/FTJuZgD.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/FTJuZgD.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/FTJuZgD.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17045,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/11\/thumbs-21116\/","url_meta":{"origin":11433,"position":2},"title":"Thumbs! (2\/11\/16)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"February 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"If you don't use your Thumbs! for ten weeks, they get rusty. Trust me on that one, folks. UP! is good. 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It's been almost two years since Wayne Alan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8099,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/12\/thumbs-11122013\/","url_meta":{"origin":11433,"position":4},"title":"Thumbs! (11\/12\/2013)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been almost a month since our Thumbs! got a workout. Let's fix that problem now... You know the drill... Thumbs UP! to Laurie Moran and the staff at the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce for picking up another 5-Star accreditation rating from the US Chamber of Commerce. I'll\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14592,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/28\/danville-veterans-day-parade-part-8\/","url_meta":{"origin":11433,"position":5},"title":"Danville Veterans Day Parade \u2013 Part #8","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The numbers tell me that you readers love photos from Danville's Veterans Day Parade, so here come some more. We've already published seven articles in this series, but we've got plenty more to come. Let's keep the parade rolling! Here's the links to what we've already published: Part #1 -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/drQ1sWR.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/drQ1sWR.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/drQ1sWR.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/drQ1sWR.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11433"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11437,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11433\/revisions\/11437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}