Andy Campbell’s can.

Andy is the founder of “Beards for Hope.” A few months ago I got an e-mail from Andy, who said:

“I’m blessed with the super-manly ability to grow facial hair. I often style it when I’m bored. Here’s what I’m thinking…Beards for Hope.”

From now through the end of the year, Andy is going to grow and style a different beard every week. He’s raising money for this crazy idea, and wants to bless the women and children in the HopeChest Young Mothers Program of Russia. I encourage you to make a gift, grow a beard, and change the world.

Check out the Beards for Hope Web site to see such great styles as:

Old Dutch

The Klingon

The Mighty Insecto

Andy is the real deal. Your beard could be the real deal too. You can join Andy and style your beard for hope.  Read more about Andy, his awesome beard, and his heart to change the world for orphans:

I’m going to try and grow 20 different beard styles in 20 consecutive weeks. Why? Well, why not?

The idea for Beards of Hope came to me where most good ideas come: the shower. I enjoy growing different kinds of facial hair. A strange gift, I know. I’d recently a couple books by Tom Davis, Scared and Priceless, which are riveting stories based on the work that his organization, Children’s HopeChest, undertakes.

Tom has become a friend over the past year, so when I thought about growing beards to raise money for a cause, HopeChest immediately sprang to mind. Their Young Mother’s Program in Russia is doing some amazing things equipping orphans who have “aged out” of the system at 15 and have a child of their own to try and raise.

If you can grow a beard, join in. Comment on “The Beards” page with which beard YOU think you can grow, leave your email address in the comment, then make a donation to HopeChest. We’ll email you directions on how to submit a picture of your beard and then we’ll put it up on the site when I get to that beard in the schedule.

If you can’t grow a beard, consider making a donation anyway. For every $2500 we raise, we can provide training, counseling, and healing to one young orphan mother in Russia.

-Andy