Huntington Manor FD Mustache Contest Raises $1K for Make a Wish

Image via Huntington Manor Fire Department Facebook page

The Huntington Manor firefighters raised more than $1,000 for charity with a good old fashioned mustache contest.

The money will be donated to The Make A Wish Foundation in memory of Marissa Pastore, a young Huntington girl who lost her battle with terminal cancer in July.

Marissa’s mother Risa is an Emergency Department nurse at Huntington Hospital and her father Domenick is a fireman with FDNY and a former Huntington Manor fire chief. They both are volunteers with the Huntington Manor Fire Department.

Earlier this year, a GoFundMe was created for Marissa’s family to celebrate the time they had left to spend together. All donations went toward covering their living expenses while the family took time off from work to spend every waking moment with their daughter.

In May, the Pastore family’s day was made a little brighter after the Make-A-Wish Foundation and several local fire departments held a special event in their honor.

Oh, and It was determined that firefighter Bruce Smith grew the best mustache.