It's November in Chicago and the leaves have either turned a beautiful shade of red and orange or have abandoned their limbs in the cold fall winds. As people are digging out their heavy coats and bundling up, the boys of SolidLine Media are bearding up, and with good cause. In support of No Shave November and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, several SolidLine Media team members, Greg Vass, Michael Kromm, Kevin Wright, Adam Marzec, Mike Petrik and John Courchane, are stashing their razors and cultivating their stashes for the month.

The official SolidLine facial-hair-growing team, SolidLine Media Beards, has set a goal to raise at least $2,500 by the end of the month, but they can't do it without you. We'll post an update weekly and a final facial hair photo at the finale of our bearded adventure, but in the meantime, feel free to follow our progress on our St. Jude's team page, spread the word and help us meet our donation goal. SolidLine will even MATCH any donations up to $2,500 so please help out today!

Click on the image to go directly to our donation page!

Stay tuned and please share our shaving page.

Questions? Email the SolidLine Beards at beards@solidlinemedia.com

SolidLine Media to Judge 2013 Aurora Awards

SolidLine has been name an official judge in the 2013 Aurora Awards video production competition. The competition features hundreds of commercial, promotional and training video productions from around the world. The judging panels are chaired by working film and video professionals, who are previous Aurora Award winners, from virtually every state across the US. The SolidLine Media judging team will rate the entries on a fixed scale in areas of creativity, message effectiveness and technical excellence.

"It is an honor to be asked to judge the work of our peers," exclaims SLM Production Coordinator Allison Miller. "We set our standards quite high here at SolidLine Media, so to be a judge for the Aurora Awards is a good fit."

Last Month's Puzzler

The New Puzzler

Think you know the answer? Want to win some SolidLine swag? Email your response into puzzler@solidlinemedia.com. If you're the first correct respondent, you will be rewarded with a set of SolidLine-branded coasters! Good luck and thanks for playing The SolidLine Puzzler!

CREW PICS 

"The creativity SolidLine has brought to the table so far has been wonderful. Our new spots will educate consumers, which is our goal, but will also be fun to watch. And that's the key to getting the message through." 

Dr. Phil Brown

Nutri-Vet Sr. VP of Marketing and Regulatory Affairs 

2 Qs with SLM Writer Natalie Mueller

How has 2013 treated you, Natalie?

Quickly? Sure, it's not grammatically correct, but I think it's the most accurate way to describe such a fun but fast-paced year.

Any fun plans for Thanksgiving?

Instead of bringing a traditional dish to share, I'm making special meatballs for the dogs of the families and friends with whom I'm spending Thanksgiving. I'm pretty excited to watch my pooch go crazy over a warm meatball.