Cornwall ON – Movember is that month where we create awareness for Prostate Cancer. It’s an amazing concept and we’ve decided to jump in!
Please help the Cornwall Free News make this Movember a bit more fun by spreading the word. We’ve made the first $100 donation to our prize pool. If you’re growing a stache email in your photos and we’ll add them to the group.
On the 20th we’ll open up the voting and the winner on November 30 will donate the entire pool in their name to the Cancer Society! We’re encouraging other businesses and individuals to add to the pot so that we can help a super cause!
I’m growing mine and you remember that you can donate on the Movember.ca website and get a lot more info there too!
The Mo, slang for moustache, and November come together each year for Movember.
Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start Movember 1st clean-shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for prostate cancer. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days.
The idea for Movember was sparked in 2003 over a few beers in Melbourne, Australia. The plan was simple – to bring the moustache back as a bit of a joke and do something for men’s health. No money was raised in 2003, but the guys behind the Mo realized the potential a moustache had in generating conversations about men’s health. Inspired by the women around them and all they had done for breast cancer, the Mo Bros set themselves on a course to create a global men’s health movement.
In 2004 the campaign evolved and focused on raising awareness and funds for the number one cancer affecting men – prostate cancer. 432 Mo Bros joined the movement that year, raising $55,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia – representing the single largest donation they had ever received.
The Movember moustache has continued to grow year after year, expanding to Canada, the US, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, South Africa, the Netherlands and Finland.
Check out the the Video!
Email us at info@cornwallfreenews.com if you want to enter your “MO” or donate to the event! Please spread the word on Facebook and all of your friends.
In 2009, global participation of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas climbed to 255,755, with over one million donors raising $47 Million for Movember’s global beneficiary partners. We are proud to announce that last year’s Canadian campaign was the second largest in the world behind Australia, with 35,156 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas coming together to raise $7.8 million for Prostate Cancer Canada.
This looks like a very worthy cause