Naked upper lips getting hairy to battle prostate cancer
The first tentative hair follicles of Movember have arrived and soon men’s faces everywhere will be bursting with fur, fuzz, hair, and moustache wax.
Movember is a global movement in which moustaches (Mo’s) are grown and money is raised to increase awareness of men’s health issues and battle prostate cancer. So, men (Mo Bros), start growing your moustache; ladies (Mo Sistas), start complimenting your friends’/brothers’/spouse’s moustache.
Once again this year, Nipissing is hip to the Movember’s lip. Besides all staff and faculty being heartily encouraged to grow a mo, two casual dress Fridays in Movember are already specified as Movember fund raisers: Movember 4 and Movember 18. Please give generously and if you see Mo Bros in the hall, make sure to ooo and ahhh over their most excellent ‘stache.
Of course, the students are growing hair as well, and will be snapping before and after shots of campus Mos throughout the month. Look for them in the student centre.
Get involved, you don’t have to wait for casual dress days to give! You can give anytime, and you can join the Nipissing University Movember team (quite an elite force). Click here to go to the team’s page and you can join the team and/or give to the cause. http://mobro.co/BobPipe
All proceeds raised will go to prostate cancer research via Movember.
Now is the time to grow your Mo. Not only are you actively making a difference in terms of men’s health, you will also look super suave and macho…in a good way! And, remember, a Mo is a great conversation starter.
Since its humble beginnings in Melbourne Australia, Movember has grown to become a truly global movement inspiring more than 1.1 Million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas to participate, with formal campaigns in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, the UK, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa and Ireland. In addition, Movember is aware of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas supporting the campaign and men’s health cause across the globe, from Russia to Dubai, Hong Kong to Antarctica, Rio de Janeiro to Mumbai, and everywhere in between.
In 2010, nearly 119,000 Canadian Mo Bros and Mo Sistas got on board, raising $22.3 million CAD.
No matter the country or city, Movember will continue to work to change established habits and attitudes men have about their health, to educate men about the health risks they face, getting them to act on that knowledge thereby increasing the chances of early detection, diagnosis and effective treatment.
Want to learn more about Movember? Check out their website.
For inspiration, Mo Bro Brendan O’Connor has grown this exciting video:
http://vimeo.com/16218827