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Ray’s Ridiculous Mustache Men’s Health Awareness Month

The Movember Foundation has grown to over 5 million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas, has

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Christmas and

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funded over 1,200 men’s health

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n 2003, two friends from Melbourne, Australia were having a quiet beer at the Gypsy Bar in Fitzroy when their conversation turned to “facial hair.” The moustache, a fixture in past decades, was rarely seen any more. They joked about bringing it back, and, inspired by a friend’s mother, who was fundraising for breast cancer, they decided to

MOVEMBER

projects and has raised more than $800 million since 2003!”

make the campaign about men’s health and prostate cancer. They designed the rules of “Movember” (which are still in place today) and agreed to charge ten dollars to grow a “Mo.” The first Movember logo was designed and an email was sent to their circle of friends titled “Are you man enough to be my man?” They found 30 other gentlemen willing to take up the challenge.

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Those first 30 “Mo Bros” grew their moustaches with such enthusiasm that, in 2004, a decision was made to formalize the concept and get all participants growing for a cause. Adam Garone, one of the two founders, stepped up to help take Movember to the next level. He registered a company and created a website.

The guys researched men’s health issues and agreed to formally support prostate cancer as their cause. They also explored prostate cancer groups, and approached the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) as their charity of choice. The original group of 30 men ballooned to 450 “Mo Bros” and they raised 54,000 Australian Continued on Page 3