MOvember

No, it isn’t a typo, but heaven’s knows there’s enough of those in here.  MOvember is a little something that started in Australia a few years ago.  A "Mo" is a moustache in Australian slang.  I started November clean shaven as usual, and stopped shaving the upper lip. 

Today, the 10th, I have something that looks not unlike a yak with mange residing under my nose.  The reason I’m growing a Mo is not laziness or lack of personal grooming, but for a higher reason, which I am inserting here:

During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I’ll be growing a Mo (slang for Moustache).

That’s right I’m bringing the Mo back because I’m passionate about men’s health and the fight against prostate cancer. Why…

• Every year, around 22,300 Canadian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and about 4,300 die of the disease, making it the number one cancer threat to Canadian men.
• Men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy of males is 5 years less than females.

To sponsor my Mo please go to http://www.movember.com/ca/donate, enter my registration number which is 174981 and your credit card details.

Or you can sponsor me by cheque made payable to the "Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada" clearly marking the donation as being for my Registration Number: 174981. Please mail cheques to: Movember, 145 Front Street East, Suite 306, Toronto, ON M5A 1E3 Canada. All donations over $20 are automatically issued with a tax deductible receipt.

All donations are made directly to the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada who will use the funds to create awareness and fund research for those men who suffer from prostate cancer.

If I find some courage, I might even post a picture of the Mighty Mo.  Donate if you can, as the Prostrate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada has a legit Revenue Canada Taxable Donation Number, so you know it’s for real.  A couple of legit companies are involved.  Gillette for one, Playboy for another and Wahl Canada (who make hair clippers and facial fur trimmers) are the main sponsors. 

Oh, and I suppose my upper lip also counts as a very, very, distant associate sponsor.