Movember 2010 - Day 1

Welcome to my blog to help raise money and awareness for prostate cancer! I am a Mo' Sista of the team "Moustache Masters of Public Health" and I am going to write about prostate cancer and moustaches while discussing the progress of my man David's developing 'stache. In case anyone is unfamiliar with the facial hair craze that is Movember, let me elaborate on the foundation. Movember, a mash-up on the words 'Mo', the Australian slang word for moustache, and November, began in Australia 7 years ago to help bring attention to men's health. The campaign has continued every year since, spreading around the World. Last year, 255,722 men and women across the globe raised $42 million (CAD) - all through the power of the Mo. The money raised here in Canada is donated to Prostate Cancer Canada (www.prostatecancer.ca), to support men's health and the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer, a disease that is too often ignored out of lack of information or embarrassment.

Here is an excerpt from the Movember Offical Website:

"Movember is, at heart, a grass roots movement. It has grown from a campaign supported by 30 Mo Bros in its first year (2003) to a global movement that has since seen 627,000 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas rise to the challenge to help change the face of men’s health.

The Movember Foundation has two primary objectives:
-    Raise awareness of men’s health issues 
-    Raise funds for our beneficiary partners so that they can extend the work they are doing to improve the state of men’s health

Although funds are often presumed to be the more important of the two, the Movember Foundation puts equal weight behind achieving success in both areas. 

Since Movember’s inception, awareness and understanding of men’s health issues has been greatly increased and this is evidenced in two ways. Firstly, by the funds raised in each country and secondly by the changes in behavior by men relating to their health."
Thanks for reading and make sure to check back often!
 If you would like to donate to our team, follow the link below:

 http://ca.movember.com/mospace/969758/