What do you get when you combine moustaches and the month of November? The answer? You get something called “Movember”. If this is your first time hearing this I know what you’re thinking, “What the heck is ‘Movember’? And what the heck do moustaches and November have to do with each other?”

Movember is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness for prostate cancer. It combines the month November with the slang for moustache, ‘mo’. Although it started out in 2003 as an inside joke to bring back moustaches and do something for men’s health, it has grown into a global movement. In fact, in 2009 the Canadian campaign was able to raise $7.8 million in honour of Prostate Cancer Canada!

For the entire month of November, men who in this case are called mo’ bros are challenged to grow their own ‘stache in order to raise awareness about prostate cancer. On the 1st of Movember, they are to start out freshly shaven and for the next month allow their ‘stache to grow out.

While this campaign seems to be aimed strictly at the mo’ bros, women (appropriately named mo’ sistas) can also help; mo’ sistas can help their mo’ bros to create a team and spread the word about prostate cancer. Each team or individual mo’ bro will raise funds that go straight to Prostate Cancer Canada which will aid them in doing further research, testing, and support groups for men with prostate cancer. Now I know it’s already the 3rd day of Movember, but it’s never too late to get active with this creative and informative initiative. So mo’ bros get out there and grow that ‘stache! As for my mo’ sistas, support this movement by donating to someone participating in Movember and just spread the word!

For more information please visit: movember

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