Movember - Changing the face of Men's Health
Movember, the month formally known as November, is a charity event held during November each year.
At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants known as Mo Bros then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their moustache and along the way raise as much money and awareness about male health issues as possible.
Movember culminates at the end of the month at the Gala Partés. These glamorous and groomed events will see Tom Selleck and David Boon look-a-likes battle it out on the catwalk for their chance to take home the prestigious Man of Movember title.
While growing a Mo is left to the guys, Mo Sistas (ladies that support their guys or just love Mo's!) form an important part of Movember with their powerful feminine touch, by recruiting Mo Bros, helping to raise funds and attending the highly anticipated Gala Partés.
But it' s not all fun and games, so why the extreme behaviour?
Which ever way we look at it, men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy for men is five years less than for women.
The obvious question is why?
The answer is because men lack awareness about the very real health issues they face, have a "she'll be right" attitude and are reluctant to see a doctor about an illness or to go for regular medical checks.
The aim of Movember is to change these attitudes, make male health fun by putting the Mo back on the face of fashion and in the process raise some serious funds for key male health issues, including:
Prostate Cancer: because every year in Australia 2,900 men die of prostate cancer - equivalent to the number of women who die from breast cancer annually ...read more...
Male Depression: because one in six men experience depression at any given time but most don't seek help ...read more...
So... What now?
Below here are the rules for Mo growing. At the bottom of the page you can find all of the links to the various sections of the Stags' Movember site. Take your time and have a look through them all. There are even pages for our supportive Mo Sistas.
The Rules:
Once registered each Mo Bro start 1 November with a clean shaven face. Then, for the entire month of Movember each Mo Bro must grow and groom a moustache according to these rules:
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You don’t talk about Movember outside of the month.
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Movember runs for 30 days. No more.
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There is to be no joining of the Mo to side burns — That’s a beard.
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There is to be no joining of the handlebars — That’s a goatie.
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A small complimentary growth under the bottom lip is allow (aka a tickler).
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You must remain clean shaven apart from your Mo for the entire 30 days.
Failure to conform to any of those rules may, at the absolute discretion of the Movember Committee result in instant blacklisting from further participation in Movember and entry to the Gala Parté.
The Movember Committee accepts no responsibility for lost jobs, lost girlfriends/boyfriends, rashes to you or your partner or any other such mishaps caused by a Movember Mo.
To find out how to registar with the Stags ...read more...
To find out how to sponsor some of the Stags ...read more...
Please Note: This event is open to everyone. Absolutely everyone. So get your father, brother, mate or any person you know and convince them to join up, join in the fun, raise funds and raise awareness! | 
