Movember at Nipissing University

Movember 2010: Grow your MO!

With Movember just around the corner, the time is now to start planning your facial hair project for the month formerly known as November...men (Mo Bros), start planning your moustache; ladies (Mo Sistas), start planning your friends'/brothers'/spouse's moustache.

What is Movember you ask? Movember is a global movement in which moustaches (Mo's) are grown and money is raised to increase awareness of men's health issues and battle prostate cancer.

The rules are simple, start Movember 1st clean-shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men's health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for prostate cancer.

This year, Nipissing is on board the Movember upper lip. Besides all staff and faculty being heartily encouraged to let their soup strainers grow long, two casual dress Fridays in Movember are already specified as Movember fund raisers: Movember 5 and Movember 26. Please give generously and if you see Mo Bros in the hall, compliment them extensively.

As if that weren't enough, NUSU is running a departmental challenge where the department that raises the most money for Movember wins a special Movember tie to display proudly along with the all-important bragging rights. When you drop off your payment to Mo Sista Margarida Shail in the VP's office, she'll have a spreadsheet for you to mark down your department's contribution so we can track which department is the hairiest.

All the proceeds raised will go to prostate cancer research via Movember, and the NUSU Movmber team.

Last year's Canadian campaign was the second largest in the world behind Australia, with 35,156 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas coming together to raise $7.8 million for Prostate Cancer Canada.

Want to learn more about Movember? Check out their web site: ca.movember.com/

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