Gamers grow a mustache this month.
Let’s face it, gamers like us don’t run, we like a more casual approach to life so anything easy is great. To fit in with that there’s a great thing you can do with little effort to both possibly help yourself one day and help others now, it’s even fun! Grow a mustache. No, it’s not a joke. You know how people are sponsored when running marathons how about instead of running just getting a few people to sponsor you growing a mustache over November?
It’s not as crazy an idea as it sounds. All this month an initiative called Movember is going on in countries all over the world with the purpose of getting blokes like us to grow a mustache and earn some money for charity. For those in Ireland the money raised this time around will go to Action Prostate Cancer - an initiative of the Irish Cancer Society. To find out who your money would go to in the UK, US or anywhere else just check out the local charities concerned on the website listed below.
To Irish gamers, in addition to myself other Irish celebrities have also put forward their support to Movember including Cork Hurler (and testicular cancer survivor) Joe Deane, TV and journalist Joe O’Shea, radio DJ’s Tom Dunne and Sean Moncrief, and top Irish bands The Blizzards and Dirty Epics. Original Mo Bro, TV and radio presenter Marty Whelan has pledged to be a Mo Mentor giving Mo Bros tips on how to grow. Esteemed Minister Willie O’Dea TD is also giving his full support to the campaign. Mo Sistas can get involved too by lending support, raising awareness and helping to raise money and Mo Sistas, TV hottie Michelle Doherty and DJ Mo Kelly are encouraging men to sign up.
Why would you do it? Call it an insurance policy, the fact is, at least in Ireland men have a one in twelve chance of developing prostate cancer and the statistics are almost as bad all over the world. So why not take out some insurance in a fun way, help others now and make sure the situation is better should you ever face it.
To help out simply go to www.movember.com and show your a good bloke helping others with a cool mustache like Magnum P.I. Girls can help too and that info is included also on the website, don’t worry it doesn’t involve a mustache! Plus you can have some fun with the Movember Facebook page at http://apps.facebook.com/ccmovember/ I’m proud to be a spokesperson for Movember and all of us can help in our own way, but hurry as time is running out.
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