Random Ramblings

It’s back for 2009… Movember, the month previously known as November, the month where hundreds, thousands if not millions of fellas worldwide sacrifice their dignity and grow a moustache, with the aim of raising awareness and vital funds for some of the health issues facing us guys today: prostate cancer and depression.

I participated in Movember last year, raising $240 (you can see the end result here), and have this year decided to do it all again, hoping to raise more than last year’s total.

The rule is simple, start clean shaven on 1st of November. Then all we’ve got to do is grow, grow, grow and put up with the ridicule or praise knowing that it is all in the name of helping other men-folk of the world.

And it is, considering around 1 in 8 men will experience depression in their lifetime, and close to 3000 men die of prostate cancer in Australia EACH YEAR. 3000 each year, and it’s increasing. That’s around the same amount of women dying of breast cancer, and how many breast cancer/pink/pink ribbon things do you see these days?

So, what it boils down to is this: I want you to sponsor me. Every little bit counts and I hope you see that it’s for a good cause. If you go to this magic little page, you can donate via that fantastic piece of plastic called your credit card, or via the ever so technologically advanced PayPal. (receipts are issued and apparantly anything over $2 is a tax deduction so it’s not all bad)

If you’re a fella and don’t mind getting pointed-and-laughed-at for a month, remembering it’s all for us guys (and let’s face it we gotta stick together), then I encourage you to join too.

You can also pay attention to this blog for progress shots, that I’ll try and upload at least once a week.

Edit 01.11.09 – see this post for progress shots, and totals of amounts raised.