Movember

Last year there was a good amount of support for this, so lets see if we can improve on it this year.

What is Movember?
Movember, the month formerly 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 of men's health issues as possible.

Why?

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 check ups.

The aim of Movember is to change these attitudes and raise funds for serious male health issues including:
Prostate Cancer; and
Male Depression.

Some Stats.

Every year in Australia 2,900 men die of Prostate Cancer which is equivelent to the number of women who die from Breast Cancer annually.

One in six men experience depression at any given time but most don't seek help.

 

good stuff guys, i could grow a mo too! (you cant really see it though)

i must say, y'all were lookin quite dashing last year 

 :clap:

good stuff guys, i could grow a mo too! (you cant really see it though)

i must say, y'all were lookin quite dashing last year  :biggrin:

Just curious if the guys last year raised money for/through any specific organisation???

reewind and a few others from RA raised a shitload of money last year from memory.

he had a thread about it on here too for people to donate.

im guna have a crack this year i reckon. whos in.??

i'm up for sure movember always gives me a good excuse to rock the handlebars

I've told Kris he is to rock the 80's chopper for all of Moevenber or its over!

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I cant grow hair on my head but I have the facial side of things mastered. I'm in for sure.

Did it last year. It wasnt pretty. May go again

/in

cant do it at the start of november as Im getting married on the 10th. Would look funny in years to come in the wedding photos explaining to the kids and everyone why I looked like Chopper Reed.

Will start growing from then on I rekon. My facial hair grows pretty quick so I rekon I could catch up to most of you by the end of the month

I've got some fake mo's to wear! Spacey, u want in as well? Lets make a ladys support team ahHahahaha

i'm in. though, i probably won't shave in general.

I'll be givin it a shot this year but how many people are interested in actually doing some fund raising???

ow we need a cake stall!

i got a heáp of stick on mo's!!!!

totally!!!!! we can wear our moustaches at the cake stall :

I did Movember last year, raised approx $300 for charity, the Movember Charity Ball was good fun too.

I will do it again this year, even though having a mo is the most annoying thing ever.

wish i was here to see you with a china-mo mate

thinking of running something like this...

registered today!! my work is guna match dollar for dollar whatever i can raise.

hahahaha nice man. 

Good excuse to bring back the James Hetfield, my favourite facial hair pattern

ok, after talkin to Josh, have decided im in. And may god have mercy on us alll

If we're gonna do this should we start a team? Or has somebody already got this happening?

I'm ready to join. Have even decided what Mo I'm gonna go with - and their ain't that many good options for someone with ginger facial hair.

ha yup, we both sorted now. Ginger Mo's unite!

can I join? we definitely need to get a team thing happening. as previously mentioned, i'll sport the chopper with connecting sideburns.

spit handshake not neccessary to join...

I believe I will be put to shame in this... fuck it, 6 days away.

so do we have to 'register' to collect donations or do we just make up a charity called the "Next Level" fund?? 

no seriously

i'm certainly in for this. money wise, i'm not so sure though. i'm pretty lazy and need most things organised on my behalf.

might get ali to look into it, she can grow a mean one! 

i'm keen already got a nice little start happening

gosh its not that hard!
http://www.movember.com/au/howtogetmo-ing/07/Work-or-Social-Team

 

I've started a Movember team, if anyone wants to join, send me a PM with your email addy so I can email you the invite. Josh, Steve and Kurko, I have added you three already.

If you raise over $100, you get a free ticket to the Movember party which is being held at HQ this year.


If you register on the Movember site individually or as part of a work or social team, you get official receipts you can print off for people who donate to your mo. Also, any donations that you have forwarded to the Movember charity pool register on the website. For teams, you can see how much $$ you and your team-mates have raised.

good work LD

done and done. will invite some more people when i get home

We now have Quaz, Kurko and myself registered on the team.

As I said before, if you wanna join the team and raise some $$ for a good cause, then join us!
The Movember dressup party is awesome too, had lots of fun last year.

I've registured now.

Bring it on.

if you have already registered can you join a team?

yeah mate definately

sick...

never grown the mo for more than a few days.. or done anything for charity either. LETS GO!

Raising $100 should be pretty easy, especially those who work in big workplaces and/or know lots of people.

Doing it for charity makes the month a bit easier to bear, by the end of the month the mo starts to get fucking annoying!

 

Havent built up the nerve to shave the goatee off yet. I know it has to be done but its been there for over 10 years.

just drop a few boats and you wont remember doin it!!

just got my first sponsor 10 bucks (woohoo)

May the mo be with you

I'm lookin forward to seein some shaggy photos 

Just sponsored KurkMo! I better get my money's worth boy!

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Just sponsored KurkMo! I better get my money's worth boy! :lol:

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Hehe, check out the mo's on this page: http://news.deviantart.com/article/36741/

If they don't inspire you I don't know what will!

god they are putting me in the work newsletter cos im doing it. hmmm should prolly leave out the part as maybe going as "Dodgey Pedo Guy" lollipops and all......

Next casual day at work in November you have, you should wear the full pedo getup.

Complete with the clothes that dont quite match & the cardboard sign around your neck that says: "Free Candy".

Big up Sarah for the $50 donation!!!

Looks like I will be sporting the trucker....

For those who want to donate to someones Mo online, check out http://www.movember.com/au/donate.

If you don't know that someones rego#, you can search via their first and last names.

In case anyone wishes to sponsor my mo (a fine mo if I say so myself!), my rego # is: 88298.

Come people, dig deep! It's for a good cause!

it certainly is!

and, if ya wanna sponsor someone, but are unsure who/why, i take pity donation. Not only is it pathetic(no linkage) its red.RED!! so donate freely to 94909

done

b nice if u could search/donate by team name on the site...

I must say my mo is coming along rather nicely atm.

mine is rolloin out ok but its gone ginger (WTF??)

nothin wrong with the ginger mo maka.

this thread better have some pics up soon!

this thread better have some pics up soon!

we need progress pics!

How do I sponsor a team?

I don't like any of you enough to give you any money individually, but as a team you're like some kind of super group like Powerstation and more than worthy of my moola...

Sponser me!! 


Name Simon Batchelor
Rego 154259

http://www.movember.com/au/donate/

Yeh I want progessive piccies then I mite consider handing over some cash

Yeh I want progessive piccies then I mite consider handing over some cash

i'm growing one. but just to look cool like my friends.

told you i was too lazy to get on board, and ali wasn't willing to help....

to be honest, i'm really just growin it for maz's party. should be aiii by then.

  What is she going to do to help you gro a mo' ? 

shesh

 :lol: What is she going to do to help you gro a mo' ?  :lol:

shesh

not bad!

arrhh!

didnt need a vision of that!

arrhh!

didnt need a vision of that!

I hate movember... I forget about it and then wonder why there are all these creepy dudes everywhere 

but the question is, is it creepy?

 

bom chica wah wah 

but the question is, is it creepy?

 :E

bom chica wah wah  :lol:

I cant believe I just wrote 'bom chica wah wah" about a bunch of dudes with mo's

I cant believe I just wrote 'bom chica wah wah at all really

I cant believe I just wrote 'bom chica wah wah" about a bunch of dudes with mo's

I cant believe I just wrote 'bom chica wah wah at all really

dont reckon u can mate. Youll just have to go through an sponsor us all equally.......or, fk em and just give it all to me:)

I saw the BEST ginger handlebars at marion today!

I saw the BEST ginger handlebars at marion today! :lolslayer:

Hows the sponsorships coming along team?

I'm sitting pretty comfy at about $370 atm.

People are nice and generous 

I've only got $75 so far but I've yet to collect from people at work so that should easily take it over $150.

Last year I raised just over $300 in total by the end of the month, it makes growing the mo all the more worthwhile. (And bearable)

I wanna see progress pics!!!

PICS PICS PICS come on boys!

PICS PICS PICS come on boys!

felt pretty good shaving last night.

good luck guys.

bastard!

sooooooo annoying. normally it's not this bad growing a whole beard, but the annoying is concentrated in the Mo region only

grrrr!

And at the bottom of the neck... ITCHY!!! And we're only half way there

huh? i mean when you grow a beard, but we're growing mo's

you have to keep clean shaven except the mo

don't worry about it dave if it's for charity just bust out the famous winter enchanted singlet

 


Nothin in the rules about not havin the beard, as long as there's a mo. I'm just lettin it all go and we'll style near the end.

it's just a full beard you're growing by the sounds of it.

The rules state you cant have a beard. You also can't have a goatee.
It has to be a proper mo or you're out.

Not sure if I can make it through the month. It's itchy as all fuck and my daughter won't let me kiss her as it prickles.
*waits for peddo style comments*

Fuckin sorry?!?!?! Now this is a whole new issue... I was planning on shaving the beard off and leaving a goatee n mo.

I dunno about this shit now...

It's Movember. Its all about the Mo.

It cant connect to the sideburns and it cant join under the chin.

These are basically the most important rules of Movember.

far out are there rules?

does sound complicated this charity bizo

far out are there rules?

does sound complicated this charity bizo

That's cute. My dad had a mo when I was little.

And look how you turned out 

AHAHAHAHAHA.

Of course there are. The whole thing about Movember is torturing yourself (and those who have to look at you) by dagging it up and sporting the rather untrendy moustache for a whole month.

I was thinking as well. This is the one month of the year where undercover cops are nearly impossible to spot in clubs.

The rules are simple. As Noddy pointed out, no beard.
I'm not itchy but it's still very annoying. Having said that, I'm starting to get used to it.

The charity bizzo isnt complicated at all, thanks to peoples generosity, e-commerce/banking and credit cards

PS: After this weekend there'll probably be plenty of progress pics to keep all the curious folk updated. Stay tuned.

of course there are rules.

how else do people know you are doing it if you have a beard. as Noddy said its torturing. people shouldnt sponsor you for being lazy. i am meeting all these new people at work, and house hunting landlords/agents, and my new job next week and i have to explain myself cos they look at me weird.

this is a full blown effort!!

ps: slightly getting used to the thing atm, figuring out how to minimise the itch

Damm fucking straight!!!

You reading this Quaz?

Sort out your act goatee boy.

soft option!

really looking forward to seeing the A-team sporting Moes, especially LD and the Ginger Alliance

All the Mo Bros present Saturday night had rockin mo's, even mine is doing aiiight.

Not long till we get to shave the fucker off!

big up lauren for the $50 donation!!

why the fuck is the "end of month" gala this fri?

fuck that i'm working!

lets have our own

I cant go this weekend either. What ever happened to actually giving people the entire month to grow their mo's?

Last years gala party was the same date I think. I won't be able to make it at this stage.

I second Kurko's idea and say we just rock up somewhere with our mo-getup and carry on like we normally do.

im out friday also.... fuck i have some cash to collect still

Orrrr... youse boys cooooooould just get it on video. that idea seems ok by me   

Orrrr... youse boys cooooooould just get it on video. that idea seems ok by me   :E

last year- 4 am @ Savy, me MCin to MPK, both full costume



good times

um... helllllo... video.....!????

Seems much easier to me 

um... helllllo... video.....!????

Seems much easier to me  :lol:

If the Mo Bros do go somewhere and rock it, we'll put it on video for ya

yeh yeh yeh

Mo Bros Do badelaide part one

yeh yeh yeh

Mo Bros Do badelaide part one

one week and counting!

it's going to be a loooooooooooong week

only people who sponsor get to see the results

I've sponsored!

If you guys don't start posting pics I'm just gonna post some up from facebook! :P

I've sponsored!

If you guys don't start posting pics I'm just gonna post some up from facebook! :P

anyone else today recieve their Movember card? Gets u "great discounts at a wide variety of stores across Adelaide...........for the whole of November"


lol handy

Nope. No card for me.

want to all go out for drinks/food/something as a bunch of moustaches this weekend sometime?

afternoon or evening?

anyone?

Beuller?

you might get yours by december mate lol



*edit* would be keen but mines gettin shaved off at a work xmas dinner fri night as a last attempt to raise more funds

Saturday night works for me. Will be in touch.

On the home stretch now boys!

i got one... and a free shaver kit cant wait to use it

Maka storming into the lead in the sponsorship stakes!

Top work Mo Bro

Couldn't wait any longer, the mo went yesterday.

you only had 1 more day.... weak!

thats piss poor davo last year i rolled my mo all the way till new years and only shaved the fucker off because i was to tapped and made it all crooked.

"harden the fuck up"

let me restate that.... 
I participated when all my mates bailed, and more importantly I had the tribunal hearing yesterday. It was a good excuse me thinks.

hairy muff me old china

lookin forward to it comin off tonight at the work xmas dinner. Last ditch effort to raise some funds

things arent good when its at the stage off brushin ya nostrils when ya chew

I'm shaving mine off when I wake up tommorow morning.

The month wasn't that long in hindsight.

pfff and i was promised a video and everything

pfff and i was promised a video and everything

It's been a fun month but now its all over.

did the shave off last night for the work dinner and raised an extra $100 plus which is cool



and yeah, it feels good that its gone

nice one mine is gone ive kept it and will be freezing it so i can stick it back on next year


well done boys good effort

any pics of you hairy bastards?

Well you asked for it.

This is what I could find.

Me YMCA Stylin at the 21sts
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Me again at home
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I shaved off my Mo but kepy my Mo-burns for a while
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Jut mackin it
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Steve truckin it
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Bwahahahahahahaahahaha
 
Jut looks like a dirty pedo!!!  Or a dodgy business man like Napolian dynamite's uncle  yea that's it!

Its Mo time MOFO's dig deep and donate. I will stick some progress pics up here and on Facebook.


This Movember I've decided to donate my face to raising awareness about men's health. My  commitment is the growth of a moustache for the entire month of Movember, which I know will generate conversation, controversy and laughter.

I am doing this because close to 3,300 men die of prostate cancer in Australia each year and one in eight men will experience depression in their lifetime.

This is a cause I feel strongly about and I’m asking you to support my efforts by making a donation to me.  To help, you can either:
•    Click this link http://au.movember.com/mospace/852968/ and donate online using your credit card or PayPal account
•    Write a cheque payable to Movember Foundation, referencing my registration number 852968 and mailing it to: Movember Foundation, PO Box 292, Prahran, VIC, 3181

Through the Movember Foundation and its men’s health partners, PCFA and beyondblue: the national depression initiative, Movember is funding world class research, educational and support programs which would otherwise not be possible.

For more details on the impact Movember is having please visit: http://au.movemberfoundation.com/research-and-programs.

Thank you in advance for helping me to support men’s health.

Adam Maka

Quite a few of the fellas in my office are rocking the mo. Good cause and all, but some look like hedge dwellers.