Movember

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Movember is an annual, month-long November charity event involving the growing of moustaches. It is held primarily in Australia, New Zealand and to a lesser extent in Canada^{[citation needed]}.

Movember is a portmanteau of the words 'Moustache' and 'November'.

1 History
2 Rules
3 Charities and Spinoffs
4 External links

[edit] History

Starting in Adelaide, Australia in 1999, Movember first appeared to the general public on Seven Network news in the event's inaugural year in 1999.

Movember typically runs well after November, concluding on the first Friday or Saturday of December with a Mo Ball or Mo Crawl (a pub crawl), hence more than 30 days of Movember is typical.

[edit] Rules

According to the original Movember website movember.org, the following rules apply:

On day "Mo-1" (October 31), the complete moustache region, including the entire upper lip and the handlebar zones, must be completely shaved.
For the entire duration of Movember (Movember 1 - 32 inclusive), no hair shall be allowed to grow in the goatee zone - being any facial area below the bottom lip.
There is to be no joining of the moustache to sideburns.
Failure to conform to all of these rules may, at the discretion of the official Movember Committee, result in instant blacklisting and may void invitation to the Mo Ball.
Movember Committee accepts no responsibility for lost jobs, rashes, food/beer encrustments or any other such mishaps caused to the wearer (or his partner) of a Movember Moustache. You grew it yourself.

[edit] Charities and Spinoffs

In Australia, Movember is a fundraising event to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and BeyondBlue, and to raise community awareness of Men's Health Issues. Prostate cancer kills over 2,500 Australian men every year.
The Movember group involved in the Prostate Cancer fundraising (NB. not affiliated in any way with the original Movember Committee) encourages corporate team involvement, and numerous corporate teams have become involved in fundraising, including ninemsn Movember team, Cogentis Upstream Movember team, AFTRS Team, Team Cobra, Team MDM and many others.