Thread: Movember 2016

As I mentioned in my earlier post we have had some great conversations with the team from Movember and I was lucky enough to spend some time with our Movember contact Doug Prusoff.

When I shared our Movember thread with Doug I invited him to write something to the group.
I can't think of a better intro than to say - I hope you will find it as moving as I did...


"Ladies and Gentlemen of the SRP Community,

As of today we are less than one week away from the start of this year’s Movember campaign. This year will mark my 8th year growing a Movember moustache and my 5th one working as an employee for the Foundation.

Each year around this time I got through a little exercise where I think back on my Movember journey and try to answer a simple question: why do I participate in Movember?

When I first started participating in Movember seven years ago the answer was simple: it was fun. It was a good excuse to grow a moustache and was a way to get involved, give back, and not have to do what I deemed as far less appealing community service like mulching a community garden in my small college town (mulching is the worst).

As the years went on I started looking deeper into Movember’s mission and I was motivated by some of the alarming statistics that I saw:
1 out of 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer
Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer men 15-35
Men die on average 6 years earlier than women
Every minute, one man around the world takes his own life
When I see those statistics, I don’t see numbers.

I see my teammates, friends, and fraternity brothers and realize you don’t have to be a math major to see that prostate cancer is going to have an impact on far too many of our lives. I see my nephew Anthony who, due to congenital birth defect, is now more likely to be diagnosed with testicular cancer. I see my dad and think about how scared I was this summer when as my mom called me from the hospital trying to explain the difference between an angina and a heart attack.

And, perhaps more than anything else, I think about my brother. I think about his wife and their two beautiful daughters. And I think about a day almost 10 years ago when he called me into his room where he was standing with a razor blade in his hand and he told me he had been sitting in his bathtub thinking about taking his own life.

I think about the power of one conversation. Of creating a world where men feel comfortable talking about their health, taking action when it’s needed, and as a result go on to live happier, healthier, and longer lives.

The moustache is the symbol of the Movember campaign, but the conversations that it creates are the lifeblood of what we do. That conversation changed my brother’s life, my life, and the lives of so many others my brother has gone on to impact since he spent years getting mentally healthy.

Too many men don’t have this conversation when something isn’t right and as a result are dying too early. You may not grow the best moustache, think it’s creepy, or hate the way it feels; but if that moustache starts one conversations about men’s health, raises one dollar to help fund research, or causes one man to get active or see a doctor - then this Movember was a success.

As we are less than a week away from the kick-off of the campaign, I’m asking each and everyone one of you to consider participating in Movember this year. Think about your fathers, brothers, sons, grandfathers, uncles, boyfriends, nephews, and friends. Think about honoring those that we’ve lost, think about inspiring those going through their fight, and think about creating a better future where men no longer feel they have to suffer silently.

If you’re just looking for an excuse to grow a moustache, that’s okay. If you only sign up because your friend won’t stop harassing you until you do, super understandable. But if you truly want to change the face of men’s health, think about why you’d participate and (whether you publicly share that story or not) let it drive every conversation you have, every dollar you raise, and every bit of change you create.

The Movember community has millions of global participants, we’ve raised over $710 million, and funded 1200 world-class men’s health programs. We’ve come a long way since a conversations in a bar, but I know we still have a long way to go to create the world that I envision.

Please help support the Movember Foundation by giving, growing, or moving with us this year.

We all have our personal connection to the cause, what’s yours?

United We Mo,

Doug Prusoff"


Movember Foundation
DOUG PRUSOFF
MOVEMBER FOUNDATION ‑ CHANGING THE FACE OF MEN'S HEALTH

I'm signed up for Team USA. http://mobro.co/13395683

Been waiting for two weeks, good to see y'all back

Good morning all,
I think that you all now have your 2016 badges, but if i have missed anyone out thus far please let me know

I've been thinking of changing things up this Movember.

Last year I committed to activity, lots of gym time, which I still do.

This year I'm thinking of doing a reverse Movember.

At most, I need to shave every other day, and for that matter, I could get away with a third day, you just get such a close shave with a 3 pass routine with a straight.

So I'm thinking of committing to shaving, every single day for the month of November, might just be 1 or 2 passes per shave, but shave every darn day of the month.

Think that's going to be my "activity" that I will commit to, and ask around the office for a contribution of $.75 cents a shave from everyone for each day of the month.

Originally Posted by Phrank

I've been thinking of changing things up this Movember.

Last year I committed to activity, lots of gym time, which I still do.

This year I'm thinking of doing a reverse Movember.

At most, I need to shave every other day, and for that matter, I could get away with a third day, you just get such a close shave with a 3 pass routine with a straight.

So I'm thinking of committing to shaving, every single day for the month of November, might just be 1 or 2 passes per shave, but shave every darn day of the month.

Think that's going to be my "activity" that I will commit to, and ask around the office for a contribution of $.75 cents a shave from everyone for each day of the month.

Just shave every two weeks whether that top lip needs it or not :

Originally Posted by whoever

Just shave every two weeks whether that top lip needs it or not :

Don't know what you mean brother, you've headed out to the, "Twilight Zone" again....??

For me, it's that monumental Halloween shave that earns all the dough.
Will film the mo down ho down again, as a few guys at work want to see the 'stache come off in one fell swipe of the steel, which I've never done before. Thinking a left to right cross pass with lots of prayer.
Heck, only shaved it off twice in my life, and that was for the previous two movember drives.
So I will post the shave, blood or none for my fellow straight users amusement, and hopefully extra shillings from co workers as well.

Good luck all!
Up hair! Down cancer!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

For me, it's that monumental Halloween shave that earns all the dough.
Will film the mo down ho down again, as a few guys at work want to see the 'stache come off in one fell swipe of the steel, which I've never done before. Thinking a left to right cross pass with lots of prayer.
Heck, only shaved it off twice in my life, and that was for the previous two movember drives.
So I will post the shave, blood or none for my fellow straight users amusement, and hopefully extra shillings from co workers as well.

Good luck all!
Up hair! Down cancer!

That's tempting to do as well Mike, never done that before, all gone in one shave, but unlike me, you have a superb chin....I however seem not to have been issued one, or stood in the wrong line and got the wrong size, the goatee has to stay....

Originally Posted by Phrank

Don't know what you mean brother, you've headed out to the, "Twilight Zone" again....??

Yep, but remembering the contest last year