[Vision2020] Movember

[Tom Hansen]

Steph -

As much as I would love to participate in this competition, I'd be strugglin' a bit with a couple/few of the five requirements . . .

"1.  Begin the 1st of November with a clean shaven face."

No problem here, although I really don't care to shave off my current "mustache".

"2.  For the entire month, grow and groom a mustache."

See #1 above. 

"3.  No beards, no goatees, no fake mustaches."

No problem.

"4.  Use the power of the mustache to create conversations about men's health."

Huh?  How is this done?

"5.  Conduct yourself like a gentleman (or lady)"

FOR A WHOLE MONTH ? ! ? !   I'd be disqualified during the first commercial break of next Sunday's Raiders/Seahawks football game.

Tellya what, though.  I may not participate in the mustache competition, but that won't stop Moscow Cares from donating $300 locally to the cause (if you would be so kind as to provide me a local point of contact).  I challenge everybody on this list to join me.

Sidebar:  Is the city staff gonna have a tip jar downstairs at the info desk this holiday season?

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon
  

> On Oct 27, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Stephanie Kalasz <skalasz at ci.moscow.id.us> wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
>  
> I know there has been a lot of discussion about charities on the Viz lately so I am going to take this opportunity to promote an activity that City employees are participating in.  This year the City of Moscow employees are taking part in Movember and I would like to invite all of you to as well! The Movember Foundation puts on this event each year during the month of November in order to “change the face of men’s health.” The goal is to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues; especially prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health.
>  
> The rules are simple:
> 1)     Begin the 1st of November with a clean shaven face
> 2)     For the entire month, grow and groom a moustache
> 3)     No beards, no goatees, no fake moustaches.
> 4)     Use the power of the moustache to create conversations about men’s health
> 5)     Conduct yourself like a gentleman (or lady)
>  
> Click on the blue link above to sign up to donate to the City of Moscow team or to become a Mo Bro or a Mo Sista (if you choose to participate, I would love to get a photo of your clean-shaven face from November 1st and your mustache on November 30th – the photos don’t need to be sent on those days just taken on those days). For those who can’t (ladies!) or who don’t want to grow a ‘stache but still do their part, you can collect and donate funds to the cause to support research on men’s health issues as well as encouraging the men in your life to talk about their health with each other and their doctors.
>  
> Here are a few of the numerous and complex reasons for the poor state of men’s health:
> Lack of awareness and understanding of the health issues men face
> Men not openly discussing their health and how they’re feeling
> Reluctance to take action when men don’t feel physically or mentally well
> Men engaging in risky activities that threaten their health  
> Stigmas surrounding mental health
> Men are 24 percent less likely than women to have visited a doctor within the past year5
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> Stephanie Kalasz, CMC
> City Clerk
> City of Moscow
> 206 E. 3rd Street
> Moscow, ID   83843
> (208) 883-7015
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