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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Share Your Movember Mustache Photos, Men of Macomb Township!

Movember is a worldwide movement in which men grow mustaches and seek donations in a playful bid to raise money and awareness about serious men's health issues.

Whether it's growing in full or scraggly, whether you wax it or trim it, we want to see your Movember mustache, men of Macomb Township! Movember is a worldwide movement in which men – so-called Mo Bros – grow mustaches and seek donations during the month of November in a playful bid to raise money and awareness about serious men's health issues such as prostate and testicular cancer. At Dakota High School, 16 staff members are sprouting their own 'staches as part of a schoolwide fund-raiser for the Prostate Cancer Society. [Upload your photo to show off your 'stache, Mo Bros!] "Mo Bros effectively become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November," the Movember Foundation's website says. "Through their actions and words they …

Monday, November 19, 2012

Dakota Staff Sprout Staches to Spotlight Men's Health in 'Movember'

“Mo Bros,” as many of Dakota’s teachers, staff and students are now known, have stopped shaving their upper lips to raise money for prostate cancer during the month of November.

Things are getting hairy at Dakota High School. No, there’s not a shortage of razor blades and shaving cream, but teachers, staff, and even a few students are growing mustaches and facial hair this month for what’s being dubbed "Movember," a hairy fundraiser.  During November, Dakota’s men are going without shaving – not only for viewing pleasure – but to raise awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. There are 16 Dakota Mo Bros sprouting lip sweaters this month, including Principal Paul Sibley, who has never gone a month without shaving his upper lip. He calls his new Tom Selleck a conversation starter. “Cancer awareness should be year-long, but my moustache should not be,” he said.  Even ladies, or Mo Sistas, are getting…

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