Movember

Along with some of my colleagues on the trading desk, I have decided to grow a moustache for the month of November to raise money and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer. It is a bit of a funny twist, but a serious cause. I ask for your support in this great cause. You can visit my MoSpace site to donate and to learn more:

http://us.movember.com/mospace/978980/




And, you can follow my MOmentum on Facebook.



Below are some startling facts about Men's health:

- 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, 1 in 3 women will be.
- 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
- Men commit suicide four times as often as women.
- An estimated 8.7 million adult men over the age of 20 in the US have diabetes- and a third do not know it.
- Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in American males between the ages of 15 and 34.
- Approximately 50 million men and women in the US have high blood pressure- almost 30 per cent of them do not know it.


The funds raised through Movember’s US campaign benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) and LIVESTRONG, the Lance Armstrong Foundation

About Movember:
Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start Movember 1st clean-shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days.