Movember: Growing beards and raising awareness for men’s health

JACKSON, Tenn. — Men grow mustaches for a variety of reasons. They might think they look better or they might do it to attract attention.

But Movember, the leading global men’s charity, has been giving men another reason to grow a mustache: to change the face of men’s health.

This November, Movember is looking for support to help raise awareness and funds for men’s health.

Participants create an account through Movember’s website to document their mustache progress and receive support.

All donations go toward funding projects in mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.

“A lot of guys have a lot of fun with growing the mustaches. We’ve got guys who do the handlebar or who do a big, bushy moustache with the twirls at the end and it’s just, like, a way to take something that’s very serious, you know health, life or death health issues, but open it up in a way that makes it a little bit fun to talk about,” said Brian Heilman, senior researcher at Movember Research Institute.

Since 2003, over 6 million people globally have been inspired to join the movement, funding over 1,250 men’s health programs all over the world.

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