Mustaches for Kids: Vancouver Chapter

Mustaches for Kids Vancouver!

October 15th, 2009

Hey, it’s the FIRST ANNUAL Mustaches for Kids Vancouver – Mustache Growing Contest and Fundraiser!

This letter is your official call-to-’stache, a rallying cry for those dormant whiskers and that sense of charity and righteousness within us all.

Don’t have the attention span required to read medium-length passages of text? Here’s the gist:

• REGISTER now at www.m4kvancouver.org
• CLEAN SHAVE DAY is Thursday, November 12th at the Railway Club
• Change your Facebook status to tell everybody you’re growing for M4K Vancouver

And Now the Long-Winded Explanation…

We’ve set an ambitious (but totally attainable) goal of raising $5,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of BC and Yukon. To put it in perspective, that’s $5,000 more than $0.  The gauntlet has been thrown — let’s come together and show Vancouver the real meaning of growing a mustache.

For those of you not aware of such noble and ‘stachely endeavours, Mustaches for Kids is a volunteer-run organization started in Los Angeles in 1999 to do good and have fun by growing lip rugs for children’s charities. Collectively, chapters across the US and Canada have raised hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars for the kids.

Conceptually, Mustaches for Kids works like the read-a-thons you did in grade school. Except there’s no reading requirement. And you’re growing a mustache. (OK — not exactly the same but you get the idea). Each Grower collects pledges from friends, co-workers, distant relatives, acquaintances, local merchants and bus drivers to sponsor their ’stache.

This year we are asking Growers to step up to the ‘Stache and help the Vancouver chapter of M4K in its inaugural year to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.

That warm fuzzy feeling that extends from your gut to a tingle in the upper lip is telling you something: you want to help us. The least you can do is grow a Mustache, right? That’s what we thought.

So you’re curious, you’re interested, you’re psyched, you’re wondering how you’re going to explain this to your boss/family/significant other. Let’s start slow:

1. The first thing to do is get a marker, open your calendar, turn to THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12th 2009, and write ‘M4K CLEAN SHAVE DAY’. We’ll be gathering at the Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir at Seymour) around 8pm to kick off the 2009 Mustache Growing Season and to distribute Mustache growing and fundraising materials.
2. To officially join the cause, please register right now.
3. The next thing you do is update your Facebook status and send an email to anyone you know who 1) might want to grow a Mustache or 2) might know someone who might want to grow a Mustache. So that’s pretty much everyone. M4K depends on word-of-stache enthusiasm and you wouldn’t want to be the person who ruins the vibe, now would you?

If you have any questions, concerns, or funny mustache jokes please drop us a line at info@m4kvancouver.org

And you can find out about the global Mustaches for Kids movement here: www.mustachesforkids.org

The follicles are tingling in anticipation.

Your chapter organizers,
Steve and Rory

Entry Filed under: 2009 Campaign