MoSeason is officially ‘Now Open’.
The NCCUA will again be supporting the Movember campaign. So become a Mo Bro or Mo Sis during Movember and join our team.
WE CHALLENGE YOU TO CHANGE THE FACE OF MEN’S HEALTH.
For more information please contact our 'Mo Captain' Steve Welsh or sign up and join the NCCUA’s Movember team https://www.movember.com/au/register/details/team_id/242014.
WHAT IS MOVEMBER??
Movember – Changing the face of Men’s Health
Movember (the month formerly known as November) is an annual charity event held during November.
At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants, known as Mo Bros, have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their Mo, raising money along the way to benefit men's health - specifically prostate cancer and male depression.
Movember culminates at the end of the month at official Gala Partés, Mo-Office and Mo-Town parties where Tom Selleck and Borat look-a-likes battle it out for their chance to be the Man of Movember.
While growing a Mo is left to the guys, Mo Sistas (ladies who support their guys or just love Mo's!) form an important part of Movember by recruiting Mo Bros, helping to raise funds and attending the highly anticipated Gala Partés.
But it's not all fun and games, so why the extreme behaviour?
Whichever way we look at it, men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy for men is five years less than for women.
The obvious question is why?
Men lack awareness about the very real health issues they face. There is an attitude that they have to be tough - "a real man" - and are reluctant to see a doctor about an illness or go for regular medical checks.
Movember aims to change these attitudes and make men's health fun by putting the Mo back on the face of fashion and in the process raise some serious funds for key men's health issues, including:
Prostate Cancer: because every year 2,900 Australian men die from prostate cancer and over 18,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Depression in Men: because one in six men experience depression at any given time but most don't seek help.
The Movember event raises awareness around men's health issues and funds for carefully selected beneficiary partners that are also charitable organisations, with a focus on prostate cancer and depression in men.
Since its inception as a formal charity in 2003 Movember has raised over $60 million globally, significantly increased awareness of prostate cancer and depression in the community, and is continuously working to change the attitude men have about their health.
WE CHALLENGE YOU TO CHANGE THE FACE OF MEN’S HEALTH.
Last Modified on 05/11/2011 09:01