Here at The Paragon Electronics Group, our team is usually pretty clean shaven. However, all this changed in November, when teams from Paragon Components and JJS Electronics took part in the nationwide MOvember campaign.
Building on our very successful contribution to the campaign last year, twenty-seven of our staff stepped up to the challenge in order to generate awareness for men’s health issues -raising a fantastic £6271 for The Prostate Cancer Charity in the process!
The challenge for Paragon and JJS employees was to grow a moustache for the entire month of November. The only rules were that participants must begin the month clean shaven and then let their moustaches grow. The idea behind the campaign is that moustaches become the ribbon for men’s health and the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men.
Normally clean shaven members of the Paragon and JJS team ditched the smooth finish in order to sport some very fetching facial hair. They might have received a few strange looks, but it’s been worth it. We’re very proud of the amount of money raised, especially as it is 50% more than last year’s total.
Participation with the MOvember cause has continued to grow year on year and in 2009, global participation climbed to 255,755. The campaign is aimed at making men aware of the risks they face to increase early detection, diagnosis and effective treatment. Funds raised support a number of innovative education, support, research and awareness initiatives.
To learn more about MOvember, visit http://uk.movember.com.
Bravo to you all!
You should all be very proud to have taken part and to have done so well.
Phil
Posted by: Phil Humphrey | 12/15/2010 at 09:36 PM