Mustaches for Kids Ottawa

12 Years of Growing Mustaches and Raising Money for Make-a-Wish

Beware The Return of the Mustaches for Kids – 2008 Edition

October 8th, 2008 by admin

poster_mock_sm.jpgWelcome all y’all veterans and noobs.

We are happy to announce the FOURTH ANNUAL MUSTACHES FOR KIDS 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.

Last year we raised $15,000 for Make-a-Wish Foundation putting our all time total up to $30,000. This year let’s come together and show this city the real meaning of growing a mustache.

If you’re on our mailing list you probably know by now that Mustaches for Kids is a volunteer-run organization started in Los Angeles in 1999 to do good and have fun by growing Mustaches for children’s charities. Collectively, our chapters across the US and Canada have raised hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars for the kids.

This year we are asking Growers to step up to the ‘Stache and help the Ottawa chapter of M4K raise money for the MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION of EASTERN ONTARIO. The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.

The proceeds from our 2007 fundraising efforts went towards granting wishes to Victoria, Jakob and Michael.

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:

The first thing to do is get a marker, open your calendar, turn to FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, and write ‘M4K CLEAN SHAVEN DAY’. We’ll be gathering at the Clocktower Brew Pub on Bank Street around 8pm to kick off the 2008 Mustache Growing Season and to distribute Mustache growing and fundraising materials. If you’re on Facebook, check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=34126296497 (or search for m4k and look for the red poster). Feel free to share the event with anyone you might think would be interested.

To officially check in REGISTER.

The next thing you do is 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?

Please let us know if you’d like to be removed from this mailing list. More importantly, feel free to send along our web address to friends who might want to be kept up to date about our efforts and activities.

The follicles are tingling in anticipation.

Posted by Brett Tackaberry