[BIC-announce] One Mo' (final) request for Movember-2014

Mon Dec 1 19:10:08 EST 2014

Hello again!

Just a final note to say thank you to everyone that supported my
moustache-growing attempt for this year's Movember <http://ca.movember.com/>,
a cause aimed at raising awareness and funds for men’s health issues.

*If you’d still like to help, please donate to me
here: http://mobro.co/caramanos <http://mobro.co/caramanos>; or to the
McConnell BIC team (McBIC'd) -- which was just me this year -- here: *
http://moteam.co/McBIC-d <http://moteam.co/mcbic-d>

Thanks again for all the support, and sorry again for all of the unwanted
emails that come your way over the last few weeks,
Aki

PS - here are me and my cousin at last Friday's Movember Gala Parté
Movember de Montréal.  She sported an awesome fake moustache for the event;
mine was real but not as soft and lovely.  See here for more photos
<http://lebooth.zenfolio.com/movember> from some of the Mo-Bros and
Mo-Sistas that attended Friday's Gala.
[image: Inline image 1]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS <
caramanos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello again...
>
> Movember <http://ca.movember.com/> is almost over: there are only a few
> more days to support this cause aimed at raising awareness and funds for
> men’s health issues.  Men’s health is a cause I am passionate about but
> in order to make a difference I need your help. My commitment was to grow a
> moustache for the month of November and, in doing so, raise vital awareness
> and funds for prostate cancer
> <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/prostate-cancer>, testicular cancer
> <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/testicular-cancer>, and male mental
> health <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/mental-health>.
>
> I am asking you to help support my personal journey by making a donation.
> The size of which isn’t important, every little bit helps Movember to
> continue funding its world class programs
> <http://ca.movember.com/programs>.
>
> To highlight the importance of what I am doing, take a look at these
> statistics:
> •    1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer
> <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/prostate-cancer> in their lifetime
> •    Testicular cancer
> <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/testicular-cancer> is the most common
> cance in men aged 15-29 years.
> •    1 in 5 men in Canada will experience a mental health problem
> <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/mental-health> each year
> •    In 2011, a total of 3728 Canadians died by suicide and over
> three-quarters of these suicides were men
>
> *If you’d like to help change these statistics, please donate
> here: http://mobro.co/caramanos <http://mobro.co/caramanos>*
>
> Cheers!
> Mustachi-Aki
> ;-{
>
> PS - Sincere apologies to those in my contact list who might receive this
> multiple times.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Zografos Caramanos <zcaramanos at gmail.com>
>  wrote:
>
>> [image: I mustache You a question card]
>>
>>
>> Hello all, and sincere apologies to those in my contact list who receive
>> this multiple times.
>>
>> It's just over half way through Movember <http://ca.movember.com/?home> 2014
>> and it's time to make a difference.
>>
>> Men’s health is a cause I am passionate about but in order to make a
>> difference I need your help. My commitment was to grow a moustache for the
>> month of November and, in doing so, raise vital awareness and funds for prostate
>> cancer <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/prostate-cancer>, testicular
>> cancer <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/testicular-cancer>, and male
>> mental health <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/mental-health>.
>>
>> I am asking you to help support my personal journey by making a donation.
>> The size of which isn’t important, every little bit helps Movember to
>> continue funding its world class programs
>> <http://ca.movember.com/programs>.
>>
>> To highlight the importance of what I am doing, take a look at these
>> statistics:
>> •    1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer
>> <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/prostate-cancer> in their lifetime
>> •    Testicular cancer
>> <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/testicular-cancer> is the most
>> common cance in men aged 15-29 years.
>> •    1 in 5 men in Canada will experience a mental health problem
>> <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health/mental-health> each year
>> •    In 2011, a total of 3728 Canadians died by suicide and over
>> three-quarters of these suicides were men
>>
>> *If you’d like to help change these statistics, please donate
>> here: http://mobro.co/caramanos <http://mobro.co/caramanos>*
>>
>> *There are just two weeks left, so please donate soon if you can* ...
>> even a small amount can help make a difference if lots of us get involved.
>> So far, almost $34,000,000 has been raised world-wide, with the second
>> largest amount coming from right here in Canada (
>> http://ca.movember.com/leaderboards/).
>>
>> Since 2003, it's gone from 30 moustachioed men from Melbourne Australia
>> to over a million Mo-Bros and Mo-Sistas from all over the world who have
>> raised over 600 million dollars  [See here
>> <http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_garone_healthier_men_one_moustache_at_a_time.html> for
>> a charming TED talk by one of the original Mo-Bros, moustache-farmer Adam
>> Garone, about how Movember started and how far it has come.]
>>
>> If you are interested, the Movember website
>> <http://ca.movember.com/?home> is an excellent resource for information
>> on men's health issues <http://ca.movember.com/mens-health> and the
>> programs <http://ca.movember.com/programs> that the money we are helping
>> to raise goes to fund.
>>
>> Finally, see here
>> <http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_breel_confessions_of_a_depressed_comic.html> for
>> a touching TED talk by young comedian Kevin Breel about what it is like to
>> suffer from depression.
>>
>>
>> Thank you in advance for supporting our efforts to change the face of
>> men's health, and please spread the word.
>> ;-{
>>
>>
>
>
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