martin capper – Mike Cluett

Colour My Stash Well Under Way

November 15, 2011November 15, 2011Mike Cluett

As I announced recently, I am taking part in the Movember campaign to help change the face of men’s health and funds for prostate cancer. Just yesterday, The Blue Room Spa in Milton made a donation of $100.00 and their choice of colour…obviously BLUE!

You still have time to make your donation at my Movember page http://mobro.co/MikeCluett before the 20th if you’d like to see my ‘stash your favourite colour.

Many thanks to everyone who has donated so far and THANK YOU to The Blue Room Spa for your generosity.

This is some of my other Milton Mo Bro’s as well.

Angelo “Milton Orthotics & Wellness Centre” Posteraro

Niraj “Discover Milton” Adhiya

Chuck Mason

Bryan Gaudet

Here’s what I’ve got at the half way point.

More Milton Mo Bro’s & Colour My Stash

November 9, 2011Mike Cluett

Thanks to Bernadette for letting me know of two more Milton Mo’ Bro’s. As you are aware, I along with many other Canadians and people around the world are donating our muggs to help change the face of men’s health by growing insane mustashes. If you’d like to donate to my Movember campaign, please visit http://mobro.co/MikeCluett.

So far Pat is OK with it, but Im sure as it grows in, that opinion will change. I have also decided to sweeten the deal to see how much more money we can raise.

From now until November 20th, the person with the largest single donation to my Movember campaign can decide what colour I will dye the ‘stash and I will keep it until the end of the month. Please be kind with your colour choices…PLEASE 🙂

Here is my updated list of ‘Mo Bros in Milton.

Mike Cluett (Yours Truly of course.)

As well as…

Chuck Mason – http://mobro.co/ChuckMason

Bryan Gaudet – http://mobro.co/BryanGaudet

Keep the Milton Mo’s coming and make sure you make a donation to choose what colour the Cluett ‘stash will be.

Movember After One Week

November 7, 2011November 8, 2011Mike Cluett

As you may have noticed, I am taking part in this years Movember movement to help change the face of men’s health in Canada and much to my wife’s shegrin the “Hulk Hogan” stash is taking form quite nicely.

I had sworn off facial hair after it kept going whiter and whiter as time went on, but this is for a good cause. You can donate to my Movember page http://mobro.co/MikeCluett and help raise money for prostate cancer among other things about men’s health.

There are also a number of other Miltonians taking part in this as well so take some time to visit their pages as well.

UPDATE:

It was suggested on the Milton Lifestyle page that once its long enough, to dye the stash blonde, Leaf blue or as Anthony suggested yesterday PURPLE! I’ll update as to THAT contest and maybe we can raise even more money. Stay tuned.

Until then, I’ll continue to grow the prickly stash until Pat tells me to trim it a little.

I’ll be posting the agenda to tonights Community Services Standing Committee meeting a little later. You can tune in by clicking on the WATCH link to the right live tonight at 7pm.

What kind of Movember ‘stash Should It Be?

November 2, 2011November 3, 2011Mike Cluett

Well, after hearing from a number of friends who are participating in Movember this year, I decided to also take the plunge to help change the face of men’s health as well.

http://mobro.co/MikeCluett

There are a number of my co-workers at Ballance Display who are participating in the Movember cause this year so I joined the team recently, so I guess I’ll join the Movember team as well.

From the Movember website:

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in Canada and around the world. With their “Mo’s”, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer.

On Movember 1st, guys register at Movember.com with a clean-shaven face. For the rest of the month, these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo-growing efforts.

Mo Bros effectively become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November. Through their actions and words, they raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health.

At the end of the month, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas celebrate their gallantry and valor by either throwing their own Movember party or attending one of the infamous Gala Partés held around the world by Movember, for Movember.

If you are participating, please let me know so I can post YOUR page as well. I’d like to get a good list of Milton Mo’ Bro’s to let the people of our town know why we will be looking so silly this month.

So far the Miltonian’s I know of are:

And of course, yours truly.

I’m still on the fence as to what kind of ‘stash to grow so if you have any tips or suggestions, get them to me soon.

You can follow my Movember quest on my Twitter as well. Help me help others change the face of men’s health in Canada.

Mo Movember

November 19, 2010November 19, 2010Mike Cluett

From left, Shaun Noronha, Derek McGowan and Eddie Fiore show their mustaches. Courtesy of The Milton Canadian Champion

I posted earlier this week about some Miltonians who are taking part in Movember…growing the moustashe throughout the month of November, to help raise awareness for men’s health.

Brad Dickerson, Brian Best, Martin Capper and Peter Near are four Miltonians that I knew about directly who were participating but according to Jeremy Grimaldi of the Milton Canadian Champion there are many more including a few from Rock This Way: The School of Rock on Main Street.

I think its great that people are getting behind this and helping to raise awareness of men’s health issues including all to familiar prostate cancer which is a disease that close to 25,000 men in Canada will be diagnosed with this year alone.

Here’s the MO-tivational article by Jeremy at the Milton Canadian Champion. Go visit their “MO-spaces” and donate as much as you can.

Miltonians growing mustaches in fundraising craze

Jeremy Grimaldi, CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF

November 18, 2010

Five Milton musicians have donated their faces to raise money for prostate cancer in a new campaign that’s sweeping the Western world.

Movember, mo being slang for moustache, was first created by two radio disc jockeys in Australia before it eventually went global reaching the UK, South Africa and now Canada.

Throughout this month thousands of Canadian men will raise millions of dollars to help with research and awareness about prostate cancer — a disease that 25,000 men will be diagnosed with in Canada this year alone.

In Milton, Eddie Fiori, Shaun Noronha and Derek McGowan of Rock This Way: The School of Rock on Main Street East have spent about two weeks growing mustaches and raising about $500 for Movember.

By the end of the month, they hope to raise $2,000 and develop true ‘Tom Selleck-style’ mustaches.

Fiori, 27, who owns the school, said growing mustaches, which he feels look silly on certain people, puts a positive spin on a serious issue. “I wanted to do it because I wanted to raise money for cancer. A close friend of mine passed away from testicular cancer not too long ago so although Movember raises the money for prostate cancer I think it raises awareness for men’s health in general.”

Milton-born McGowan, who’s a guitar instructor, said he thought he looked like a musician from the southern American band from the ’70s, Lynyrd Skynard.

“This is a big deal,” he said. “And Movember is a great way to raise money for a good cause.”

Movember has grown so large in the Great White North in the last few years, that last year the Canadian campaign placed second in the world, behind Australia, with 35,156 people coming together to raise $7.8 million for Prostate Cancer Canada.

Anyone that wants to help out the Rock This Way team, which also includes Michael Banks and David Partridge, is asked to visit www.movember.com and type Rock This Way when prompted under the donate section.

Councillor-elect Mike Cluett has also added pictures and profiles of other Movember participants on his website/blog at www.mikecluett.ca.

Milton Movember Particpants

November 15, 2010November 16, 2010Mike Cluett

If you have noticed more and more men out there sporting a moustache and wondering “WHY”? it’s because of an event and movement called “MOVEMBER”

From the Movember website:

“The Mo, slang for moustache, and November come together each year for Movember.

Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start Movember 1st clean-shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for prostate cancer. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days.

The idea for Movember was sparked in 2003 over a few beers in Melbourne, Australia. The plan was simple – to bring the moustache back as a bit of a joke and do something for men’s health. No money was raised in 2003, but the guys behind the Mo realized the potential a moustache had in generating conversations about men’s health. Inspired by the women around them and all they had done for breast cancer, the Mo Bros set themselves on a course to create a global men’s health movement.

In 2004 the campaign evolved and focused on raising awareness and funds for the number one cancer affecting men – prostate cancer. 432 Mo Bros joined the movement that year, raising $55,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia – representing the single largest donation they had ever received.

The Movember moustache has continued to grow year after year, expanding to Canada, the US, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, South Africa, the Netherlands and Finland.

In 2009, global participation of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas climbed to 255,755, with over one million donors raising $47 Million for Movember’s global beneficiary partners. We are proud to announce that last year’s Canadian campaign was the second largest in the world behind Australia, with 35,156 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas coming together to raise $7.8 million for Prostate Cancer Canada.”

There are a number of Milton men participating in Movember this year and I wanted to highlite a few of my friends who are trying their best to raise awareness and more importantly money for this great cause.

The first one here is Peter Near, Milton resident who has so far raised $300.00. You can follow his progress on his “mospace” and leave comments to encourage him on. Nice ‘stach Peter!

If youre on Twitter you can follow Peter here ( @pnear )

Brian Best is one of Milton’s most connected guys who has been working on several websites and as a commentator recently on MiltonToday.TV ‘s election coverage this past October.

His “mospace” can be found here as well. He’s also on Twitter ( @BrianBest )

Finally we have Martin Capper, who as many Miltonians know, ran for local councillor this past election for Ward 1. From this picture you can see he’s got the ‘stash going really well and looks to be headed towards Lanny McDonald’s size very soon.

His “mospace” is here and like all connected Miltonians hes on Twitter as well ( @CapperCares )

If you know of any other Miltonian who is taking part in Movember, please email me so we can update this page and help promote these guys as they do what they can to help change the face of men’s health.