144,453 Americans Grow and Support the Mo for Cancers Affecting Men

Los Angeles, CA--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2011) - Movember, the global men’s charity that raises awareness and funds for men’s health and cancers affecting men, is proud to share that 853,682 men and women participated in its fifth annual campaign, raising a remarkable $107,333,340. In the US, 144,479 grew and supported the moustache, raising $14,105,200 for Movember’s men’s health partners, Prostate Cancer Foundation and LIVESTRONG. While Moustache Season is officially over, it is still possible to donate, to do so visit www.movember.com.

“We are humbled to see such incredible support from across the country - fire and police departments, businesses, politicians, teachers, students, musicians and professional sporting teams, to all 144,453 Americans that acted as walking billboards for cancers affecting men.” said Adam Garone, CEO and Co-Founder, Movember. “In the coming months, we will be working hard to ensure your funds raised are facilitating game changing research, awareness, education and survivorship programs. Thank you for helping to change the face of men’s health.”
 
Movember is a month long fundraising campaign where male participants, known as Mo Bros, start the month of November with a clean-shaven face, then grow stylish moustaches, and only moustaches, throughout the month. This hairy ribbon is designed to start conversations about cancers affecting men and they health issues they face. Women, or Mo Sistas, show their support by raising awareness and funds, and recruiting Mo Bros to participate.
 
"We are so grateful for the power of the moustache as a tool for raising awareness and funding for game changing prostate cancer research. Millions of men and their families around the world are going to benefit from the generosity of the 2011 men and women of Movember." said Jonathan W. Simons, MD, president and CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation. "As Movember continues to grow globally, we are seeing a profound increase in public awareness for prostate cancer and in improving men's health in general."

What happens next?
In the interim, Movember will work closely with Prostate Cancer Foundation and LIVESTRONG on the best quality programs for funds to support. It goes without saying that Movember takes this process extremely seriously; it’s not simply a matter of handing over the funds. It is a collaborative process and we work together with our partners to fund world-class research, and developing and funding awareness, education, and survivorship programs in line with our long-term strategic goals, to have an everlasting impact on the state of men’s health.
 
Over the coming year, Movember will be updating www.movember.com and our social networks with details of programs funded. Full details on projects currently funded by Movember are available here.

Still to come
For Mo Bros and Mo Sistas, there are some great prizes to be won, so keep up the good work. The close for prizing is December 9th, 2010. The International Man of Movember will be announced in December.

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About the Prostate Cancer Foundation

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world’s leading philanthropic organization funding and accelerating research. Founded in 1993, PCF has raised more than $475 million and provided funding to over 1,600 research projects at nearly 200 institutions in 15 countries around the world. PCF advocates for greater awareness of prostate cancer and more efficient investment of governmental research funds supporting transformational cancer research. Our efforts have helped produce a 20-fold increase in government funding for prostate cancer. More information about PCF can be found at pcf.org.

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