Movember: Changing the Face of Men’s Health [CONTEST]

Movember is an annual, month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of prostate cancer and other male cancer initiatives. Prostate cancer affects 1 in 7 males, so there’s a good chance that in your lifetime, someone you know will get it. Since 2004, the Movember Foundation has raised over $174-million worldwide. As of 2011 Canadians were the largest contributors to the Movember charities of any nation.

It’s my third year supporting Movember, and I’m in the process of growing a disgusting moustache. It was pretty disgusting last year, as I had the genetic fortitude to grow handlebars. Something that I had never attempted, and probably never will again. Anyways I think a sleazy greasy Euro ‘stache suits me much better. LOL
Mo May and Mo Dennis

Here is the link to my Movember page. http://mobro.co/MoPangs. Here’s a link to May’s MoSista page. http://mosista.co/maypang

MOVEMBER CONTESTS

We’re running 2 contests:

1) CONTEST #1 – Donate a minimum of $5 to either one of our Movember pages (http://mobro.co/MoPangs or http://mosista.co/maypang). All donors are automatically entered into a draw for a styled haircut at JD Barbershop in Gastown ($35 value). Want to up your chances? Donate to both of our pages. Keep in mind that 100% of your donations go to Prostate Cancer Canada. So you’re supporting a great cause. At the end of the month, we’ll randomly draw one winner for the styled haircut.

2) CONTEST #2 – Comment on this blog post and tell us why you support Movember. The prize? A hot shave from JD Barbershop ($35 value), a custom-tailored dress shirt from my new venture, Raffinatto ($59 value*), and a $50 Gift Card from Metropolis at Metrotown. Total prize package worth $144. How nice would it be to get a nice hot barbershop shave, get a made-to-measure dress shirt, and have some spending cash at the mall? And for the ladies, this would be a fantastic Christmas present for that special man in your life.

Details:

  1. You get one entry for commenting on this blog post. (required)
  2. You get a bonus entry for tweeting: “#Movember Contest: Win a @Raffinatto tailored shirt, $50GC @MetropolisatMet, & hot shave @JDbarbershop from @Pangcouver http://bit.ly/QjHYXN”
  3. You get a bonus entry for ‘Liking’ Raffinatto’s Facebook page.
Maximize your chances of winning with up to 3 entries! Both contests close on December 1 at 12:00am. Winners will be notified by email no later than December 7.
*In order to redeem the custom-tailored dress shirt from Raffinatto, you must either provide me with your shirt measurements, or attend the launch event on November 17-18 in order for you to pick your fabric and to get measured. RSVP and event information can be found here. If you absolutely can’t make it to the event, we will make arrangements with you for our next live event in 2013.
Raffinatto Launch flyer

Here’s a video on Movember’s impact on awareness:

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I am the CEO & Marketing Strategist for Motive8 Media Inc. and Popcorn. This is my personal blog, which contains highlights of my personal life. I'm into all things food, wine, and travel related.
  • Ashley Chow

    I support Movember because it’s such a great way to raise awareness for prostate cancer!

  • mark Kazazian

    Simply the awareness raised every year for Movember is fantastic!  Great blog and contest guys!

  • Bons

    I support Movember because it’s for a great cause and it’s about time that widespread awareness get raised about men’s health (prostate cancer and male mental health initiatives)!

  • http://twitter.com/awabia Areta

    I support Movember because it is important to raise awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and male mental health initiatives.  Help support the well-being of all the important men in our lives.

    I liked Raffinatto’s Facebook page and tweeted!

  • http://twitter.com/SandraGarcia_PR Sandra Garcia

    Hope I win this for my man!

  • http://twitter.com/DilaraLit Dilara Litonjua

    I support Movember because it’s a bold, in-your-face approach to raising awareness of male cancers, specifically prostate cancer. It gets people talking about it and that’s always a good thing in my books.

  • http://twitter.com/makukiko Mark Woo

    I’d like to support Movember, but I lack the necessary mustache genes :(

  • Cksmith

    Movember is a vert important cause and I support it because I personally know persons that have had prostate cancer.

  • Scorpio_baby27

    I support Movember because all cancers should be made aware of & fundraised for! I have a family member with prostate cancer and I know they are not the only one!

  • Orson C

    Much respect to the men that can and do grow a mo to bring awareness to prostate cancer 

  • http://twitter.com/ArjunRudra1 Arjun Rudra

    To raise awareness of prostate cancer & other male cancers and associated charities

  • Phil Penneway

    I’ve had some family and friends impacted by prostate cancer.  I want to do what I can to help raise awareness, so I’m growing a Mo this year.

  • Jill K

    Love what you are doing !

  • http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/40854 Airbnb Superhost

    I love Movember & what it stands for…great blog too!

  • http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/27397 SeniorServiceBC

    Great coverage on Movember….and great contest too!

  • Ro

    I’d love to win this prize for my fiance! We support Movember because cancer touches us all. Let’s beat it together!

  • Jeremy2112

    Pang rules. This counts as a comment

  • t chiang

    What a great prize package. Thanks for the chance to win!

  • Manuel

    This would be awesome!

  • Wilson

    I support because I do not want to die. Support!

  • Bdshaler

    I support because my dad had Prostate Cancer

  • nickbellamy

     I support for the awareness of prostate Cancer

  • Mercedes Book

    I support Movember because those that participate and actually collect money for the cause are making a difference.

  • Marco Moser

    Good work Dennis – you are the entrepreneur of the year

    • pangcouver

      Thanks for the comment, and for the donation. You have been randomly selected as the winner of the haircut from JD Barbershop. Congrats!

  • http://twitter.com/ericchow_ Eric Chow

    Movember’s awesome because it raises awareness for men’s issues.