What is Movember?

Movember is a global charity event that invites men to grow moustaches (or Mos) for the month of November. The moustache serves as the ‘ribbon’ and the vehicle by which participants in Movember raise funds and awareness for men’s health - specifically prostate and testicular cancer. Movember aims to reduce the number of preventable male deaths by raising funds and creating awareness for cancer affecting men. Since Movember’s inception in 2003, over 372,000 Mo Bros have grown moustaches to change the face of men’s health.

To join in the fight, citizens register at www.movember.com as part of the City of Remo. Men, called "Mo Bros", start on Movember 1st clean shaven and have the month to cultivate their mos. This obvious change in appearance becomes a way to begin the conversation about men's health issues. Women, or "Mo Sistas", act as ambassadors for the team by spreading the word, recruiting more citizens and sporting their own, possibly fake, mos. Friends, family and colleagues show their support by sponsoring a Mo Bro or Mo Sista with a donation of funds to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

While the citizens of City of Remo are gathering support in the way of funds they will also be sharing important facts about men's health:

  • Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in men- it will strike 1 in 6 men in their lifetime
  • The death rate has fallen 40% compared to what was once projected; however, the number of new cases is expected to grow with the aging of "baby boomers," possibly reaching 300,000 per year by 2015
  • More than 192,000 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009; more than 27,000 will die from the disease
  • Testicular cancer is the most common cancer afflicting men aged 18-35
  • Within the next decade, cancer is likely to replace heart disease as the leading cause of death in the US- it's already the biggest killer of those under age 85

Please join us in the fight! Consider joining the City of Remo or giving to the cause.