Since it first arrived in Greater Victoria 11 years ago the Movember phenomenon has really grown on people.
Now itB次元官网网址檚 growing on machines around town, including double-decker B.C. Transit buses.
Bad puns aside, the menB次元官网网址檚 health campaign that started in Australia in 2003 thrives on fresh marketing. ItB次元官网网址檚 evolved from raising money and awareness about prostate cancer and has added testicular cancer (the second most common cancer in young men globally) and menB次元官网网址檚 mental health and suicide prevention as causes it supports.
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having Mo-fun with moustaches with muzzies on their trucks and their upper lips. This is Brent Brice.
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Saanich planning employee Adam Flint (inset photo) co-chairs the Greater Victoria chapter with Kyle Weagant and has helped co-ordinate the magnetic moustaches as well as supporting the organization of local teams and events called B次元官网网址淢0-ments.B次元官网网址� The chapterB次元官网网址檚 board has seven members and is well represented by local government and agencies, and it shows.
On Tuesday the Tommy Guns barber shop in the Hillside Shopping Centre is hosting Cuts for Nuts, pledging $10 from every haircut or shave to Movember.
B.C. Transit placed the campaignB次元官网网址檚 iconic moustache inside the front window of most of its double-decker buses (it doesnB次元官网网址檛 quite fit in the window of a regular bus, and blocks the driverB次元官网网址檚 vision). Saanich Fire has the magnetic moustache affixed to the front of its fire trucks. The City of Victoria has them on their public works vehicles. The District of Saanich has placed them on its fleet of electric cars. And donB次元官网网址檛 be surprised if at least one shows up on a Saanich Police patrol car.
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TheyB次元官网网址檙e even on the ice resurfacers at Pearkes Arena.
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Many who register for Movember do it on teams, such as FlintB次元官网网址檚 team, , which raised a combined $3,600 last year. Of course, one doesnB次元官网网址檛 have to grow a moustache to register. Mo-sisters are encouraged.
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