 Mustaches for Kids!
Mustaches for Kids, everybody? favorite mustache-related charity, is making it? triumphant return to the nation? capital for its second growing season. ?ustaches for Kids, you ask? Yes. Well, technically money for kids. Sick kids. Money that comes from YOU growing a mustache. (We felt that ?dult Men Growing Mustaches to Raise Money for Sick Children didn? have the same punch.) This year, M4K DC will grow Mustaches to raise money for the city? Children? National Medical Center. The DC branch joins other M4K outfits across the country, which have raised over $130,000 for children with terminal illnesses since 1999. Last year, thanks to 15 brave mustacheod men and their friends wallets, we raised $7,000 for CNMC? Kids Care Fund. This year, we?e planning to double that amount! After 11 months of conventional shaving habits, we?e hoping to rally upper lips for the District? spirited holiday season of Mustache growing and fundraising. (Don? worry, this will all be over well before Christmas.) The premise is simple: We realize that braving the streets with a fledgling mustache can be every bit as physically and emotionally taxing as training for a marathon or any other pledge-sponsored fundraiser. And so we ask you to do two things: let your upper-lip hairs grow free for one month, and seek donations from friends, family and hecklers for doing so, with all proceeds going to Children? National Medical Center. The Kids Care Fund responds to the basic needs of a child's healthcare. It is vital to daily operations of the hospital and goes to support programs such as:new discoveries in research, special facilities, unique therapies (including art therapy, child-life specialists, and social works), and other special programs like the Big Apple Circus Clowns. Given that, the least you can do is grow a Mustache or ask a loved one to grow one, right? That's what we thought. Seriously. We?e not kidding. So you're curious, you're interested, you're psyched, you're wondering how you're going to explain this to your boss/family/significant other. Let's start slow: The first thing to do is get a pen, make it a Sharpie, open your calendar, turn to THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, and write 'M4K SHAVING DAY'. We'll be gathering to kick off the 2008 Mustache Growing Season on Nov. 13 at Porter's on 19th St. NW to distribute Mustache growing and fundraising materials. More info to come about that festive evening. Feel free to contact us at www.mustaches4kids@gmail.com if you have any questions about this year's fundraiser. We think it's gonna be pretty sweet. Sweet like a Mustache. Stachingly, M4KDC Grow with us! :{) |
