Ben is growing a Mo!

Why? What is it about?

My mum died of Cancer in mid-September. I remember vividly the first time she told me she had Cancer in July 2008. Mostly I remember the fear in her voice and the need for family and care.

The type of Cancer my Mum had was a GIST, a cancer that forms in the intestine and usually isn’t diagnosed (as in her case) until it spreads elsewhere – when of course, it is almost certainly too late to treat.

The Goals

I have two goals here…

1. Raise some money for prostate cancer because too many men think getting checked isn’t for them. Wake up!

2. Raise some awareness of Cancer in general, especially the type of cancer that can form deep inside your body without you knowing. Listen to your body and get checked if you suspect anything. Get a second opinion if you want, it is your body.

Help

There are FOUR ways you can help.

1. Give money

The Movember cause is well established and even if you already give generously to charity please consider giving even just a few dollars.

Click here to MAKE A DONATION. This link will take you to my “mospace” page on the movember website (in a new window).

2. Give us a link

Whether or not you make a donation please consider giving us a link on your website or blog.

Use the text below to link here and spread the word. Just copy this HTML and paste it into your website or blog.

<div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; background: #eee; border:2px solid #009; padding: 10px;">I’m helping Ben @ <a href="http://www.mattersolutions.com.au" style="color: #009;">Matter Solutions</a><br />raise money for <a style="color: #009;" href="http://au.movember.com/mospace/569034/">Movember</a></div> <p>

It’ll look like this…

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3. Facebook

If you’re on Facebook, come and “Like Us” for updates about Ben’s Mo :)

Click to visit www.facebook.com/mattersolutions (opens in new window).

Then click the LIKE button at the top.

It’d be awesome if you could “Suggest to friends” – The more people we get following us on Facebook the faster we can spread the word.

Also you can just like this page here

4. Join Movember

It’s probably too late for guys to begin growing now BUT anyone can register, Men or Women to give support.

Sign up with Movember or Click here to join my team. NEW

My progress

1st of November: Starting out clean shaven…

6th of November: Taking shape…

Emma (my eldest daughter) wanted to get in the photo too as she likes my moustache.

Monday 8th of November: Making progress…

Again Emma was keen to get in the picture and I’m finding it isn’t easy to shave around but its making progress.

Wednesday 10th of November: 33% Mo

It’s getting a bit out of balance. Maybe I need to do some Google searches on how to shave a mustache…

Thursday 11th of November: Multi-coloured Mo

I’ve got a lot of different colours in my Mo. Ginger, grey, white, brown. How strange!

I had a go at tidying up the balance. Seems to have worked. This is harder than just normal shaving every day. Help make it worth the effort and send me a donation, even $5 would really help.

Monday 15th of November: 50% Mo

Two little monkeys wanted to get in the photo today.

Half way there and $235 raised so far. Please give your donation to Movember, or even just hit LIKE above.

Thursday 18th of November

It is getting very itchy now. Not long to go now.

Wednesday 24th of November

Please give to this excellent cause. Even a small amount like $5 or $10 would be awesome.

Monday 29th of November – It’s turning into a Monster

Wednesday 1st of December – It’s all over now… (for this year)

Within 10 minutes of waking up I’d already shaved this whole thing off.