Movember 2012
- by Tim Koekkoek
If you were lucky enough to visit one of the Oracle Dublin
offices during the month November you may have noticed a bunch of mustached
merchants. If you thought the mustache was the newest hair fashion in Ireland
you were wrong. These guys were the Mo Bro’s and proud members of MOracle, our
Movember 2012 team. The aim of Movember
is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, especially prostate
cancer. To raise these funds, men don't shave their upper lips for a whole month and get sponsored for it by friends, family and colleagues. To highlight the importance of supporting this cause, take a look at these
statistics:
• 1 out of
8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their life.
• This year
more than 2,000 new cases of disease will be diagnosed.
• 1 out of
3 men will be diagnosed with cancer during their life.
It was a long and heavy month for all the Mo Bro’s, but in
the end the effort has paid off. Under the leadership of team captain Jimmy this team managed to raise over €4,400 and was ranked #34 out of 1142
Irish Movember teams. The team couldn't have done it without the constant support of our colleagues and sponsors. Many thanks
to all of you! We are very happy to have raised money and awareness for men’s
health. On top of that we are also happy to have raised awareness for the most
underrated and abandoned piece of man’s hair… the mustache. This is just the
beginning; soon many men will proudly wear this fashionable look again!
