Mustaches for Kids: Ottawa Chapter » 2006 Campaign http://www.m4kottawa.org Ottawa Chapter Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:54:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Selena’s wish http://www.m4kottawa.org/2007/11/29/selenas-wish/ http://www.m4kottawa.org/2007/11/29/selenas-wish/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:10:38 +0000 Brett Tackaberry http://www.m4kottawa.org/2007/11/29/selenas-wish/ In June 2007, through M4K Ottawa’s contribution to Make a Wish, Selena was granted a wish. Selena’s mother Claudia and her family sent us the following note and pictures :

No words can describe what you and your group of friends have done for our daughter Selena. I can surely say that Selena’s wish was truly granted by wish angels like yourselves and the make-a-wish foundation. Selena had a up close and personal experience with Sea World biggest star SHAMU real name Tuliqum. The smile on her face is one that we haven’t seen for quite a while. It’s amazing how the magic of a child’s wish could make all those long days and evenings at the hospital and with doctors just vanish away. She was able to meet all the princesses at Disney World. I truly believe that no words can describe the magic that you all put in Selena’s heart that she’ll will cherish forever. There are not enough words to describe the gratitude for the magical week that your group has given to our daughter we will forever be grateful.

Brett, Selena and Scotty
Selena and family
Selena and Shamu
Selean and family - and Shamu
We are all hoping our contribution this year will have as much as an impact as we did with our contribution from 2006.
]]> http://www.m4kottawa.org/2007/11/29/selenas-wish/feed/ 0 ‘Stache Bash Video Highlights http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/19/stache-bash-video-highlights/ http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/19/stache-bash-video-highlights/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:29:25 +0000 Steve Palmer http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/19/stache-bash-video-highlights/ Friday’s ’stache bash seems like a distant memory.   To help remedy this situation, brother grower Brett Tackaberry has strung together a 3-minute clip recapping the finer moments of the evening.

Very few mustaches have what it takes to walk away with the title of “Sweetest ‘Stache”. Competition is rigorous – both mentally and physically. The climb to the top is littered with perilious obstacles, each more dangerous than the one before. Dizzying highs and devestating lows. That’s just daily life for those of us who participated in the 2006 Sweetest ‘Stache Bash.

]]> http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/19/stache-bash-video-highlights/feed/ 0 All Hail King Mustache! http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/18/all-hail-king-mustache/ http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/18/all-hail-king-mustache/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:32:09 +0000 Steve Palmer http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/18/all-hail-king-mustache/ The 2006 Mustaches for Kids Ottawa campaign ended on Friday night with the force of a large atom bomb (or more accurately: 30 mustaches, which contains roughly the same amount of raw energy).

A rag-tag bunch of hooligans, our pool of growers this year demonstrated unmatched skills in both ’stachenicity and fundraisability – the two most important qualities to have when participating in Mustaches for Kids. As you can see on the right, we completely destroyed our fundraising goal of $5000 and as of this moment currently sit at a whopping $7340. I say currently because as I write this we still have donations trickling in from PayPal. Wow. Fantastic work guys!

I wish we could have crowned all 30 growers who competed (and those who couldn’t make it) as the Sweetest ‘Stache of 2006, but unfortunately that would take all the thrill out of seeing 30 mustaches go lip to lip in such fierce competition. All hail this year’s king mustache: young Robert Goulet (aka Mike Hollingworth). Mike just plain beat the pants off everyone else. What can I say? The man has an incredible mustache.

Check out some photos of the event! And if you have some photos of your own add a comment with a link so we can all share in the miracle that was the ’stache bash.

]]> http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/18/all-hail-king-mustache/feed/ 2 ‘Stache Bash bo-Bash Banana-Fana-fo-Fash! http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/04/stache-bash-bo-bash-banana-fana-fo-fash/ http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/04/stache-bash-bo-bash-banana-fana-fo-fash/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:03:53 +0000 Steve Palmer http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/04/stache-bash-bo-bash-banana-fana-fo-fash/ Just under two weeks left in the Mustaches for Kids 2006 campaign and that means that the ‘Stache Bash is nearly upon us. The annual campaign closer will be happening Friday, December 15th at the Royal Oak “on the canal” (Pretoria Bridge at Colonel By Drive).

We’re about to get a lot less friendly with each other as we pit our mustaches head to head in an all out competition to determine Ottawa’s Sweetest ‘Stache!

]]> http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/12/04/stache-bash-bo-bash-banana-fana-fo-fash/feed/ 0 Can ye spare but a dime for this ’stache? http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/11/29/can-ye-spare-but-a-dime-for-this-stache/ http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/11/29/can-ye-spare-but-a-dime-for-this-stache/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:07:26 +0000 Steve Palmer http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/11/29/can-ye-spare-but-a-dime-for-this-stache/ Greetings, my fellow growers. Last week’s checkpoint was a great success (despite the last minute venue change) and I’ve been quite tickled with the dedication and follicular abilities of this year’s group. I am indeed dreading the day that I must face all of you in head to head nose-broom competition at the ’stache bash. But alas, I regress…

While it has been nothing short of a delight to see so many loyal growers enhancing their already fine looking mugs with the addition of a mighty ’stache, I must admit that I expected this considerable square yardage of fresh lip carpet to be blowing the doors off the proverbial “fundraising house” by now. Not to worry though. It seems as though this week (now that our mustaches are becoming visible to the naked eye) we’re starting to hit our stride so let’s not lose sight of those kids that our hard-earned dollars will go to help (even if they don’t always appreciate or understand what we’re doing). To aid all of you in your fundraising efforts, I have created yet another fantastic PDF document to stand alongside the pledge form – the M4K info sheet.

I encourage all growers to print and post several copies in their home, at their place of work and at their local hangouts. It gives a little background info on what M4K is about and basically explains why on earth you would voluntarily and intentionally grow such an odd arrangement of hair on the face. Hopefully it’ll help break the ice and get those inquisitive minds to dig into their pockets and cough up some cash! Best of luck and see you all this Friday at the Honest Lawyer.

]]> http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/11/29/can-ye-spare-but-a-dime-for-this-stache/feed/ 0 The Forum – She is Back! http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/11/18/the-forum-she-is-back/ http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/11/18/the-forum-she-is-back/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:40:50 +0000 Steve Palmer http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/11/18/the-forum-she-is-back/ Due to popular demand, we’ve resurrected everybody’s favourite feature from last year’s M4K site: the forum! A place to discuss, argue, encourage, put down, and generally converse about mustaches and all things pertaining to the almighty lip carpet.

Check it out here: www.m4kottawa.org/forum

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Check out the interview on CBC Radio this morning by our very own stachers Brett Tackaberry and Trevor Kealey. Trevor’s comparison of mustaches to icebergs is riveting.

If the player above doesn’t work, you can download the entire interview as an mp3.

]]> http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/11/13/m4k-on-cbc-radio/feed/ 2 M4K Ottawa 2006 Campaign Just Around the Corner (to Corner)! http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/10/23/m4k-ottawa-2006-campaign-just-around-the-corner-to-corner/ http://www.m4kottawa.org/2006/10/23/m4k-ottawa-2006-campaign-just-around-the-corner-to-corner/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:20:53 +0000 Steve Palmer http://www.m4kottawa.org/blog/2006/10/23/m4k-ottawa-2006-campaign-just-around-the-corner-to-corner/ Welcome to the 2006 edition of M4K Ottawa! We’re back on the scene with a new site (gracefully adorned by our 2005 champ, “Officer Brohman”) and renewed desire to help out those wonderful little kids that benefit from the hard working folks at the Make-A-Wish Foundation ® of Canada (Eastern Ontario chapter). For the uneducated, this is the 2nd straight year that a yet-to-be-determined number of grown men will be growing lip rugs over the course of 5 weeks to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. No, this is not a joke.

But we can’t do it without your help!   Please consider joining the campaign or making a donation (see our PayPal button on the right).

We look forward to seeing all of you on Clean Shave Day!

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