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This year we raised $15,000 for Make-a-Wish Foundation of Eastern Ontario.
A big thanks goes out to all participants and supporters of M4K. Special thanks to Brett, Bill and the guys at the Clocktower Brew Pub, Jose Bray at Joe Mamma, Operativ, Thornley Fallis and 76design. Thank you and much respect to Sylvie Hill for hosting the best Stache Bash Ottawa has ever seen.
I know I speak for all growers when I say we can’t wait till next year.
Yours truly,
Brett Tackaberry
Some photos courtesy of Dan Brien from Stache Bash 2007:
February 4th, 2008
THE 2007 SWEETEST ‘STACHE COMPETITION
Friday, December 14th, 2007 @ 8pm
Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York Street
Cover: $5
Double Pumpers go on at 10pm.
Events on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15037470396
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9237010618
December 14th, 2007
Let’s all give a big mustache thank you to Operativ Visual Communications for their generous donation of $500.
December 6th, 2007
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.
We are all hoping our contribution this year will have as much as an impact as we did with our contribution from 2006.
November 29th, 2007
From the sounds of it, last Friday’s Clean Shave Day check-in was a smashing success. One seasoned grower described it like this:
“We filled the basement portion of the Clock Tower with growers and sig. others. Lots of new faces this year. I met several rookie growers who were there on the recommendations for previous growers, some word-of-mouth newbies, and even some walk-ins as a result of posters around Ottawa….incredible.”
Brings a tear to my eye… that runs down the space between my cheek and nose into a very young mustache.
To all new growers: welcome aboard! To help you get started here’s some important information you should know:
- First thing, grab the 2007 growers kit (PDF). It’s got all the info you’ll need to grow a ’stache and help raise pledges for M4K. A great bathroom read or take it on your daily commute.
- Secondly, keep an eye on the photo gallery. For two reasons: it’s a hilarious documentation of a group of grown men growing mustaches from scratch and because we have a lot of photos of new growers who we haven’t had the pleasure of meeting yet… or at least knowing your names. We’ll be posting Friday’s photos over the next couple of days. If you click on your photo and we’ve got you down as “unidentified” please take a second to email info AT m4kottawa.org to let us know who you are. Attaching your photo would help.
Any and all questions, queries, comments or cookie recipes can be sent to info AT m4kottawa.org. We want you to grow with us!
November 12th, 2007
We are happy to announce the THIRD ANNUAL MUSTACHES FOR KIDS MUSTACHE GROWING CONTEST AND FUNDRAISER. This letter is our yearly call-to-’stache, a rallying cry for those dormant whiskers and that sense of charity and righteousness within us all.
If you’re on our mailing list, you probably know by now that Mustaches for Kids is a volunteer-run organization started in Los Angeles in 1999 to do good and have fun by growing Mustaches for children’s charities. Collectively, our chapters across the US and Canada have raised over $150,000 for the kids.
This year, we are asking Growers to step up to the Stache and help the Ottawa chapter of M4K raise money for the MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION of CANADA. The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
Given that, the least you can do is grow a Mustache, right? That’s what we thought.
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 marker, open your calendar, turn to FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, and write ‘M4K CLEAN SHAVEN DAY’. We’ll be gathering at the Clocktower Pub on Bank around 8pm to kick off the 2007 Mustache Growing Season and to distribute Mustache growing and fundraising materials. If you’re on facebook, check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6724806122 (or search for m4k and look for the red poster). Feel free to share the event with anyone you might think would be interested.
To officially check in, go to http://www.m4kottawa.org and REGISTER.
The next thing you do is FORWARD THIS EMAIL to anyone you know who 1) might want to grow a Mustache or 2) might know someone who might want to grow a Mustache. So that’s pretty much everyone. M4K depends on word-of-stache enthusiasm, and you wouldn’t want to be the person who ruins the vibe, now would you?
If you are new or missed the Stache Bash last year, be sure to check out the recap video on http://www.m4kottawa.org. There, you’ll also find a little bit more information about our organization, our sacred Mustache-growing rules, a few sweet pictures, and links to other cities that have M4K chapters.
Please let us know if you’d like to be removed from this mailing list. More importantly, feel free to send along our web address to friends who might want to be kept up to date about our efforts and activities.
And feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this year’s fundraiser. We think it’s gonna be pretty sweet. Sweet like a Mustache.
–
Brett Tackaberry
October 22nd, 2007
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.
You can watch the director’s cut here.
December 19th, 2006
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.
December 18th, 2006
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
November 18th, 2006
Hats off to all the growers who have joined our ranks so far. By my estimations we’re up to 32 staches. That’s a lot of lip rugs.
Just a reminder that our first weekly checkpoint of 2006 will take place this Friday, November 17th at Irene’s Pub (885 Bank Street, just south of 5th Avenue). Hope to see you all there!
If you can’t make it for your weekly mugshot, you can email your photo to info@m4kottawa.org.
November 13th, 2006
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