‘Mustaches for Kids’ Growing Season Underway
Joining hundreds of men in more than 20 cities, members of Charlottesville’s Mustaches for Kids chapter will soon sprout sweet, sweet mustaches in a fund raising drive to benefit the city’s scholarship fund and pay for supplies for school classrooms.
Similar to a charity walk-a-thon, Mustaches For Kids challenges Growers to gather pledges for their mustaches during Growing Season from mid-November to mid-December. Growers compete against each other for coveted local prizes such as “Sweetest Stache,” as well as against growers in other chapters for money raised.
Proceeds this year will benefit local teacher-selected projects posted on Donorschoose.org, a nonprofit donation portal for supporting public school teachers, and the two regional chapters of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
“It’s not too late to man up to the challenge and be a grower this year,” said Burt Glass, who maintains the Facebook page for the local Mustaches for Kids chapter. “To have some fun and help the kids, I tell pals it’s got to be either a ‘stache or their cash.”
The first ‘Checkpoint’ meeting will be held this Sunday at Rapture restaurant @ 7:00PM. Walk-ons are welcome.
More about Mustaches for Kids:
Mustaches For Kids is a volunteer-run organization started in Los Angeles in 1999 to help children’s charities. Since then, Mustaches For Kids has spread across the continent, a steady expansion that is not unlike the measured, deliberate growth of a mustache. Mustaches For Kids currently has more than 20 chapters across the U.S. and
Canada, and through the collective efforts of hundreds of brave men, the organization has raised almost one million dollars for children’s charities. Charlottesville Young Professionals is a sponsor of the local Charlottesville Mustaches for Kids chapter.
For more information:
www.mustachesforkids.org
www.facebook.com/pages/Mustaches-for-Kids-Charlottesville-VA/160343701957
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