Throughout November, lacrosse teams all over the country are taking part in the annual Movember campaign to help raise money to help support men’s mental and physical health.
The annual campaign, which has taken place every November since the Movember Foundation was formed in 2003, traditionally sees people grow (or, in many cases, attempt to grow) moustaches to highlight a whole range of men’s health issues, including suicide, testicular cancer, and prostate cancer.
In more recent years, the campaign has grown to include different initiatives for those who are unable to grow a moustache but still want to raise some money for charity.
Move for Movember (run or walk 60km), Host a Mo-ment (rally the troops and do something fun and easy), or Mo your own Way (choose an adventure challenge) are all ways the Movember Foundation uses to get as many people involved in the campaign as possible.
So far, over 15 lacrosse teams are taking the plunge and have already begun raising money!
Any money raised will help to fund vital research into testicular cancer (the world’s most common cancer among men aged 15-49) and prostate cancer (1 in 8 men in the UK will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime), as well as helping to prevent male suicide (globally, on average one man dies every minute from suicide).
If you’d like to donate to the Movember Foundation directly, you can do so via their website below.