Movember

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Movember is a suitcase word borrowed from (Australian) English from the word mustache (short form mo ; German: mustache ) and November , which describes a type of fundraising from Australia . Every year in November men grow mustaches in order to collect donations for the research and prevention of prostate cancer and other health problems of men during the month . “Movember” is organized as a foundation that coordinates the campaign in currently (2012 and 2013) 21 countries and forwards donations to national research institutions. In 2008 more than 170,000 men took part in Movember and raised nearly $ 15 million in donations . About two-thirds of the attendees and donations came from Australia.

history

Movember was introduced in 2003 by a group of young men in Adelaide . Since 2004 and 2006, respectively, there have been annual "Movember" events in Australia and New Zealand , the aim of which - in addition to donations - is to draw attention to men's health. It is primarily about the prevention and better treatment of prostate cancer and testicular cancer . Research into depression and bipolar disorder is also being funded, as both diseases are widespread in men, but are underdiagnosed and are never treated or treated too late. For this purpose, donations are collected, which benefit research through national organizations.

Participants register on the "Movember" website and then start shaved on November 1st . Until the end of November, the participant grows a mustache, different beard shapes are permitted. During this time, friends and acquaintances of the participant can donate money to Movember on their behalf. Participants can form teams - for example within companies - and playfully compete for the highest amount of donations raised. The fact that a mustache is perceived by most people as rather unsightly during the early growth phase serves the purpose: If a participant is asked about his sparse beard, he can refer to his participation in Movember, and thus attract further donations. At the end of November there will be a gala event at which the participants and teams with the highest donation amount will be honored and the most beautiful 30-day beard will be chosen.

In Australia, attendance and donations have grown steadily since Movember was first run. In 2004 - in the first year of the event in Australia - $ 55,000 A was donated, in 2005 it was already $ 1.2 million, in 2006 then $ 7.5 million, and in 2007 finally $ 16.2 million. In 2008, Tim Mathieson, partner of Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard and one of six “Men's Health Ambassadors” in Australia, took part in “Movember” by giving press conferences with developing beards at which he talked about the importance of prevention in dealing with prostate cancer.

Since it was launched in 2003, a total of five million participants worldwide have registered on movember.com. Together they collected donations totaling more than 485 million euros.

distribution

New Zealand was the first country outside of Australia to hold Movember two years after it originally began. In 2006 - the first year of the event in New Zealand - around 10,000 participants donated NZ $ 830,000 , in 2007 it was around 26,000 participants and NZ $ 2.1 million. While the donations collected in New Zealand in 2006 and 2007 were passed on by Movember Inc. to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand (PCFNZ), there was a rift between Movember Inc. and the PCFNZ in June 2008: After the PCFNZ responded to Movember's request Inc. did not want to enter into a swift and controlled spending of the donations for research and educational purposes, Movember Inc. looked for new partners. Since then, Movember Inc. has supported the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand and the Cancer Society New Zealand in New Zealand . The Mental Health Foundation is running the “Out of the Blue” project, which aims to provide resources for men who suffer from depression. The Cancer Society uses the donations to research and support prostate cancer.

Since 2007, people in Canada have also been participating in Movember, where donations go to the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada . In 2007, Movember in Canada donated more than half a million CAD for this purpose . “Movember” also took place for the first time in 2007 in the USA . More than US $ 700,000 was donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation .

Movember took place in the UK for the first time in 2007, with participants donating more than £ 1 million to the Prostate Cancer Charity. In 2008 a number of major London law firms invited their employees to participate in Movember. Most of the donations (£ 60,000) were made through Linklaters employees.

In Spain , the Fundación para la Educación Pública y la Formación en Cáncer benefited from “Movember”.

In 2008 the campaign also took place in Ireland . In addition, all actors from the series The Panel on RTÉ One grew a beard in the November episode. Donations in Ireland are said to go to the Irish Cancer Society .

In the United States , some professional National Football League athletes grew mustaches as a sign of support. Even basketball professionals of the National Basketball Association , including several members of the Los Angeles Clippers and the New Zealand center Steven Adams and the Australian Center Andrew Bogut could be growing mustaches to raise awareness of the action.

In Germany , the campaign has been officially carried out since 2012. Since the organization does not have its own corporate seat in Germany, the campaign in Germany is carried out by the Australian Movember Foundation in cooperation with a local partner. In 2012 and 2013 the partner was the Bundesverband Prostatakrebs Selbsthilfe e. V. This association issues donation receipts and, together with Movember, decides on the use of the donations.

In Germany, the Movember has been widespread among the professionals of the German ice hockey leagues for several years. Here the clubs regularly collect donations for the Movember organization in November. Furthermore, the Bundesliga players Dominic Maroh from 1. FC Köln and Roman Neustädter from Schalke 04 caused a sensation in November 2013, as mustaches have been seen rarely in the Bundesliga since the late 1980s. With their popularity, Maroh and Neustädter also caused the German Movember movement to attract more attention. The Movember has also been popular and widespread for a number of years with handball professionals from the Bundesliga.

Web links

Commons : Movember  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Movember Annual Report 2013 (PDF, 124 pages; 7.2 MB)
  2. ↑ Global Summary on the Official Movember Website . $ 15 million in November 2008 corresponds to around EUR 7.5 million. (Retrieved November 26, 2008.)
  3. ↑ Jennifer Brown: 'stache for cash . In: "Toronto Star" of September 17, 2007. (Retrieved November 28, 2008.)
  4. ↑ Fundraising Results Australia ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Movember Inc. website (accessed November 27, 2008) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / au.movember.com
  5. ↑ Mark Metherell: Gillard's guy on campaign trail . In: "The Sydney Morning Herald" of November 26, 2008. ISSN  0312-6315 (Retrieved November 27, 2008.)
  6. ↑ Fundraising Results New Zealand ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Movember Inc. website (accessed November 28, 2008) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nz.movember.com
  7. ^ Martin Johnston: Movember forced to change charity . In: "New Zealand Herald" of June 10, 2008. (Retrieved November 28, 2008.)
  8. ^ New focus for Movember . In: "New Zealand Herald" of August 12, 2008. (Retrieved November 28, 2008.)
  9. ↑ Out of the Blue ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.outoftheblue.org.nz archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand project website. (Retrieved November 28, 2008.)
  10. ↑ United We Believe ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cancernz.org.nz archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 60 kB). Cancer Society New Zealand press release October 16, 2008. (Retrieved November 28, 2008.)
  11. ↑ Once Again, Movember Changes the Face of Men's Health ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated November 24, 2008 on the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada website. (Accessed November 25, 2008) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.prostatecancer.ca
  12. ↑ Fundraising Outcomes ( Memento of the original dated December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Prostate Cancer Foundation website. (Accessed November 25, 2008) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / us.movember.com
  13. ↑ Movember is back…. ( Memento of the original from December 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Prostate Cancer Charity website. (Accessed November 25, 2008) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
  14. ↑ The Water Cooler . In: "The Times" of October 27, 2008. (Accessed November 25, 2008)
  15. ^ A prime time for comics to get edgy In: "Irish Times" November 11, 2008. (Accessed November 25, 2008)
  16. ↑ Are Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler and Jacksonville Jaguars QB Chad Henne going to shave their mustaches when "Movember" ends? (Retrieved November 29, 2012)
  17. ↑ Jill Painter Lopez: Clippers growing mustaches - some good, others great - for Movember. Retrieved July 16, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Bundesverband Prostakrebs Selbsthilfe eV: The eleventh month of the year is again called Movember (accessed on November 22, 2013)