Movember

Learn Mo'about MOVEMBER In US 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer Making it the 2nd most diagnosed cancer in Men, after skin cancer What's with the STACHE though? In November men sign-up and pledge to not shave their facial hair for 30 days, and collect $ from family + friends to raise awareness + funds for prostate + testicular cancer research At the end of the month they host parties + galas to show off their month's work + celebrate In 2012, over 1.1 million Mo Bros around the world joined the movement, raising USD $147.0 million. In the US, over 209,000 Mo's raised $21.0 million 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2003 30 participants 2006 56K participants 2009 255K participants 2012 1.2M participants A man is 35% more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than a women is to be diagnosed with breast cancer African American men are 50% more likely to develop prostate cancer than all other men If detected + treated early, prostate cancer has a 97% success rate of removal BUT... most prostate cancer develops devoid of symptoms, making it tricky to spot 2.2 every 2.2 mins a new case oCcurs 17.5 every 17.5 mins a man dies from prostate cancer Sources:us.movember.com to register or learn more visit: us.movember.com © 2013 myActions LLC. all rights reserved. WOZVIS $126.3M $80.7M 000'006 000'ov$