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Uploaded: Friday, November 30, 2012, 4:46 PM
Coming clean
Local tech workers grow mustaches, raise money to fight prostate cancer
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 | About 40 employees of SurveyMonkey, a Palo Alto tech firm that offers online surveys, grew mustaches in November, only to have them shaved off en masse Friday, Nov. 30.
The effort was part of Movember, an annual campaign to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. Men pledge to grow mustaches in exchange for donations for cancer research.
The SurveyMonkey employees raised about $2,000 for the cause, and the company contributed a matching $2,000, according to the firm.
Barbers from Sam's Barbershop in downtown Palo Alto shaved off some of the men's lip sweaters in the event the company called "The Great Shave."— Palo Alto Weekly staff Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Battle of the Sexes, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Nov 30, 2012 at 5:07 pm So women train and walk for breast cancer while men grow facial hair!
This strikes me as rather funny.
Well done to all the guys, hope you raise some money as well as raise awareness.
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Posted by annon, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Dec 1, 2012 at 6:38 am
Great that they raised money for testicular and prostate cancer but I just don't get the 'growing a moustache for a month and then shaving it'. Women and kids and have shaved their heads in support of breast cancer, why do men only choose their lips?
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