‘Movember is my favourite month’: Southern Albertans growing moustaches for men’s health

Movember is now effectively underway and males’s well being is on the forefront of many conversations.

Brendan Attrill is one in every of many southern Albertans displaying his unshaven moustache for consciousness — however has additionally taken it one step additional.

In 2020, Attrill began his clothes model “For The Ones” in remembrance of his uncle, who struggled with psychological well being.

“I do know that particularly being a person, there’s all these stigmas that you simply simply need to be OK, so this is sort of a method for me to point out different those that it’s OK to not be OK,” he mentioned.

Nearly all of gross sales goes towards psychological well being organizations such because the Movember Basis, who is devoted to elevating consciousness for males’s well being points, together with testicular and prostate most cancers.

Final 12 months, he raised greater than $1,200.

“We’ve acquired an enormous Movember assortment,” Attrill mentioned.

“Movember is my favorite month. It’s like Christmas. I like waking as much as this month and simply rising a dusty moustache.”

With assist for his model rising, and gross sales popping up in different components of Canada, Attrill is glad to have created a protected house for anybody who could also be struggling.

“Attain out. I do know it’s a lot simpler to say. I wrestle with it too typically,” he mentioned.

“Hopefully you fall asleep, get up and on daily basis is a brand new day, new alternatives.”

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Additionally collaborating in Movember is the City of Claresholm.

Municipal enforcement officer Kyle Aikema determined to launch some pleasant competitors between 4 teams: the fireplace division, city workers, RCMP and the native highschool.

“Proper now we’re at $380 raised however our purpose is to stand up to $2,000 after which be capable to give that to the muse that they’re capable of distribute worldwide wherever the assistance is required,” Aikema defined.

“The variety of folks collaborating is much more than anticipated, which could be very encouraging.”

Sgt. Robert Harms with Clareshom and Nanton mentioned their division has 100 per cent participation.

Up till now, he had held on to his moustache for years.

“One factor I did to point out my dedication to the problem and to the trigger was I shaved a moustache that I’ve by no means shaved earlier than. I had my moustache since highschool.

“It’s possible that I’ll shave my moustache once more (subsequent 12 months), it’s an amazing trigger”