‘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 just simply should be OK, so this is sort of a manner for me to indicate different people who it’s OK to not be OK,” he stated.

The vast majority 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 received an enormous Movember assortment,” Attrill stated.

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

With help for his model rising, and gross sales popping up in different elements of Canada, Attrill is glad to have created a secure area for anybody who could also be struggling.

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

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

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Additionally taking part in Movember is the City of Claresholm.

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

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

“The variety of individuals taking part is much more than anticipated, which could be very encouraging.”

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

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

“One factor I did to indicate 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 incredible trigger”