Some of you may remember that last year, a bunch of us Austinites teamed up against some of my former Bostonians to raise awareness and help fight prostate and testicular cancer during the month of November. The end result of our Movember campaign was a 50 person team with over $18,000 in donations. This year, we're hoping to make it bigger... five times bigger to be exact. We have big plans to incorporate corporate donations, scavenger hunts, famous sports figures and lots more.
What's fun about this fund raising effort is that not only focused on encouraging people to donate money but more importantly, it's about team building and creating awareness so that blockheads like me who at least one point in time in their lives thought they were invincible, do something about getting regular checkups. Oh yeah, we also get to grow mustaches (or if you're female, you get to Photoshop on a mustache). In fact, the pictures you see here are some of our late stage "mo's" that team Austin grew last year.
Most importantly, you're probably asking yourself how you get involved. Well, I'm happy you brought it up. First and foremost, we'd like you to sign up. Don't worry, there isn't any hazing (well, not that we can speak of anyway). We have about
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The second way you can help is to donate. Now I won't lie to you, if we're going to get close to $100,000 this year, we need people to donate. But if I had my druthers, I'd rather have you sign up for the team and not donate a penny than the other way around. With that said, I know many folks are pressed for time (or don't want to grow a mustache) so if this is your thing, far be it from me to stop you.
Finally, we will be spilling the fun over to Facebook and a central touch-base site that my man, Wesley Faulkner will be running. Stay tuned for details on that front.
[NOTE: You (and others) can also now pledge $$ using tweets. Find out more details here on the Help Attack! blog. Or contact Sarah Vela and/or David Neff for details.]
I'll also be keeping a running list of new team members below. Let me know if I've missed you:- Joseph Jaffe
- Aaron Bramley
- Aaron De Lucia
- Aaron Strout
- Albert Morales
- Alex Stivers
- Amanda Adams
- Amanda Wagner
- Andrea Lipizzi
- Andrea Schulle
- Andrew Stidvent
- Art Thompson
- Avan Allen
- Bacon Ator
- Becky Parker
- Beez "the dog" Chen (our first canine on the team)
- Beth Gwazdosky
- Bill Gillespie
- Bob Dilly
- Brandon Herrin
- Brandon Sockwell
- Bret Cunningham
- Brett Agnew
- Brian Kotlyar
- Britt McMillan
- Brittany Oster
- Bryan Chaney
- Bryan Menell
- Bryan Person
- Carlos Urreta
- Charlie Browning
- Chino Monteleon
- Chris Bailey
- Chris Dienna
- Christopher Uhland
- Colin Alsheimer
- Corey Pudhorodsky
- Cuyler Owens
- D'Ann Faught
- Dara Quackenbush
- Darin Kirschner
- David Breshears
- David McCarl
- David J. Neff
- Dennis Hall
- Dennis Kristensen
- Denver Bronco
- Doni Wilson
- Doug Wick
- Dustin Wyatt
- Dylan Spurgin
- Edgar Dapremont
- Ehren Foss
- Elijah May
- Elmer Boutin
- Emily Babb
- Eric Weiss
- Erik McMillan
- Evan Sanders
- Felicia Adams
- Fernando Labastida
- Gard Mayer
- Glenn Banton
- Greg Ackerman
- Greg Matthews
- Greg Verdino
- Haley Odom
- Hawk Mendenhall
- Ian Greenleigh
- J Noel Kvale
- Jacob Burns
- Jacqueline Hughes
- Jake Sussman
- James Young
- Jared Haas
- Jason Kapler
- Jason Stoddard
- Jason Vogen
- Jeff Rousel
- Jen Orr
- Jennie Chen
- Jennie Loev
- Jeremy Brooks
- Jill McFarland
- Jim Bean
- Jim Cochrun
- Jim Keeler
- Joanie Pechenik
- Joe Cohen
- Joey McGirr
- John Cartwright
- John Johansen
- John Knox
- Jon Dunn
- Jonathan Gesinger
- Jonathan Weldon
- Jordan Viator
- Justin Crandall
- Justin Edwards
- Caitlin Pesl
- Karen Pascoe
- Kate Buck
- Kendall Schmidt
- Kenneth Cho
- Kevin Koym
- Kevin O'Brien
- Kim Hollenshead
- Kimbria Andreassen
- Kyle Flaherty
- Laura Beck
- Lee Baker
- Lee Parker
- Lisa Maxwell
- Mark Couvillion
- Mark Young
- Martin Montero
- Matt Curtin
- Matt Harris
- Matt McDougall
- Matt McGinnis
- Max Chirkov
- Melissa Reiss
- Merton Young
- Michael Adams
- Michael Yockey
- Mike Hamilton
- Mike Neumann
- Mitch Wilson
- Morgan Brown
- Paul Bonser
- Paul Walhus
- Peter Poulin
- Peter Bramley
- Rachelle King
- Ray Grill
- Ricardo Guerrero
- Ricardo Sanchez
- Rick Vlaha
- Robert Gilbreath
- Russ Somers
- Sam Eder
- Sarah Vela
- Saurabh Das
- Scott Hanson
- Scott Metler
- Sean Bell
- Sean Claes
- Sethho Sulser
- Shaine Mata
- Sherry Lowry
- Siam Saechew
- Simon Salt
- Sonny Johns
- Stacy Libby
- Sydney Owen
- Talmadge Boyd
- Tamar Weinberg
- Texas Stars Hockey
- Tim Hayden
- Tim Walker
- Tom Niemeyer
- Tom Trantham
- Tracy Trevino
- Travis Kenney
- Trey Swain
- Wesley Faulkner
- Will Staney
- William Kelleher
- William Mitschke
- William Morrow
- Yvette Leroux
NOTE: Weekly team conference calls every Friday at 11 AM CT. Number is: 888-693-8686 / 2053266
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