Mustaches for Kids: I grow the ’stache for charity
It’s always been a dream of mine to grow a full-on mustache. However, these days, if you’re a mid-’20s young adult and you start to grow one you’re all of a sudden a pedophile.
It only makes sense that I start to grow one for the kids.
Mustache for Kids is a national organization in which participants grow a mustache for one month while raising money for charity. You look like a fool for one month while people give money in your name to charity… to look like a fool. And all the while I have an excuse to grow a mustache. There are even rules!
Support me!
I’m begging you all: Please donate! It’s fairly simple: visit my donor page (every Mustache for Kids grower across the nation sets one up), and scroll down until you see the charity I’ve chosen to support. Put in an amount (ANY amount helps!!) and hit Give. That’s it!
Seriously, even $1 is a step closer to the goal!
You’ll be happy to know I never see any of the money. I don’t want to see it. I want you all to know that every amount you give goes directly to the kids. That’s that! And every donation is tax deductible.
The Links
- The Official Mustache for Kids Organization
- The Houston Chapter of Mustache for Kids
- The David Stagg Giving Page
Great Mustaches in History
My personal favorites
- Adam Morrison
Almost like his buddies at Gonzaga dared him to do it because they knew he’d be seen in the NCAA tournament, he grew a measley ’stache that did nothing but entrance the public. “Why?” they asked. I never questioned. Only relished. Photo courtesy of BrashMoustache.com
- Freddie Mercury
Not only is he quite possibly the greatest songwriter and performer in the history of rock music, he definitely realized that a mustache was the way to go. If I could only channel his ability to write a song through growing a ’stache, call me Lennon/McCartney. Or the Jonas Brothers. Photo courtesy of HearYa.com
- Rod Beck
This guy died of a cocaine overdose. He had one of the craziest fastballs in MLB history. We had the honor of watching him growing up (I’m sure my dad will be able to expand on him) and we were trained to hate him. But I’ll be damned if that isn’t one of the greatest mustaches of all-time.
Case Study
Jason Giambi. You can witness his ’stache at right. Here is a guy who was publicly hated by baseball fans because of his admitted use of performance enhancing drugs. He sits on the Yankees roster making $20 million plus a year despite being hurt AND being a cheater. His career isn’t stellar. He’s a wash—totally mediocre. Arguably, that’s worse than being hated in baseball.
Enter the ’stache. Immediately, as it makes it’s debut, fans begin to rally around it. It’s so Burt Reynolds, people start to emulate it. They begin to wear fake mustaches to games. Yankee Stadium starts showing “Support the Stache” graphics during games. His numbers start to improve:
Giambi had sprouted the hair as a way to shake up his season after hitting .164 with five home runs and 13 RBIs in the month of April. The hits started to come and Giambi decided the mustache would have to stay, batting .309 with 12 home runs and 33 RBIs in May and June combined.
Next thing you know—no one remembers anymore. He’s absolved of his crimes.
That’s the power of the ’stache.
zane told me about this, but instead of explaining what it was, all he would tell me is that its for the kids.
It looks as though the first project, CDs for the younger set, is fully funded and another proposal for a theatre black box spotlight has been added. Is this yours or Zane’s or both?