#Movember - grow a Mo for charity!

In 2010, The Movember UK Mo Bros and Mo Sistas raised a huge £11.7 million to help fund programmes dedicated to treating, researching and supporting those with testicular and prostate cancers.

Last year, a couple of guys I know grew Mos and I first noticed the #Movember hashtag on Twitter.

This year, I'm getting involved too (although NOT by growing my own Mo I hasten to add!).

I currently know 4 guys growing Mos for Movember, and would very much appreciate it if you could drop by their MoSpace pages and donate what you can afford - or simply just pass on their details to your friends, family, co-workers etc to raise awareness and hopefully some cash too. My MoBros are:

Team Hairy Partridges http://uk.movember.com/mospace/2150030 (my co-workers Max and James)

Team Box http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1381112/ (my friend Suzi's husband and his mates)

And my friend Thorsten who is doing the Mo solo! http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1465332/

I'm also going to make some knitted finger Mos (similar to these: Freckles Family blog ) to sell to the ladies at work, with the money donated to the Hairy Partridges above.

Edit: Here are the finger Mos I made:

So come on, any loose change in your PayPal account can find a useful home with Movember. Ready, steady, Mo!

A finished off

Been working on this on and off for a few months. At my friend's memorial service in May, one of the ladies there gave some of us a skein of handspun yarn, all shades of purple, for us to make something in memory of Ciel. It couldn't really have been anything other than butterfly-related, but having decided on a thing to make, it has been a real trial of love and patience (something Ciel taught me while she was living and obviously intends to carry on with!).

While out on Saturday in Gloucester, I found some nice beads in a Sue Ryder chairty shop that I have re-used to finish off the mobile. The photos don't do the yarn any justice at all, but I'm happy with it all.

Funding the journey - first items on display

Just a way-marker to direct your attention to the Funding the Journey section of this blog. The first items listed for sale are actually being sold with profits going to cancer charities in the UK. With 1 in 3 people in the UK likely to develop cancer at some time in their lives, it is a disease without mercy or bias that touches many people.

My family has been decimated by cancer. Both my parents, and many other relatives and friends have been taken by the disease over the years. Most recently, my dearest friend Ciel died in January this year after several years of fighting breast cancer. It is in her memory that these crochet Charity brooches have been made and will be sold.

Please do take a look.