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Mustaches for Kids Fundraiser

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Mustaches for Kids.

Registration for Growers - online for credit card payment
Registration for Growers - printable PDF to pay by check
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Mustaches for Kids is a good reason to grow a mustache and raise money for Safe Kids SC, a program to prevent injuries to children. Since its humble beginnings, Mustaches for Kids satellite chapters have spread across the continent, a steady expansion that is not unlike the measured, deliberate growth of a Mustache. Safe Kids South Carolina, a program of The Children’s Trust of South Carolina, has now formed a chapter to educate families on preventing unintentional injuries--the number one killer of children 0-14 years of age.

Here’s how it works: During the four-week Growing Season: Thursday, January 19th through Thursday, February, 9th growers sprout sweet, sweet Mustaches. Per Mustaches for Kids bylaws, they shave their faces, except for the Mustache, a minimum of one time per week and solicit donations from friends, family, co-workers, and people in the community. It’s like getting pledges to run a marathon, without the exertion, cramping, or dehydration. Call it a facial hair marathon.

At the end of the Growing Season, Safe Kids South Carolina will host the Mustache Competition at Tin Roof, which is a cross between a beauty pageant, dog show, and police line-up. During the Competition, Growers, often in Mustache-enhancing costumes, are to be evaluated by an independent panel of judges, and one Mustache is declared to be the "Sweetest Stache." We also have the "Worst Stache" and the "Most Sponsored Stache" for which ever mustache raises the most money for our cause!

So it’s all pretty simple: mustaches, charity, competition infused with meaningless pageantry. You can spare four weeks of your life for that. In the words of Mustaches for Kids founders, “grow with us.”

Don't live in Columbia? No problem! Register and email pictures of your growing progress to Heidi Vaughn at HVaughn@scchildren.org. I will post on Facebook for you!

Mustaches for Kids - "Wanted, A Few Good Growers" Flyer (PDF)
Mustaches for Kids - Event Dates Flyer (PDF)
Mustaches for Kids - How does it work? (PDF)
Mustaches for Kids - Event Information (PDF)
Mustaches for Kids - Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
Mustaches for Kids - Rules (PDF)
Mustaches for Kids - How to Ask for a Donation (PDF)