Tank's Moustache March Blog

Some of the crew at the Moustache March Blazer Game

Wow, I truly don’t know where this month went. I blinked and it is almost over, dang day job getting in the way of Moustache March Magic.

The following Press Release went out to local news outlets in the Portland/Vancouver area today. I just checked and we are now at:

 $12,819.48 There’s still time left, keep raising!

News Release from: Clark Co. Sheriff’s Office
CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE INVITES COMMUNITY TO GROW TOGETHER
Posted: March 29th, 2012 4:34 PM

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With only two days to go, Moustache March has officially passed the record for donations to the American Cancer Society set last year.  In 2011 deputies and citizens grew together raising $11,145.00.  As 3/29/12 $12,015.01 has been raised for the American Cancer Society!  Sgt Shane Gardner of the Clark County Sheriff’s Office says “In three years now we have raised over $25,000.00 for a cause that benefits everyone from child to adult, across all socio-economic levels.  Our organization has been directly effected by Cancer and we participate in this annual event to fight back against this indiscriminate disease.”
About 60 Deputies and their family members attended the March 22nd Trailblazer game (against the Grizzlies ironically) and many shaved off their moustaches on the concourse before the game to draw attention to the event.

On April 2nd at 11:00 AM at Clark County Sheriff’s Office Headquarters, notable moustaches like those sported by Sheriff Lucas, Sergeants Trimble and Neiman (who have each had their moustaches for over 31 years), and a few others will come off under the skilled hands of “Big Rick” from Bernie and Rollies Barber Shop.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office and the more than 90 participants of Moustache March would like to thank the media, Burgerville USA, Bernie and Rollies Barber Shop, Starbucks, and the Portland Trailblazers for helping make this another great success…
It’s not to late to contribute…
http://community.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=41637&pg=entry

You can visit www.Moustachemarch.com for more information.

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It’s that time of year again:  March!  This is the time of year we all put our egos aside and either shave what we normally sport, or grow what we normally keep short.  MOUSTACHE MARCH!

This year we are offering bragging rights to the winners of several categories including: Clean Starters, Early Growers, The Ladies, The Fakers, Year-Rounders, and The Lil Ones.  As it has been for the last two years, all donations raised will go directly to the American Cancer Society.

Last year Deputy Jim Orr grew with us and attended our Shave off on April 1st.  On August 2, just four months later, he lost his battle with Melanoma Cancer.  He is one of the many reasons we are trying to make a difference.

Cancer touches us all in some way or another.  This is our way of fighting it; raising money for research to find a cure.

This year the American Cancer Society has created a website just for our fundraiser like they have for “Race for a Cure” access it below.

http://community.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=41637&pg=entry

March 22nd will be Law Enforcement/Fire Fighter/Moustache March night at the Rose Garden.  WWW.Moustachemarch.com will have a Kiosk on the concourse where they will “Shave the Day”.

This event is open to anyone from the community who wishes to join in.  Shaving (or growing) is not mandatory, it’s about having fun making a difference.

Contact Info: Sergeant Shane Gardner
Community Outreach Sergeant
Clark County Sheriff’s Office
(360) 607-1558 (cell)
shane.gardner@clark.wa.gov

If you have any questions, concerns, comments or answers please let us know!

live the ‘stache,

Nate “Tank” Heath

I am way late and I apologize to our South American moustached brethren about not getting the word out about their international “Don’t Shave in May” campaign. These guys take their moustaches seriously in Brazil and are getting prepped stealthily for their June Moustache event. I have seen their stuff before and even though I don’t read or speak the language of the Brazilians, there is some good stuff on their site.

If you missed Moustache March and Moustache May, and just can’t wait for Movember get on board with Comando Mustache! I don’t think you want to mess with these guys based on their site logo, so get serious about it.

If you haven’t heard of Kickstarter, it is a very cool site that facilitates start-up projects. Usually once a project is completely funded you receive something back for the ‘donation.’ I have spent some time looking around the last few days and stumbled across “The Original Cowboy Comb” specifically designed both to work with/look like a moustache.

The great thing is right now if you give at least $1 you will receive a comb and sticker set IF they get fully funded. So please head on over, watch their video, read the info and support some guys supporting the moustache! (I did)

Tell ‘em Moustache March sent ya!

The Kickstarter campaign is set to expire Wednesday Jun 15, 2011 and you can also visit their website CowboyComb.com.

You can always check this blog and www.moustachemarch.com but if you prefer twitter, facebook or email we have options for you:

• You can follow my Moustache March account on Twitter.
• You can be a fan of us on facebook on the Moustache March Fan Page.
• You can also subscribe to the Moustache March mailing list. See what the email had to say today: Moustache March Email 02/28/2011

If that doesn’t do it for you I don’t know what to say, I do have a guest room at the house…

Well Moustache March is just around the corner and I don’t know about you but I am getting excited.  I was actually out of commission for a while with some lovely kidney stones (Actually a huge misnomer, they should be called Kidney/Ureter Jagged Crystal Destroyers), I wouldn’t wish them on Moustache March haters.

Anyways the new shirts are on order and I am really excited about the two designs:

1. Kiss Me I’m Moustache Shirt – The idea actually came from lifetime member Raymond Baehler.  A perfect mix of Moustache March and St. Patty’s Day.  Head on over to the store and get yours ordered.

2. Moustache is not a Crime – A play on the classic shirt that did wonders for skateboarding.  We need to make the moustache alright with everyone. Head on over to the store and get yours ordered.

The store also went through a major update and we are restocked on some of the other shirts including XL and XXL for the girl’s shirts.  Those things run really small.

You might also notice the blog looks a little different.  It has been moved to WordPress which works really great.

The new website is also getting close and should be up in a few days.

Thanks and live the ‘stache!

I constantly get questions about what Moustache March is, why we do it, etc. Well in the past I wrote a F.A.Q on the website that you can find here. But I thought I would write a little more here to help people understand.

The question I probably get most often is, “how can I get involved?” What a loaded question! One thing that we are trying to do this year is have our site be the spot where you can find all the different groups that are doing activities during the month. I hear all the time about different events happening and am hoping to connect people up to honor the ‘stache.

Which brings me to my next thing, honoring the ‘stache. That is our most important mission. There are a lot of groups out there that think you need to be clean shaven at the beginning of March, but my problem with that is that I would only have a moustache for the last few days of the month. So I started in October so that I would have a showing that would truly honor all that is the moustache.

The other big dilemma is the Moustache vs. Mustache debate. When we started we didn’t even think about it, we went with the moustache spelling because it is more traditional and the World Beard and Moustache Championships spell it that way. There is a great site at www.mustachemarch.com, the only problem is I haven’t heard anything from them since 2005 and it seems that they have given up, sad. I do support both spellings because it just makes sense.

So after my rambling here is a summary of what we want you to do to get involved:

• Grow a moustache, duh!
• Go to www.moustachemarch.com look around get motivated and get involved
• Take pictures, make videos, make music and get it online. Send it to us and make it fun. Whether it’s you by yourself in front of a mirror or 100 moustaches taking on the white house just do it.
• Network! Get people involved, get involved with events, motivate people, entertain people.
• Go to www.moustachestore.com and buy some stuff!
• While at the store become a lifetime member and show your support.
• Join the mailing list on the site so you know what is going on.

I came across a blog post from the good people at Skulls and Bacon a while back showing the American Sign Language symbol for bacon. As you can see the symbol bares a striking resemblance to the equally majestic moustache. It might just be the angle of the video but I would like to believe that two things that are so delicious should be similar.

The similarities continue… Quite a while back a former coworker and myself came up with the idea of Silent Bacon, I swooped up the domain and started a blog to show my love for bacon. I haven’t put as much time into the blog as I like but at least it is there!

And it gets weirder, our buddies over at the American Mustache Institute started a social networking site for the bacon fans our there called the Bacon Institute.

There is just to much coincidence between all of this, I think I will have to make sure that I sign my wife a little more often for some bacon this March.

So my wife in her endless conquest to know all things celebrity came across an interesting article on people magazine discussing the facial hair trends of several leading men in Hollywood. It seems that big beards are in right now. I am a little bummed that I didn’t make the list but I guess I am off of the radar a little bit.

I can only hope that, like me, they are all just getting ready for Moustache March. Interestingly enough many of the guys mentioned have also had some sweet moustaches lately in movie rolls.

So I stopped by the site of some Brazilian friends of the ‘stache, http://comandomustache.wordpress.com/, and saw a post that I could not resist. It is not much of a site, but I see some huge potential here!

http://www.womenwithmustaches.com/

So I have to apologize that I have been using this blog as a personal soap box lately (not really). I do not want to neglect the Moustache and it’s importance in today’s society. I have not watched ABC’s show The Unusuals but after seeing this video mix over at Funny or Die, I might just have to check it out. Could be some good summer TV watching and it seems as though they might be giving some due respect to the moustache.