Mustache photos.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Mustache ideas for participants
Mustache photos.
Please (try) to ignore Mel Gibson as you pass through these! MSFC does not in any way endorse him, his actions or his mouth.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Dr. Lou always said "Take your Vitamin D"
It's no news or secret that vitamin D is critical for your body. It's also old news that those of us living in the northeast miss out on vitamin D production from the sun during the winter. Supplementing with Vitamin D also has an impact on your risk of acquiring certain diseases. Research is suggesting that Cancer is one of those illnesses.
I would highly recommend the book "The Vitamin D Solution"
Read More on Vitamin D and Cancer
Join the Fight with Dr. Lou
I was recently asked "who can join the mystache fights cancer fight?"
The answer is anyone. Male or female, young or old. It makes no difference. You don't have to grow a mustache, beard or hair and you don't have to shave it either. You don't even need to have facial hair. The key is letting people know that they can support the cause. The cause is fighting cancer on a local and national level with an emphasis on prevention and management of the disease. We welcome everyone's support. Whether you set up a personal fundraiser page or just donate $1. Any help is gratefully accepted.
Please visit www.mystachefightscancer.com for more information
The answer is anyone. Male or female, young or old. It makes no difference. You don't have to grow a mustache, beard or hair and you don't have to shave it either. You don't even need to have facial hair. The key is letting people know that they can support the cause. The cause is fighting cancer on a local and national level with an emphasis on prevention and management of the disease. We welcome everyone's support. Whether you set up a personal fundraiser page or just donate $1. Any help is gratefully accepted.
Please visit www.mystachefightscancer.com for more information
Chiropractor Chiropractic Portland, Maine
Doc encourages mustache growth to fight cancer
By Betty Jespersen, Special to the Sun Journal
Published Aug 11, 2010 12:10 pm
Dr. Lou Jacobs, a Farmington native and Portland-based chiropractor, is encouraging men to grow mustaches to raise money for cancer research.
Growing a mustache to raise awareness of cancer is an odd thing to do, but Dr. Lou Jacobs is hoping the idea is quirky enough to catch on.
The Farmington-born chiropractor and acupuncturist with a busy practice in Portland sports a waxed, handlebar mustache that he started growing when his mother, Patty, was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer last year.
A runner and locally known volunteer in Farmington, she died in May of complications from the aggressive disease. Now his father, Bert, a psychology professor at the University of Maine at Farmington, has contracted leukemia and is scheduled to have a bone-marrow transplant later this month.
“At first, I grew it as a joke and Mom thought it was funny,” Lou Jacobs said Monday. “She kidded around and said she would have preferred I had been a clown rather than a chiropractor.”
He had contemplated organizing the mustache-growing fundraiser when his mother was still alive, but it wasn't the right time. Now, with his father ill, Lou Jacobs sees it as a way to help others and support two good organizations that focus on cancer patients and their families.
“Dr. Lou," as he is known to his patients, has set a goal of raising $5,000 between Aug. 25 — the day of his father's bone-marrow transplant surgery — and Jan. 1, 2011. Donations will be split between The Cancer Community Center of South Portland, where Jacobs has been a volunteer and is on the Board of Directors, and the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Foundation, which provided the Jacobs family with support.
For the mustache project, Jacobs has partnered with Dr. Roger Inhorn, medical director of oncology and hematology at Mercy Hospital in Portland. Along with fundraising, Inhorn and Jacobs plan to secure a monthly spot for the rest of the year on a local news channel to discuss the latest topics related to cancer detection, prevention and treatment.
To follow Jacobs' “My 'Stache Fights Cancer” campaign, go to his blog at http://mystachefightscancer.blogspot.com. A website, www.mystachefightscancer.com, is under construction and will be completed this week. He also is tracking the project on his Facebook site.
Men who want to grow their own versions of face fuzz can create their own pages on the new site, download photos of their progress and make direct pitches for donations.
As an added incentive, if $5,000 is raised, Jacobs is offering to shave off his own handlebars. If $10,000 is pledged, he will up the ante and sacrifice his prized goatee.
"But I really don't want to do that," he said.
Jacobs is asking the donors to decide by casting ballots when they make their pledges, either on their checks or on the website. He said his wife, Ana, would like to see the waxed mustache gone, but his patients are split on the facial-hair artistry.
“My thinking behind all this is that people shouldn't always have to run a race, ride a bike or do a walk to raise money for a good cause,” Jacobs said. “I understand those are all healthy things, but not everyone can or wants to do it.”
“I thought, 'Why not give people a way to get involved that was fun and kind of silly?'” he said.
On Tuesday, Jacobs learned he had landed a national sponsor, Oregon Wild Hair Moustache Wax based in Oregon.
“This is a proud day in the world of fundraising with mustaches,” Jacobs wrote on his blog.
The company is owned by Susan and Mark Coyl, whose website is www.oregonwildhair.com.
“We feel his cause is noble and important. We lost a sister-in-law two years ago to cancer that she fought for 10 years and we miss her very much,” they wrote in an e-mail on Tuesday.
Their product is made in small, handmade batches of beeswax, petroleum jelly, lanolin and natural musk oil and “does not spoil the taste of tea or coffee,” according to the website.
Jacobs attended the University of Maine at Farmington and Beijing Polytechnic University in Beijing, China. He received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, Mo. He returned to Maine in 2003 and opened Jacobs Chiropractic Acupuncture Center that same year.
Donations can be sent to The Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, ME, 04106. For information, e-mail Jacobs at drj@drloujacobs.com or search for Dr. Lou Jacobs on Facebook.
By Betty Jespersen, Special to the Sun Journal
Published Aug 11, 2010 12:10 pm
Dr. Lou Jacobs, a Farmington native and Portland-based chiropractor, is encouraging men to grow mustaches to raise money for cancer research.
Growing a mustache to raise awareness of cancer is an odd thing to do, but Dr. Lou Jacobs is hoping the idea is quirky enough to catch on.
The Farmington-born chiropractor and acupuncturist with a busy practice in Portland sports a waxed, handlebar mustache that he started growing when his mother, Patty, was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer last year.
A runner and locally known volunteer in Farmington, she died in May of complications from the aggressive disease. Now his father, Bert, a psychology professor at the University of Maine at Farmington, has contracted leukemia and is scheduled to have a bone-marrow transplant later this month.
“At first, I grew it as a joke and Mom thought it was funny,” Lou Jacobs said Monday. “She kidded around and said she would have preferred I had been a clown rather than a chiropractor.”
He had contemplated organizing the mustache-growing fundraiser when his mother was still alive, but it wasn't the right time. Now, with his father ill, Lou Jacobs sees it as a way to help others and support two good organizations that focus on cancer patients and their families.
“Dr. Lou," as he is known to his patients, has set a goal of raising $5,000 between Aug. 25 — the day of his father's bone-marrow transplant surgery — and Jan. 1, 2011. Donations will be split between The Cancer Community Center of South Portland, where Jacobs has been a volunteer and is on the Board of Directors, and the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Foundation, which provided the Jacobs family with support.
For the mustache project, Jacobs has partnered with Dr. Roger Inhorn, medical director of oncology and hematology at Mercy Hospital in Portland. Along with fundraising, Inhorn and Jacobs plan to secure a monthly spot for the rest of the year on a local news channel to discuss the latest topics related to cancer detection, prevention and treatment.
To follow Jacobs' “My 'Stache Fights Cancer” campaign, go to his blog at http://mystachefightscancer.blogspot.com. A website, www.mystachefightscancer.com, is under construction and will be completed this week. He also is tracking the project on his Facebook site.
Men who want to grow their own versions of face fuzz can create their own pages on the new site, download photos of their progress and make direct pitches for donations.
As an added incentive, if $5,000 is raised, Jacobs is offering to shave off his own handlebars. If $10,000 is pledged, he will up the ante and sacrifice his prized goatee.
"But I really don't want to do that," he said.
Jacobs is asking the donors to decide by casting ballots when they make their pledges, either on their checks or on the website. He said his wife, Ana, would like to see the waxed mustache gone, but his patients are split on the facial-hair artistry.
“My thinking behind all this is that people shouldn't always have to run a race, ride a bike or do a walk to raise money for a good cause,” Jacobs said. “I understand those are all healthy things, but not everyone can or wants to do it.”
“I thought, 'Why not give people a way to get involved that was fun and kind of silly?'” he said.
On Tuesday, Jacobs learned he had landed a national sponsor, Oregon Wild Hair Moustache Wax based in Oregon.
“This is a proud day in the world of fundraising with mustaches,” Jacobs wrote on his blog.
The company is owned by Susan and Mark Coyl, whose website is www.oregonwildhair.com.
“We feel his cause is noble and important. We lost a sister-in-law two years ago to cancer that she fought for 10 years and we miss her very much,” they wrote in an e-mail on Tuesday.
Their product is made in small, handmade batches of beeswax, petroleum jelly, lanolin and natural musk oil and “does not spoil the taste of tea or coffee,” according to the website.
Jacobs attended the University of Maine at Farmington and Beijing Polytechnic University in Beijing, China. He received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, Mo. He returned to Maine in 2003 and opened Jacobs Chiropractic Acupuncture Center that same year.
Donations can be sent to The Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, ME, 04106. For information, e-mail Jacobs at drj@drloujacobs.com or search for Dr. Lou Jacobs on Facebook.
Monday, August 23, 2010
More Press!
Stay tuned for more press!
This wednesday we'll be featured in the "close to home" section of the press herald.
Next monday Dr. Lou will be at NBC Ch6 taping an interview for the news.
FOX news has given the thumbs up for a monthly spot with Dr. Lou and Dr. Inhorn.
More to come.....
This wednesday we'll be featured in the "close to home" section of the press herald.
Next monday Dr. Lou will be at NBC Ch6 taping an interview for the news.
FOX news has given the thumbs up for a monthly spot with Dr. Lou and Dr. Inhorn.
More to come.....
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Mascot - by Pattie DeMaria
Just when I thought today couldn't get any better, Pattie brought in a Mustache Mascot that she made herself. It's a real gem.
The mini Dr. Lou is our in house fund raiser for mystache fights cancer.
Oregon Wild Hair Enterprises
August 18, 2010
I found myself with an empty tin of Oregon Wild Hair Mustache Wax. With 2+ inches of handlebar bilaterally, I can't really do without it. Without wax I look more like a walrus than a man with a handle bar. I wax the mustache once a day. Every morning. It generally lasts the rest of the day unless I wash it out. Yesterday was the end of my supply. I knew that I had a shipment on the way as part of my sponsorship from OWHE. The problem was, it hadn't come yet and all I had at home to groom the stache was a bottle of olive oil and a tube of cherry chapstick. Neither appealed to me. This morning, for the first and hopefully last time, I waxed with chapstick. It tasted and smelled horrible, didn't hold together well and it made my coffee taste like a candle.
By late morning my package from Mark & Susan, owners of OWHE had arrived. In it, enough moustache wax to last a year. They also included two wonderful coffee mug/Beer mugs. Thursday, August 18, 2010 was a great day in Portland, Maine.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
In the news again!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The Donation web page is up!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Donations are rolling in!
Donations are on their way! Many thanks to:
Susan Maxwell
David Connerty-Marin
Brie Dietrich
Susan Maxwell
David Connerty-Marin
Brie Dietrich
Thursday, August 12, 2010
The American Mustache Institute is on board!
My second sponsor, The American Mustache Institute is on board!!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
It's Official!
It's official. Dr. Lou has been sponsored by OWHE - Oregon Wild Hair Moustache Wax. It is a proud day in the world of fund raising with mustaches. Oregon Wild Hair Moustache Wax is the best around. Please take the time to visit their site and buy their products!
Oregon Wild Hair Moustache Wax
Oregon Wild Hair Moustache Wax
Monday, August 9, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Maintenance
Maintaining a mustache with this much sex appeal is not easy. I choose Oregon Wild Hair Moustache Wax. I hope Mark and Susan Coyl, the makers of my favorite wax, will know that their moustache wax is helping the fight against cancer. Thanks Mark and Susan!
www.oregonwildhair.com
2 inches.
Two inches may not seem like a very long mustache. I've been growing this "marriage deal breaker" since august 12, 2009. The day of my mums diagnosis. It takes a long time to grow a legitimately cool mustache. Baby Anca thinks its great to pull on and since she's only 10 months, has never seen me without it.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Maine's Only Cancer Fighting Mustache!
Mystachefightscancer.com is Maine's only fundraiser to fight cancer using facial hair. It's cool, it works and it needs to be done.
Step 3: Mobilize Troops
If you know someone (living anywhere) who wants their mustache or future mustache to help fight cancer, have them contact me. They will be able to join my army and continue the battle on August 25th.
email: drj@drloujacobs.com
email: drj@drloujacobs.com
Step 2: TV
Within an hour of sending out the press release, WCSH, Channel 13 in Portland called. Watch me on the morning show on Monday August 9th.
The beginning starts with a press release.
For Immediate Release
“Cancer plagues family, doctor fights cancer with a mustache”
Contact: Dr. Lou Jacobs, office: (207) 774-6251, mobile: (207) 807-1119 or email: drj@drloujacobs.com
Portland, ME -- After both of his parents were diagnosed with cancer, Dr. Lou Jacobs decided to fight cancer with his mustache. Unable to grow hair on the top of his head and unprepared to run a marathon, he thought a handlebar mustache would be a good alternative. Dr. Jacobs’ mother passed away in May 2010 after battling inflammatory breast cancer. His father is scheduled for a bone marrow transplant for leukemia on August 25. “Dr. Lou,” as his patients call him, is determined to raise at least $5,000 for cancer research and education, and perhaps start a yearly fundraising event that breaks the mold of common cancer-fighting fundraisers.
With his wife elated that he may finally shave, the goal is to raise as much money as possible by January 1, 2011, and to shave off the “stache.” A minimum of $5,000 will be needed to convince Dr. Jacobs to shave the mustache, and if he raises $10,000 or more he’ll shave his goatee as well. Many would like to see him keep the mustache. If the “keep the mustache donations” exceed the “the shave the mustache donations” then Dr. Jacobs will not shave the mustache at the beginning of the year.
For this project, Dr. Jacobs has partnered with Roger Inhorn, M.D., Ph.D., medical director of oncology and hematology at Mercy Hospital in Portland. Along with fundraising, Dr. Inhorn and Dr. Jacobs are planning to secure a monthly spot for the rest of the year on the local news to discuss a new hot topic related to cancer detection, prevention and treatment.
The two beneficiaries of the project will be The Cancer Community Center of South Portland and The Inflammatory Breast Cancer Foundation.
When:
August 25, 2010 - January 1, 2011
Where:
Donations may be sent to:
Dr. Lou Jacobs
Mystache Fights Cancer
138 St. John Street
Portland, Maine 04102
Please specify: "keep stache" or "cut stache"
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