Guest post by @davesniadak
Despite our best efforts, finding a cure for cancer is going to take a lot more than affixing ribbons to our jackets and going on long walks. Funds need to be raised all year long so research can be done by scientists around the world. How are we at Axiom doing our part? The answer is right under our noses - literally.
Myself, along with a few colleagues and friends across the country - reaching from Minnesota to Texas and Tennessee - have created Team Axiomoustachers, which is just a small part of the Movember Movement. For the month of November, we will be rockin' our best Handle Bar, After Eight, Rock Star, or Fu Manchu mustaches to not only generate awareness for prostate and testicular cancer, but hopefully raise some funds as well.
The Movember Movement is an organization aimed at raising awareness for these two forms of cancers that impact men of all ages. According to the US National Library of Medicine, prostate cancer is the third most common form of cancer in men, and the leading cause of death among men 75 and older.
And while none of my teammates fall under the category of someone at risk for prostate cancer, these forms of cancer don't discriminate. Truth be told, there's only so much we can do to fight cancer, so forgoing the trimming of a few facial follicles is a small sacrifice we can all make to generate awareness for a great cause.
