Mustaches for Kids is a volunteer-run organization started in Los Angeles in 1999 to help charities and now raises money for DonorsChoose.org, an education nonprofit that helps public school students. DonorsChoose.org allows public school teachers, many of whom work at underserved schools, to submit proposals for projects and supplies that would otherwise be unfunded, and donors from all over the country fund projects that they choose. Teachers ask, you choose, students learn..
Each year, participants ("Growers") raise money for DonorsChoose.org by growing sweet, sweet Mustaches four weeks out of the year (This year's grow season: February 18, 2010 - March 20th, 2010). They shave their faces, except for the Mustache, a minimum of one time per week. The Growers solicit donations from friends, family, co-workers, and people in the community. At the end of the Growing Season, Mustaches for Kids hosts a Mustache Contest where the facial hair is evaluated by an independent panel of judges, and one Mustache is declared to be the "Sweetest," accompanied by fame, prizes, and adulation.
Over the past 10 years, Mustaches for Kids has spread with chapters all over the world, a steady expansion that is not unlike the measured, deliberate growth of a Mustache. Mustaches for Kids has enjoyed the efforts of an impressive number of Growers who, collectively, have raised over half a million dollars for children's charities and other organizations like DonorsChoose.org.
This year, the St. Louis chapter of Mustaches for Kids will donate all of the money we raise to teacher-submitted projects to improve America's public schools via DonorsChoose.org. Please visit DonorsChoose.org to learn more about this amazing charity.
