"In the UK: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. 35,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. One man dies every hour of prostate cancer.": http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/index.asp

UPDATE NOV 13: We reached our goal of £500 half way through, new goal £1,000. Amazing!
UPDATE2 NOV 20: £1,000 achieved a week early. Thanks so much, lets see how far we can go!

We, the Kaplan IT team, have decided to do something a little different for charity this month.

After much campaigning and with permission from wife's and partners we've managed to gather a team willing to grow and groome some wonderful facial hair during the month of November. The challange is to survive this period and that means travelling in public, business trips and loved ones complaints while raising a little money for a good cause.

The rules: We turn up to work on the 2nd November, cleanly shaven. The ultimate goal is a moustache, though a decent pair of "chops" (sideburns) or full beard also qualifies.

We'll update weekly and hopefully crown a best beard champion at the end of November.

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