For those men and women not lucky enough to grow facial hair, Delta Pi fraternity came up with a way for them to get in on the action. This Movember, the group raised money towards men’s issues like depression. Prostate cancer and ended up sporting unique moustaches all throughout the month. An auction held during the month decided who got to pick the facial hairstyles and how exactly each brother looked for the rest of the month.
Movember (a portmanteau of the slang word “mo” for moustache and “November”) is an annual, month-long event involving the growing of imaginative moustaches during November. The event was conceived in 1999 by a group of Australian men from Adelaide, a city in the southern region of Australia. In 2004, the Movember foundation charity was formed to tackle men’s issues in this wild way. By 2007, the Mo-phenomenon caught on in countries like Ireland, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Spain, the United Kingdom, Israel, South Africa, and the United States.
The brothers of Delta Pi were involved in the charity auction, allowing others to decide how exactly their faces would look all month. They coined the event “Adopt-a-Mo” where all proceeds went towards the Movember foundation charity. At the end of the month, they held a pub night allowing auction winners to shave their Mo’s. There were handlebars, a few Sanchez’ and even our president tried bleaching his Mo blonde! By the end Delta Pi raised over $5700 the second highest total at the University of Ottawa
Our Vice Prior, Justin Mackay getting shaved off!
The entire month was a fun experience and we are all looking forward to doing it again next year, hopefully by then I’ll be able to grow one. A special thanks to Xi Delta Theta, Sigma Psi Alpha, Nu Sigma Pi, Tri Delta, Kappa Zeta Psi and Zeta Theta Xi for supporting Delta Pi throughout the month!
By: Jevon James
