No Shave November
Posted by Larry Binkley
The Origin of No Shave November
Have you looked around our meetings lately and noticed the facial hair on the male members?
Here is some info by Matt Johnson taken from Videtteonline.com
"In recent years, the tradition of No Shave November can be traced to Australia in 2004. A group of 30 men organized an event and grew moustaches for 30 days to raise awareness of prostate cancer and depression in men.
No Shave November requires no shaving for the entire month and each man participating must conduct himself like a true gentleman.
The inception of No Shave November can be linked to a history stretching back to the ancient Greeks. The month of November did not exist at this time, but Plato asserted that for the guardians of the time to be educated properly, they need to imitate the most knowledgeable, or the gods.
Therefore, the young guardians spent 30 consecutive days each year initating the look of the gods. Aristotle furthered this philosophy by declaring the beard-growing habit as a tradition of practicing ethics." (There is even more...check out the website www.videtteonline.com)