December 2012
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Day 30: The Restore Health Mo Sistas put me over...
I didn’t have a sponsor lined up for day 30 and I was expecting to take the day to prepare for the Movember costume gala (#MoGalaTO). Then the awesome owners of Restore Health in Leslieville (@RestoreHealthTO) - Sue Love (@sueloveND) and Sapna Flower (@sapnaflowerND) - invited me to stop by the clinic so they could donate the money they raised from their Movember fundraisers to my...
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Day 28: Sharing the joy of ice cream to support...
I recovered from the stomach flu in time for my Movember event at the Cold Stone Creamery (@TOColdStone) at 1094 Bloor Street West (at Bloor and Dufferin).
Not only did Cold Stone make a donation to my campaign, the franchise owners donated 15% of the day’s sales to Movember and offered a free ice cream to everyone who came in with a moustache.
Mo Sista Jennifer Dawson (@bigdealdawson)...
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Day 24: Oysters, moustaches and Mo Sistas at...
My evening ‘stache was sponsored by Patrick McMurray (@ShuckerPaddy) and Starfish Oyster Bed and Grill (@StarfishOyster).
Starfish (www.starfishoysterbed.com) is an intimate and relaxed oyster bar and restaurant brought to you by World Oyster Shucking Champion and Guinness World Record Holder Patrick McMurray. Patrick also owns the Ceili Cottage in Leslieville that sponsored my third day...
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Day 23: Hanging out at the ING Direct Cafe with...
The ‘stache of the day was generously sponsored by ING Direct (@SuperStarSaver). Not only did ING Direct support Movember by donating to my ‘30 Days of Mo’ campaign, but they have their own 51-person team called the ‘MOward Bankers,’ that raised more than $6500 for Movember!
I had the pleasure of meeting some of them at the ING Direct Cafe (@OrangeYYZ) in downtown...
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November 2012
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Day 21: My Mo gets energized learning about solar...
For day 21, my ‘stache was sponsored by Solsmart Energy Solutions (www.solsmart.com) - Toronto’s Leading Solar Energy Installers. I spent the day with the company’s owner and founder Blair Beesley learning about solar energy.
First, we checked out Solsmart’s office in Leslieville (at Dundas and Carlaw). They showed me how they use online mapping tools (like Google...
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Day 20: Learning about '30 Days of Gratitude'
My evening ‘stache was sponsored by Bonnie Chan (@networktogrow) and Send Out Cards (www.sendoutcards.com). I met Bonnie the week before at her meeting of the Entrepreneurial Moms of Toronto. She was kind enough to invite me to her Send Out Cards meeting to help me connect with other possible Movember sponsors and to teach me about the ‘30 Days of Gratitude’ Challenge.
The...
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Day 20: Heading to Brantford for Tweetstock High!
My ‘stache of the day was sponsored by Tweetstock High (@tweetstockCA, www.tweetstock.ca) and its founder/organizer Trevor Cherweka (@trevor_cherewka), who is also the designer/printer of the Mo Sistas 2013 calendar (www.mosistas.ca).
Tweetstock is a social media conference that happens each spring and fall in Brantford, Ontario. I’ve been to a couple Tweetstocks since I started on...
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Day 19: My Mo and I hit the recording studio
My ‘stache of the day was generously sponsored by Wanted! Sound and Picture (wantedsp.com).
Not only did Wanted make a donation to my Movember campaign…but they gave my moustache and I the opportunity to learn how to record the voice track for a radio and television commercial.
Wanted! is home to an award-winning team of very passionate & talented individuals providing...
Kee up the good work sista!
We can’t wait to celebrate an amazing month of your imaginative ‘staches’! and to help raise some money for this worthwhile cause. Great blog site, Caron…you have really put your heart and soul into this!
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Hey Caron, I’m glad I stopped to ask you about your stash :) You are doing a great job if creating awareness of men’s health issues and obviously putting a full effort into it. Very impressed with your teams creativeness. Good on you all!
John from Regina
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Day 18: Cooking prostate-friendly dishes with...
My ‘stache of the day was sponsored by Leslieville holistic nutrionist Trish Krause (@trishbiteslife) and her company Bite Out of Life Nutrition and Lifestyle Counselling (bite-out-of-life.com)
Trish was teaching a ‘Man Food for MOvember’ class, so I went to learn some prostate-friendly recipes. Trish generously offered the class to Mo Bros - in exchange for their attendance,...
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Day 16: My Mo and I visit Oma Chiropractic
Thank you to Oma Chiropractic (@omachiropractic) for sponsoring my #Movember day 16 moustache.
Oma Chiropractic is a wellness clinic in Riverside (on Queen, just east of the DVP) specializing in chiropractic care, reflexology, osteopathy, massage therapy, acupuncture and naturopathic medicine.
During my visit to the clinic, I had the chance to meet Dr. Adrienne McRuvie. She is an amazing...
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Day 15: Finally meeting The Coffice in real life!
On #Movember Day 15, I finally got to meet Sam Title - aka The Coffice - in real life after being Twitter and Facebook friends for the last year. We met up at my favourite coffee shop, Tearo Coffee (@tearocoffee), in Leslieville.
His wife contacted me the night before to suggest I wear a matching moustache, so I broke out my ‘Hulk Hogan’ ‘stache just for the occasion. Look at...
