We might be in the final month of spring but the season of moustaches is just beginning, as men across the country prepare to sprout additional facial hair on their upper lips in support of their fellow bros.
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The men of Moree's Miyay Birray Youth Service are among the hundreds of thousands to this year take up the Movember challenge, and will grow a mo to save a bro and help change the face of men's health.
This is the first time the team at Miyay Birray have taken up the hairy cause, which aims to prevent men from dying too young by addressing some of their biggest health issues - prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health.
As a youth service, mental health is one of the biggest issues affecting Miyay Birray's clients.
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"All the charities the Movember money goes to are pretty close to the Moree community, but particularly Beyond Blue," Miyay Birray's Glen Crump said.
"Working with young people, we see a high number of mental health issues.
"We want to get more awareness out there that there are services to talk to if you're struggling."
Globally, every minute, a man dies by suicide, and in Australia, 75 per cent of suicides are men.
Mr Crump said those statistics are alarming.
"When you look at our small team of men we have working here, we could be a statistic," he said.
Movember is particularly pertinent in regional areas with statistics showing men are hit harder by health issues west of the divide.
The latest figures show that men living in regional NSW have much higher mortality rates for both prostate cancer and suicide than men living in Sydney.
For men in rural NSW, the mortality rate for prostate cancer is approximately 30 per cent higher and the suicide rate among rural men in NSW is approximately 80 per cent higher than men living in Sydney.
To raise money and awareness for Movember, Miyay Birray will be doing 100 clubs and barbecues, and have prize packs, donated by football clubs who participated in the Aboriginal Knockout, to encourage people to donate.
"For every $10 people donate, they'll get a ticket to go in the draw to win a prize pack," Mr Crump said.
"To support our fundraising, jump online to donate or drop cash donations here at Miyay Birray, and if you see us doing a barbecue around town, be sure to support it.
"It doesn't matter if it's $1 or $100, every little bit will go towards improving mental health services for men."
Donate to the Birray Mobros Moree at au.movember.com/team/2350512.
