FIREFIGHTERS IN THE BRANCIFORTE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, MANAGED TO RAISE APPROXIMATELY 32 HUNDRED DOLLARS TOWARDS PROSTATE AND TESTICULAR CANCER RESEARCH LAST MONTH, IN A FUND-RAISING EVENT TERMED “MOVEMBER.” MOVEMBER, A CROSS BETWEEN MO, THE AUSTRALIAN TERM FOR MOUSTACHE, AND NOVEMBER, IS A MONTH-LONG EFFORT WHERE FIREFIGHTERS START OFF CLEAN SHAVEN NOVEMBER 1ST AND THEN DO NOT SHAVE UNTIL THE MONTH IS OVER, IN THE PROCESS RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THESE CANCERS AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DONATE ON THEIR BEHALF.
