“It’s access that we have to create awareness.”
“It’s a neat event for us on the Hill because we are around so many different types of people that come on a daily basis,” Holstein said. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), reached out to Movember to help develop the challenge on the Hill. The teams included the Senate Staches and House Handlebars.
SHADOW STACHE TRIAL
This year, some Hill staffers participated in the inaugural Capitol Hill Movember Challenge, which was more of a trial run to gauge interest of staffers. “Movember is all about creating a men’s health movement and creating a world where men live aware of their lifestyle,” said Jack Choate, a former Hill staffer and aide for the National Republican Senatorial Committee who is now director of development for Movember U.S. The team is named after baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rollie Fingers, a former Milwaukee Brewer who is famous for his handlebar mustache. Like other Movember participants, Johnson’s staffers have created a team, the Rollies Fingers, and a page on to help encourage donations. Not to be confused with “No Shave November,” Movember specifically encourages participants to grow mustaches for charity. Johnson’s office is participating in “Movember,” an annual November event to raise awareness and money for certain cancers that affect men. “It’s motivated by a desire to do what they can to raise money to fight prostate cancer,” Press Secretary Brian Faughnan said. His staff, well, that’s another story, at least this month.įour members of the Wisconsin Republican’s staff had an extra daily task to focus on in November: grooming their mustaches for a good cause.
Ron Johnson is as clean-cut as they come - a button-down Midwesterner with nary a hint of hair on his face.
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