10 BRUINS PLAYERS TO GROW MOUSTACHES TO SUPPORT MOVEMBER; SHAVE DOWN PRESENTED BY GILLETTE POSTGAME ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31
The Boston Bruins announced today, October 30, that Matt
Bartkowski, Patrice Bergeron, Gregory Campbell, Dougie Hamilton, Chris
Kelly, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, Daniel Paille, and
Shawn Thornton will participate in the Movember initiative by growing
and maintaining moustaches during the month of November in order to
raise funds and awareness for men’s health.
To kick off their month-long participation in Movember the players will
get a clean shave, provided by Gillette, on Thursday, October 31 at TD
Garden after their game against the Anaheim Ducks. Gillette will donate
$1,000 to each of the player’s Movember pages to jumpstart their
fundraising. Fans can get involved by donating to their favorite
player’s Movember page or by starting their own at
bostonbruins.com/movember. Bruins prizes will be awarded weekly to the
fan with the best Mo.
WHAT: Movember Shave Down Presented by Gillette
WHERE: TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston, MA 02114
WHEN: After the Boston Bruins vs. Anaheim Ducks game on Thursday,
October 31, 2013
WHO: Matt Bartkowski, Patrice Bergeron, Gregory Campbell, Dougie
Hamilton, Chris Kelly, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, Daniel
Paille, and Shawn Thornton
About Gillette
For over 110 years, Gillette has delivered the best a man can get -
making the lives of over 800 million men around the world better, and
more comfortable, through grooming innovation. Demonstrating precision
technology and unrivaled product performance, Gillette provides
solutions for all of men's grooming needs. From shaving and body
grooming, to skin care and sweat protection, Gillette offers a wide
variety of products including razors, shave prep (gels, foams and
creams), skin care, after shaves, antiperspirants, deodorants and body
wash. For more information and the latest news on Gillette, visit
www.gillette.com, http://www.facebook.com/gillette and follow
Gillette on Twitter at @Gillette.
About Procter & Gamble
P&G serves approximately 4.8 billion people around the world with its
brands. The Company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted,
quality, leadership brands, including Ace(R), Always(R), Ambi Pur(R),
Ariel(R), Bounty(R), Charmin(R), Crest(R), Dawn(R), Downy(R),
Duracell(R), Fairy(R), Febreze(R), Fusion(R), Gain(R), Gillette(R), Head
& Shoulders(R), Iams(R), Lenor(R), Mach3(R), Olay(R), Oral-B(R),
Pampers(R), Pantene(R), Prestobarba(R), SK-II(R), Tide(R), Vicks(R),
Wella(R), and Whisper(R). The P&G community includes operations in
approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for
the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.
About Movember
Movember aims to forever change the face of men's health through the
power of the moustache, by raising vital awareness and funds for men's
health issues to combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health
challenges. Globally, our programs are focused on awareness and
education, living with and beyond cancer, staying mentally healthy,
living with and beyond mental illness and research to achieve our vision
of an everlasting impact on the face of men's health. Since 2003, 3
million participants have raised over $446MM for the cause, funding over
570 programs globally, with official Movember campaigns taking place in
21 countries. Movember is fully accredited by the Better Business
Bureau, and for the past two years, has been named a Top 100 best NGO by
The Global Journal. Movember is a registered 501(c)(3) charity. For more
information please visit Movember.com.
