At this point, I will pause to update a story previously begun here. This concerns Eamon's involvement in Mustaches for Kids, the fundraising effort supporting Chicago's Off the Street Club.
As is well known, Eamon has participated as a fundraiser, gathering pledges from those who wish to see him grow a corner-to-corner, unironic mustache. Clearly, given Eamon's usual appearance of general hairiness, mustache-growing entails first a stripping down to the bare wood. Before going bare, he briefly tried out this handsome handlebar variant.
Over the course of the month, many of our friends donated funds, which Eamon tracked with this lovely mustache graphic. He vowed that if he met his target of $2,000, we'd kick in a matching $2,000. Well, in the 11th hour, after a last-ditch fundraising email, Eamon overshot his amount, raising a total of $2,075.16 from our generous friends, neighbors and associates. So pleased was he with his achievement, he pledged an additional $500 from the Daly household, so all told, we donated a total of just over $4,500 to this great charity! Kick ass! Kick ass stache!
The fundraising month was concluded with the final event, the Stache Bash, a rip-roaring capper of event, which featured two bands, and appearance by some of the great kids who attend Off the Street Club, and a parade of mustaches. Many participants also participate in a costume competition, choosing alter-egos that nicely enhance the appearance of a hairy upper lip.
Despite Eamon's remarkable attire (seen here and here), he did NOT win the costume contest. I was crushed. However, even more importantly, he won the coveted Abe Frohman Award for TopFundraising! For this honor, he received a beautiful framed portrait of the mustache of all mustaches, Tom Selleck.
Since I can muster only the scraps of facial hair that are native to all women of Italian descent, I got into the swing of things with this cunning prosthesis.
Experience all the fun of Stache Bash by reviewing the photo set on our Flickr site.
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