Moustache growing contest raising cash for new fire hall

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Published on Friday, January 15, 2016

By Eoin Devereux

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Within the next few weeks, volunteer firefighters in Neepawa will be sporting some very interesting facial hair and it’s all for an important fundraising effort. A half dozen men are participating in the Neepawa Winter Festival Moustache Growing Contest. The competition is raising money for construction of the new fire hall.

Neepawa leisure services manager Amanda Novak said that the participating firefighters registered at the Town Office prior to Monday, Jan. 11. They also submitted a recent picture of themselves clean shaven and now have just over 30 days to grow their moustaches and collect pledges from across the region. People interested in pledging can also contact the Town Office and will receive a tax receipt for their donation.

As for the contest itself, all the firefighters will be judged the night of the Winter Festival on Monday, Feb. 15 by a panel of three appointed volunteers. The contest will be broken down into four subcategories, which consist of the Voyageur, where all contestants must grow their own beard naturally without help from chemicals or drugs; Novelty, in which creativity and coloration is allowed; Groomed, for moustaches groomed by means of shaving products and Scarcest, for the least amount of hair growth within the allotted time.

Novak said this is a fun way to raise funding for the construction of Neepawa’s new fire hall and hopes that people will support the firefighters in this effort.