Welcome to the all new Indianapolis chapter of Mustaches for Kids!

Welcome to the Indianapolis chapter of Mustaches for Kids!

This new Indianapolis chapter will follow in the footsteps of all the great chapters across the US and Canada. Check out the blogroll for lists of other great chapters across the country.

Mustaches for Kids is a volunteer-run organization started in Los Angeles in 1999 to do good and have fun by growing Mustaches for children's charities. Here's how it works: Each year, during the four-week Growing Season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Growers sprout sweet, sweet Mustaches. Per Mustaches for Kids bylaws, they shave their faces, except for the Mustache, a minimum of one time per week and solicit donations from friends, family, co-workers, and people in the community. Kind of like getting pledges to run a marathon. Without the exertion, cramping, or dehydration. Call it a facial hair marathon.

At the end of the Growing Season, each Mustaches for Kids chapter hosts a Mustache Competition (or Stache Bash, if you will), which is a cross between a beauty pageant, dog show, and police line up. During the Competition, Growers, often in Mustache-enhancing costumes, are put through a test of mind, body, and Mustache and allow their facial hair to be evaluated by an independent panel of judges, and one Mustache is declared to be the "Sweetest."

The “Growing Season” will take place between November 13th and December 11th and all donations will benefit DonorsChoose.org, an education nonprofit that helps public school students. DonorsChoose.org allows public school teachers, many of whom work at underserved schools, to submit proposals for projects and supplies that would otherwise be unfunded, and donors from all over the country fund projects that they choose. Teachers ask, you choose, students learn.

If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please email Kirk at akirksmiley (at) yahoo (dot) com. The website will be updated more this fall to get everyone excited for mustache season and to share more instructions regarding how to participate in Indianapolis. Get ready to make a dash for the 'stache!