Raiders And Afp Unite For Movember
The CFMEU Canberra Raiders and the City and Belconnen AFP branches have joined forces this month, to help with the popular Movember campaign.
Over the course of Movember, members of the Belconnen and City AFP outfits challenged each other to grow the best mo, with Matt Carpenter from the Belconnen team declared the official winner.
The Raiders Senior Leadership Group were the official sponsors of the challenge and donated $500 to the winning team, which will now be donated to the Movember cause.
As part of the month Raiders flyer Adrian Purtell took the chance to represent the Raiders along with teammate Terry Campese, as a means to further raise awareness for the cause.
Purtell said Movember was an excellent way to raise awareness and money for a great cause, and was happy to have his top lip hairy for 30 days.
"It's been fun and at the same time we've helped raise some money which will help fight the Movember causes of male depression and prostate cancer," Purtell said. "Both Terry and I have enjoyed growing our mo's and its something we'll probably be involved with again next year."
AFP Deputy Police Chief Officer Shane Connelly said he was proud of the efforts made by both squads during Movember, and thanked the Raiders for their continued support.
"I think its really important, we've got a lot of men in the Police force obviously and Men's health is often forgotten, and men can be reluctant to do something about their health, so if we can promote men's health through this worthwhile cause and men's illness than it's a great thing," Deputy Police Chief Connelly said. "We've got a great relationship with the Raiders and they're obviously involved with health and sport, and if they can encourage kids to get involved in sport than that's a terrific thing because sport keeps kids out of trouble."
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