England does a superb job getting people young and old involved with charities. From primary school through adult life, the English help raise money for local and worldwide charities. The country has a major nationwide campaign called Red Nose Day where you get people to sponsor your silly actions so you can 'do something funny for money'. St. Bees School has a non uniform day where kids pay £2 to not wear the school uniform and eith
er dress up funny or just wear regular clothes. This year they also raised £500 to see their headmaster dye his head red in the campaign - 'The Head Goes Red' Not to be outdone, the Low Level Waste Respository hosted a moustache contest as part of Red Nose Day. 40 guys agreed to not shave for one month, raising funds through facial hair. To add a little energy and creativity, Dennis let people vote for one of 8 facial hair options for the 'New Dennis Thompson' look.
It was neck and neck between FuManchu and Franz Josef but in the end Franz Josef won. Thursday morning after a thorough search on the internet, Dennis shaved his beard into the Prussian Emperor Franz Josef's look.
People at work then voted for the best moustache of the 40 men in the contest. Dennis won by a whisker and now holds the
coveted Mr. Potato Head trophy. They raised over one thousand pounds with this campaign for Children in Need. Though I think he actually looks quite handsome with the beard - I am just too easily distracted by the prickery feeling of the whiskers and don't enjoy kissing him. Sunday night, after showing the youth group his new face, the Franz Josef look will go back into the pages of history leaving only a photo in my album and money in the Red Nose Day campaign.
