Quesnel fire department members are prepared to shave their moustaches for Relay For Life.
In total, eight participants will succumb to the shaver to help raise money for Hot Chicks, a team of women primarily made up of fire fighters wives.
“Our chief, Sylvain Gauthier is going all the way to a head shave,” fire fighter Joe Daigle said.
“The seven fire fighters have more than 125 years worth of moustaches they’re prepared to sacrifice to the cause.”
Along with Daigle, Dennis Baptiste, Brian Menzies, Brian Morgan, Mike Russell, Grant Wawryk and Paul Kainth will all bare their upper lips for Hot Chicks.
On Relay day last year, Daigle spontaneously agreed, in response to a fellow fire fighter raising $500 over the course of the day, to have his 32-year moustache be gone.
“Even my kids had never seen me without my moustache,” he said with a laugh.
“This year, we want to expand the project and add the money raised to our Hot Chicks team’s efforts.”
The earliest artifact known to include a moustache was the portrait of an ancient Iranian from 300 B.C. showing a man on horseback with a moustache and a partially shaved head.
On average, it takes a person about 30 days to grow a respectable moustache.
Donation cans are around town including at City Hall, Fire Hall #1, QPly, QRP as well as other businesses.
For information on the moustache campaign or other efforts by Hot Chicks, call Barb Daigle, 250-747-1898 or 250-255-1956 (cell), Megan Knorr, 250-992-1137 or Heather Smith at the Fire Hall, 250-992-5121, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Monday – Friday.