Leica Geosystems员工勇于面部毛发，这是一个值得的事业

Leica Geosystems员工在瑞士，澳大利亚和英国已经支持Movember多年来。今年，我们看到了“ Leica Mochine Control”团队的创建，由我们的Heerbrugg，Switzerland和Odense的员工组成，丹麦办事处。

Lennon Bedford (Product Specialist, GNSS Sensors), was appointed Team Leader and, along with ten other eager Machine Control colleagues, has managed to raise CHF 1,150 so far for this worthy cause./p>

For those who haven't experienced this cultural delight, Movember is an annual charity event which raises money and awareness for men's health issues by reclaiming the month formally known as "November". Essentially, brave men shave their faces on 31 October and attempt to grow a convincing moustache over the next 30 days, much to the delight of their friends and family. There are various styles they can adopt - for example, the handlebars, the trucker, the rock star, and who could forget the Salvador Dali?

在十一月,男性和女性都可以得到involved by either donating money or starting conversations and spreading awareness about men's health. As the Movember site says, "it's about having fun and doing good". Since its humble beginnings in Australia, Movember has become a global movement which has raised over EUR 436 million, and funded 832 projects in 21 countries around the world - these projects typically focus on three core health concerns: prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health issues.

Some of the statistics might surprise you:

Switzerland:

大约瑞士男性死亡的30％是由于癌症
Over one-third of people in Switzerland are overweight or obese

英国：

男性患癌症的风险比女性高14％，死亡的风险高37％
More than two-thirds of men in the United Kingdom are overweight or obese
四分之一的人每年都会遇到心理健康问题

美国：

One in two men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime
大约15 million adults (6.7% of the population) will be diagnosed with depression each year
美国超过三分之一的成年人是肥胖

Australia:

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One in two Australian men will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85
Average life expectancy of Australian men is almost five years less than women

While these are very serious topics, the Movember Foundation wants to engage the general community in their cause via an inventive and fun campaign. So to this end, we will leave you with a few images of our Leica Mochine Control team and their attempts to grow facial hair...

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