Kaipātiki Project has teamed up with Nick Molcsan, a
young Project Manager with a vision, for an unusual mission
connecting Movember with Mulch!
As an environmental
organisation, Kaipātiki Project can provide as much mulch
as Nick and his mates can lift, but is always looking for
volunteers to help it spread among young trees in a local
reserve to help them survive the dry summer. With Nick,
who’s keen to raise awareness about men’s health beyond just
growing a mo, this was a perfect match.
“A lot of the
trees planted around Auckland last year didn’t survive the
dry summer,” says Nick, “and while my Movember goal was to
plant 300 more this year, I quickly discovered it’s much
more helpful at this time of year to spread mulch around the
newly planted trees. A bit like Plunket, but for
trees.”
“This month, with the help of a few other
mo-bros and the epic crew at the Kaipātiki Project, I’ll be
spreading mulch around a few hundred recently planted native
trees on the North Shore.”
Nick and his brother had a
crack at it in the first weekend of November. “We had a
great time and even had a bit of help from the wee fella
across the road,” said Nick.
“The team at Movember
continues to do some incredibly important mahi across a
number of aspects of men’s health but this year I’m raising
money specifically towards mental health and suicide
prevention.
Globally, men die 6 years earlier than
women. To make it worse, the reasons are largely
preventable. 3 out of 4 suicides globally are men. Pretty
shocking, right? That’s why I’m doing Movember this
year: they’re hell-bent on changing the face of men’s
health and so am I.
The money I raise this Movember
will help fund ground-breaking research and innovative
mental health programs. Globally, the rate of suicide is
alarmingly high, particularly in men. Too many men are
‘toughing it out’, keeping their feelings to themselves
and struggling in silence. Movember is aiming to reduce the
rate of male suicide by 25% by 2030, and I want to help them
get there. Help me stop men dying too young.
Any contribution
you’re able to make is hugely appreciated. Not only by me
but thousands of kiwi blokes and a few little trees on the
Shore too!”
While Nick and his mates are busy chipping
away at a large pile of mulch saving trees, please support
Nick’s mission here: https://movember.com/m/nickmolcsan?mc=1
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