Crime & Safety
Wilton Police Officers Go Scruffy for 'Mowvember' to Raise Funds for Men's Health Issues
Wilton officers are participating in Movember to raise awareness and funds for men's health issues including depression and prostate cancer.
During November and December, some Wilton Police Officers may appear a bit ”furrier.”
The Wilton Police Commission and the Chief of Police have lifted their normal restriction of facial hair for officers to participate in “Movember” to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues including depression, prostate cancer and other male cancers.
Officers pay $50 per month to participate and those funds are donated to St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound, a charitable, grass roots organization run by St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation.
Since 1987, the SWIM has provided cancer education, screening, and prevention programs at low- or no-cost for the underinsured and uninsured. In addition, the SWIM helps individual cancer patients on a case-by-case basis with specific needs, such as the funding of wigs and prostheses, medication assistance, free transportation to treatments and appointments, day-care scholarships and support groups.
Click here for more information about SWIM Across the Sound.
Click here for more information about The Mowvember Foundation.
Photo: The Mowvember Foundation
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