Congratulations to all of our growers for a fantastic effort over the last six weeks.  We hope that your loved ones are enjoying your freshly shorn faces.  The Bay Area crowned three new champs this year.  Most Funds Raised went to Steve Figueroa, Best Mustache to Simon Johnson and the A For Effort Award was passed on to Evan Scher.

As of this morning, the tallies are in.  With the funds raised at both Fundraiser Finales, our total as of this morning is $48,500!  50K is within striking distance.  As the last of our sponsors make donations we have one last opportunity for everyone to support.  Free Gold Watch in San Francisco was nice enough to print us Mustache Celebration T-Shirts.  All of the imagery is from a Bay Area archive that holds illustrations from the 19th Century.  If you would like one or know someone who would, please contact us at 43Hills@gmail.com.  We have sizes for men and women S-XL.  They are $20 a piece and again, all proceeds go to the fundraiser.  Get them while they last.

Thank you to all of you who found your way to the Neighbors Tap and Showroom or Pizzaiolo on Sunday night.  We apologize for the radio silence.  Decompression was in order after the sprint through the finish line.  Here are some shots from the Bay Area’s Fundraiser Finale.  More to follow…

Red Feather Society Boutonnières

California Honeydrops in Full Swing

The Chase's

Liquor Runners

Our Growers Take A Bow

We are excited to unveil our amazing cocktail menu for tomorrow night.  Tremendous thanks to our liquor sponsors and bartenders for their creative, mustache inspired cocktails…

Simon “Monkey” Johnson has unveiled his mustache.  For the last six weeks, every dollar donated in his name bought a vote in deciding the fate of his mustache.  This morning, the votes were tallied and the whiskers sculpted.  We introduce Simon and his “Walrus.”

Every morning as the shifts change at Station 11 in San Francisco a game of dice is played.  The house all ponies up a dollar and shake.  On most mornings, the winner walks with a few bucks and buys the rest of the house coffee.  For the last six weeks, the entirety of the morning dice game has been put in an envelope.  On the eve of the Fundraiser Finale, the envelope was opened.  From within emerged $374 dollars, all to be donated to Champ Camp.  It is this creativity that we celebrate most as our fundraiser concludes.  A HUGE thank you to fellas of Noe Valley’s Station 11.  We salute you and all that you have done with your mustaches this year.

Stay dry today as the showers approach.  We will be erecting a massive tent today behind Pizzaiolo to ensure a sheltered backyard for our partygoers.  Please remember to bring cash for the Fundraiser Finale.  It will be a cash only event.

Andy Levitre of the Buffalo Bills Offensive Line was nice enough to mention us in an interview for the Buffalo Bills website.  Check out “Whats The Word” with George Wilson and Andy’s stache for cash shout out at the 1:45 marker.

Get them while you can or brave the door.

Will it be yours?

Each guest at the Fundraiser Finale will have a vote.  Make sure your whiskers are well groomed.