Utah State University fraternity helps the fight against prostate cancer

By Heidi Smith
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Utah State University fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon, fundraised throughout the month of November for prostate cancer research.

With more than $1,000 raised, the SigEps were more successful than this year than last, according to Movember co-chair Braden Allen.

Movember is a non-profit organization dedicated to curing prostate cancer and creating awareness about the disease.

“We stumbled across Movember last year and thought it was a great idea,” Allen said. “We created a team on the Movember organization website, and they sent us some supplies to get started.”

Allen said the SigEps began more prepared this year.

“Everything happened on the fly last year,” Allen said, “After some trial and error this year has been a lot more planned out and a lot more successful.”

Last year, Allen said, the fraternity focused primarily on private donations, but this year it worked to offer a wider range of ways to get involved or to donate.

“We sold hot chocolate, T-shirts, and mustache buttons, and we had the Mustache Bash,” said Michael Ruefenacht, a Movember co-chair. “The bash was really successful. We charged $1 to get in and we sold T-shirts at the door. We made quite a bit in donations, and the bands that came said they would love to come back next year.”

Ruefenacht said SigEp plans to make Movember an annual fundraising effort.