See Which Orange County Real Estate Advisors Are Participating In Movember This Year

NEWPORT BEACH, CA —For 11 years running, a local advisory Real Estate group is growing a little facial hair for a good cause: Movember. The Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has dedicated their fundraising month to “Save a Father, Son, Brother & Loved One.”

One in eight American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, according to Movember. Testicular cancer is the most common cancer among young American men. In the U.S., the rate of male suicide is alarmingly high: approximately four in five suicides are men. The men of the Hanley Investment Group will once again grow their mustaches in the month of November, raising awareness and funds for prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention.

Thus far, the Hanley Investment Group has raised over $268,000.

Ed Hanley, president of the group, lost his father to prostate cancer in 2009.

“We all have important male relationships in our lives and we want the very best for those we care about,” Hanley said. "It is my hope that we can prevent others from losing a father, son, brother, friend or colleague to cancer or mental health issues.”

The year-plus of coronavirus has also brought mental health to the forefront of the conversation, according to Hanley.

"We want to do whatever we can to save lives while having ‘MO’ fun growing a mustache and raising awareness and funds for Movember’s critical programs," he said. "At Hanley Investment Group, relationships are very important to us and we always look for ways to make a difference and add value to those relationships.”

The mustache is a powerful upper-lip accessory, notes Hanley.

“A well-groomed mustache commands attention and can initiate lifesaving conversations," he says. “At Hanley Investment Group, we enjoy a culture of camaraderie and competition, so we plan to show off our mustache progress on Facebook and LinkedIn or, in some cases, show the lack of progress (due to being 'follicly challenged’)."

Hanley adds, “It feels good to make this kind of difference in our community and across the world and we hope together that we can stop men from dying too young.”

The Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Orange County recently presented Hanley Investment Group with a SPIRE Award in the category of Philanthropy for the company’s contribution to Movember. The award was presented to Ed Hanley during the 10th Annual CREW Orange County SPIRE Awards ceremony held on October 15 in Irvine, California.

Donate to Hanley Investment Group’s Movember fundraising program here.