Supporting Movember strengthens your culture and shows your commitment to men’s health, including mental health, cancer awareness, and overall wellness. This guide provides Culture, Social Impact, and ERG leaders with actionable steps for impactful initiatives that align with company values and boost workplace engagement.
Why celebrate Movember?
- Cultural appreciation: Recognizing men’s health issues fosters inclusivity and helps break stigmas, enhancing employee morale and creating a supportive workplace.
- Employee engagement: Participating in Movember attracts employees who value wellness and a caring work environment, giving ERGs an opportunity to boost engagement.
Benefits to companies
- Corporate culture: ERG-led Movember initiatives promote awareness and support for men’s health, fostering a culture of understanding and openness within the company.
- Brand reputation: Active involvement in Movember enhances your brand image, positioning your company as a leader in social responsibility and employee care.
How your company can celebrate Movember
The following initiatives were curated by our team of social impact experts that execute thoughtful social impact efforts for our customers every day. All of these initiatives will be more successful and engage more employees with a social impact platform that easily conducts campaigns, like Percent Pledge. Not to mention we will save you time and relieve the planning burden.
[1] Top-rated men’s health nonprofits
Supporting vetted nonprofits aligns with a company's social responsibility and boosts employee morale. But ERGs often face the challenge of vetting nonprofits, a process essential to ensuring their efforts align with the company’s values and truly impact the community.
Our team of Social Impact Managers have researched and vetted the following nonprofits to take the burden off you and your ERG leaders. Support these charities with trust and confidence.
Movember
Movember is dedicated to raising funds and awareness for the health of all the dads, brothers, sons, and friends in our lives.
PCF
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) funds groundbreaking research to improve the prevention, detection, and treatment of prostate cancer, with a mission to find a cure.
Men's Health Network
Men’s Health Network works to reach men and their families where they live, work, play, and pray, offering health prevention tools, screenings, educational resources, advocacy, and patient support.
Percent Pledge allows all companies and employees to donate to these nonprofits simultaneously through its Workplace Giving Platform.
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[2] Movember workplace giving
Donating to worthy causes reflects a company’s values and resonates deeply with employees and ERGs, enhancing their sense of purpose and connection to their workplace.
Employee engagement in giving
When our customers launch their programs with giving incentives, they see a 50-89% employee engagement rate compared to 13-20% engagement launching without.
Matching donations
Amplify your employees‘ contributions by matching their donations, effectively doubling the support directed towards men's health nonprofits.
Gift donations
Ignite participation and impact by gifting employees Cause Credits—gifted donations—to support top-rated men's health nonprofits.
Corporate grants
Enhance your support by offering corporate grants to men's health-focused nonprofits, providing substantial backing for initiatives that make a lasting impact on local and national levels.
We understand your employees want to give back but you have limited time and budget. Our Giving Platform empowers employees with choice to donate globally, automates impact reporting, and hosts campaigns for your ERGs.
[3] Movember volunteer events
Volunteering enriches the community, boosts employee morale, and fosters team cohesion. ERGs can lead these opportunities for your employees to give back, reflecting positively on your corporate values and enhancing the impact on the community.
Movember challenge
Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition? Gather your team and compete in one of the Movember Challenges to be crowned the Ultimate Fundraising Champions.
Host a Mo-Ment
Rally your employees and do something fun and easy, virtual or in person with Movember. Whether it's a mustache or movement competition, hosting is all about having a good time for a good cause.
We streamline corporate volunteering with our Volunteering Platform, and organize Volunteer Events for your ERGs to give them programming that’s translatable to your broader community.
Campaigns and bonus ideas
Campaigns and bonus ideas are located in our Movember Kit, the ultimate guide to engage employees while making a positive impact for Movember. The guide also contains additional context on the nonprofit vetting, giving, and volunteer event.
As always, our mission is to make your corporate social responsibility easy. Lean on us to save time and relieve the burden of planning and implementing successful campaigns.
