Outlaws' Ken Clausen Named Headstrong Humanitarian of the Month
March 27, 2014 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Denver Outlaws News Release
DENVER - Outlaws defenseman Ken Clausen has been honored as the HEADstrong Humanitarian of the Month for his work with Lacrosse Mustache Madness.
Mustache Madness is an annual fundraising effort that was created as a way to raise funds to support the HEADstrong Foundation. Since its inception, the campaign has helped raise more than $400,000 to support the HEADstrong fight.
"I've always wanted to continue giving back to the community one way or another," Clausen said. "While I was at Virginia, I was helping out doing some student teaching and volunteering in the community. I first heard about this kind of campaign on vacation in Fiji, of all places, and I heard these guys talking about the Movember campaign that was going on over in Australia and it seemed to have been growing internationally. It sounded really cool and it worked well with me because I already had the finger 'stache and had some notoriety with this mustache [tattoo] on my finger and my stick so it plugged into things I was already known for.
"The lacrosse community as a whole is known as just such a special and tight knit community," he continued. "I mean the degrees of separation are everywhere, so I felt like an event [similar to Movember] could work really well within the community and people would hopefully unite around it. The concept of the event is to grow your mustache from October 19th through the end of November."
The HEADstrong Foundation and MLL entered into a partnership in January to help raise awareness about blood cancers to the extended lacrosse community and its fans.
The relationship between Mustache Madness and HEADstrong runs very deep, and just this past week at the 4th Annual HEADstrong Limelight Gala, Clausen was honored as the recipient of the Relentless Spirit Award for his hard work.
"It was the first time they had given this award," Clausen said. "I was incredibly honored to receive it and like I said at the event, I was completely honored to accept the award but it's really been a team effort. It wouldn't be possible without the support of the HEADStrong Foundation and the support of the lacrosse community. I consider it a team fight and everyone's been jumping in and helping out. It was an incredible honor to receive it and an amazing event that they put on and I was really grateful to be honored there."
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