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Hal Stern
12  year  Mo Bro
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$3,503

Target: $15,089
raised $88,414 since 2012
My motivation
Fundraising for cause areas including:
Men's health
Prostate cancer
Testicular cancer
Mental health and suicide prevention

Twelve years - half a generation. Enough to look forward to what your kids will do and where your parents landed you. For me, it's sandwich generation time - adult kids, aging adult friends, and very adult parents.

My pop completed his treatment for prostate cancer this year and rang that bell with more fervor than a Vegas boxing ring official. Despite all the complications (as Lou Reed sang) he was a rock and roller and it was alright.

This year's goal is a bunch of 100s: $100k lifetime. 100% checking in on friends (near and time, time and distance wise) who need to know there's a safety net. Top 100 fundraiser finish (for a sixth year in a row). And as of today: 100 days until the official start of Movember.

As I’ve heard from decade of campaigns, men’s cancers, mental health and their intersections impact nearly everyone. I'm squarely in the middle of that Venn diagram this year.

Our theme song for men's health and mental well-being isn't something in a minor key, it's not emo, it's not shoegaze. It's an anthem. A march. A downfield. A 40-minute long Phish jam with major arpeggios that melt your face and make you smile.

Your generosity and support have also been 100% or more as I’ve had 5 consecutive years in the top 100 in the US, 4 $10k+ years and a lifetime total over $85k

This year's goal (as a starting point): $15,100 taking me to $100k lifetime. Another top 100 finish.

My "Mo Your Own Way" goal once again this year is to complete 60km on the rower, in memory and honor of a wonderful former co-woker who committed suicide earlier this year. I will share some personal, musical and less reasoned things as I pass various fundraising goals, and starting early this year will help.

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I'm moving 60km this Movember for the 60 men we lose each hour of every day. This is about 15 average sessions for me and about twice my normal pace
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Your commitment is inspiring. In memory of my dad, Gerry Hoffman, who beat prostate cancer. In honor of your wonderful dad, Joel, who also has faced this beast. Keep going, Hal! Together, we will hopefully find the cures for cancer in our lifetime!!

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Your commitment is inspiring. In memory of my dad, Gerry Hoffman, who beat prostate cancer. In honor of your wonderful dad, Joel, who also has faced this beast. Keep going, Hal! Together, we will hopefully find the cures for cancer in our lifetime!!

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Hal,
Congratulations on twelve impactful years. The way you’ve combined personal resilience and advocacy. Your commitment to reaching $100k lifetime, honoring loved ones, and advancing men’s health and mental well-being is inspiring. Wishing you continued success in this year’s campaign and beyond.
Jitendra

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Hal,
Congratulations on twelve impactful years. The way you’ve combined personal resilience and advocacy. Your commitment to reaching $100k lifetime, honoring loved ones, and advancing men’s health and mental well-being is inspiring. Wishing you continued success in this year’s campaign and beyond.
Jitendra

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Great meeting and seeing you and thanks for the ride!

Michael

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Great meeting and seeing you and thanks for the ride!

Michael

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Happy to support this important cause.

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Happy to support this important cause.

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Hal, you always remind me of your amazing feats to help others.

Here's to another successful Movember!

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Hal, you always remind me of your amazing feats to help others.

Here's to another successful Movember!

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Great cause!

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Great cause!

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Keep up the good work, Hal!

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Keep up the good work, Hal!

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You are awesome.

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You are awesome.

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When you need 1 more it’s got 11.

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When you need 1 more it’s got 11.

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Look at you Mo! Pringles brand is popping in to celebrate your support of Movember with an extra $25.

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Look at you Mo! Pringles brand is popping in to celebrate your support of Movember with an extra $25.

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40 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

That's a wrap everyone!! My immediate thoughts: Wow, thank you for your generosity, and deep appreciation for raising the conversation around sensitive and formerly stigmatized topics of men's cancers and mental health.

At $15,206 your generosity support and love brought this campaign to a new single year high, introduced 22 new donors to Movember, connected me with new and old friends with common bonds, and currently pushed me into the top 50 of US fundraisers. It truly takes a team.

And to bid farewell to Movember -- a callback to my opening shot -- The Parlor Mob at the Stone Pony, a homecoming show, a celebration of life and loudness and the hope that a high intensity band playing a shore bar brings to those kids huddled on (just a block from) the beach.

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40 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 2.1 km00:10:15

turkey row!!

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I rowed 2.04 km00:10:00

41 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 3.93 km00:20:00

late afternoon row with some goose and mac evans

41 Week(s) Ago
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lobby of the four seasons philadelphia. yours truly in tie dye Movember shirt (and yes, there is a Hydrow rower in their gym) and a huge reindeer/thunderhorse in the lobby. which lets me make a pun about big bucks!! thanks to all for your support, 8 days and about $1,800 to go!

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I rowed 2.09 km00:10:00

hello philadelphia - guest hydrow at the four seasons!

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I rowed 2.06 km00:10:00

did one of the hydrow races. is it bad i ordered pizza before hopping on the slide?

42 Week(s) Ago
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Thank you Mo Bro and Mo Sis from around the world. With 12 days to go in Movember, I was at 95% of my original goal this morning. Last donation was from a former Sun Microsystems boss whose guidance and clarity I always appreciated, and in his honor -- I'm raising my goal to $14,000, for a lifetime total of $84k (84 of course is the year "This one goes to 11" entered the vernacular)

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I rowed 3.88 km00:20:00

earning the pasta tonight

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I rowed 5.74 km00:29:00

longest row on the hydrow in 2 years. a little goose, beat and phish to go along with coaches

42 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 2.02 km

morning row (with dunkies!)

42 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 2.05 km00:10:00

long day of work short day of rowing

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I rowed 3.02 km00:15:00

monday row … happy veterans day to all who served

43 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 3.02 km

pre dinner row. better than watching the giants play and just as stressful

43 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 2.04 km00:10:00

pre pizza row! makes me a streg-row-nona

43 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 3.9 km00:20:00

slowly ramping my rowing sessions back to the 20-30 minute pressure tests of in studio workouts. 20 minute free row with “Beat” for accompaniment. Tony Levin makes it easy to row in polyrhythm

43 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 3.03 km00:15:00

15 minute racing form to start Wednesday

44 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 2.08 km00:10:00

starting new row streak - need to catch up to hit 60km

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Happy day of-day of Movember! Greetings from Boston where the Pru Center walkway always reminds me of the cargo carrier from Space:1999.
Thanks for your support and contributions - 1/2 way to goal!

45 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 2.05 km00:10:00

hello movember 2024! let’s do this - warm up post hockey row to get started

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I rowed 2.71 km00:15:00

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I rowed 4.5 km00:30:00

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I rowed 2.68 km00:15:00

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I rowed 1.92 km00:10:00

92 Week(s) Ago
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final Movember row - cranky machine from 20 years ago with no drag but have now rowed in 4 locations during this campaign

93 Week(s) Ago
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move mission accomplished with 4 days to go!

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easy like sunday morning (for you 70s fans): 3,800m and some Goose live at Red Rocks. love ir when the two opening jams fill my 20 minute row with light and funky bass

94 Week(s) Ago
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the mo is calling - 5011m in a 30 minute class, new personal best, rockin the new mo shirt to boot (llama taboot iykyk)

94 Week(s) Ago
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40km of 60km and happy halfway thru Movbember! i’m on the Sheraton Boston rower for the 2nd time in a week. watched rowers on the Charles this morning and impressed, again

95 Week(s) Ago
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Thanks to some remarkably generous donors, I'm just $43 shy of another $10,000 year. I've heard from a few old work friends who were there for my first few Movember campaigns, and some newer co-workers who share a passion for promoting health and health issue awareness.

95 Week(s) Ago
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60% of challenge accomplished for rowing and 80% fundraising. And tomorrow is the 33% point of Movember! Thanks team!

96 Week(s) Ago
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Over the summer I read Gerda Barker's memoir "Don't Stand In Line," an homage to the late punk/early industrial music scene coming out of Chicago largely featuring Barker's husband -- Paul Barker -- as bass player for Ministry. The mental health issues of everyone in and around the band, including Al Jourgensen, and the cameo appearances by Billy Tucker (Princeton area Regressive Aid, several tours with Ministry) and his eventual suicide after a bout with testicular cancer, were remarkably and poignantly conveyed. Instead of a tell-all torrid tale, Barker shares what it was like for the band families to deal with the roller coaster of emotions and creative outputs, the joy of music and the despair between. It was definitely in my Movember 2023 notebook as one of the better views of the impacts of men's cancers and mental health.

96 Week(s) Ago
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tonight’s row in virtual alaska!

96 Week(s) Ago
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nice 15 minute row - instead of hydrow athlete i chose the Trey Anastasio Band show from 4-30-22 in Atlanta, one of the last amazing shows with the late James Casey at full strength

96 Week(s) Ago
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Hit the 1/4 point in rowing last night with a solid 20 minute Buffy "sweat row".
Am I feeling it today? Yes. Am I feeling the Movember love on 11-1? Bigger yes! Am I feeling the incredible support and encouragement of this 55-person boat, pushing me past the halfway point in fundraising? Huge yes!

Happy Movember, team

97 Week(s) Ago
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A first for me: Three days in a row (pun intended) putting in the work, the leg push and the meters. I've connected my Strava app (which I use religiously to track workouts and long walks) to Movember so my rowing auto-posts over here.

This is what day one looked like in my new Movember swag. Photo credit Coach Whitney

97 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

Welcome to Movember 2023! I’m out of the starting block a few days early to allow for wedding and Belgium trips.

Got 5303m in the can today and was proud to show off my newest Mo swag

148 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

Happy first full week of Movember, team

Duran Duran was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over the weekend, and guitarist Andy Taylor missed the gig because he's dealing with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/07/duran-duran-andy-taylor-reveals-he-has-stage-4-cancer
Duran Duran was a staple of my WPRB DJ years before their music settled into the music vernacular ("Girls on Film", "Rio", "Hungry Like a Wolf").

This is why we grow, row and mo(ve).

148 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

one of the Movember slogans is “know your nuts” - in this case creepy steampunk Mr Peanut would like you to self examine

149 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

Today is the 48th Hebrew calendar anniversary of my Bar Mitzvah: the story of Noah. People think of the post-flood rainbow as a covenant (commitment); the key word in the preceding passage is "remembered." The rainbow appears because the Almighty remembered Noah for doing the right things even under pretty weird circumstances.

It seemed auspicious for the weekend to start Movember as I have more people, more stories, more personal impact to remember, lives impacted and dignity and bravery and sometimes weird circumstances. And I make an increasing commitment to raise money, push my physical limits, and raise awareness.

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