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Hal Stern
11  year  Mo Bro
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$12,295

Target: $14,000
raised $80,387 since 2012
My motivation
Fundraising for cause areas including:
Men's health
Prostate cancer
Testicular cancer
Mental health and suicide prevention

As Nigel Tufnel once said, "This one goes to 11." My 11th Movember campaign is bigger, better, and yes, one louder than before.

After losing our mom to pancreatic cancer early in 2024, our dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer just a few months later. He's under treatment, feeling good, and told me early on "Use my story for Movember this year."

So here's his story: Dentist, saxophone player, handyman, fisherman, painter. He taught me about jazz, being a father, and finding the right fastener for all problems. He has always been "one higher" in his own quiet way.

As I’ve heard from you over the last 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 an anthem. A march. A downfield.

Your generosity and support have also been "up the way up" as I’ve had 4 consecutive years in the top 150 in the US, 3 $10k+ years and a lifetime total over $68k.

This year's goal (as a starting point): $11,910 taking me to $80k lifetime. Another top 150 finish. And of course, let's turn the amp all the way up, all the way up, then go one higher.

It's personal for me.

My "Mo Your Own Way" goal once again this year is to complete 60km on the rower. I will share some crazy things as I pass various fundraising goals, and starting early this year will help.

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How I'm
getting involved
40 of 60 kilometres
rowing
40.91 kilometres
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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2 hour(s) ago
I rowed 3.93 km00:20:00

late afternoon row with some goose and mac evans

2 hour(s) ago
I rowed 3.93 km00:20:00

late afternoon row with some goose and mac evans

1 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Jens Christensen
$53

Hi Hal. Hope you get to your goal and let’s catch up soon.
Jens

1 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Jens Christensen
$53

Hi Hal. Hope you get to your goal and let’s catch up soon.
Jens

2 day(s) ago
Hal Stern

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!

2 day(s) ago
Hal Stern

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!

2 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Maria Wilson
$104

Hi Hal,
Condolences on losing your mom, and kudos and best wishes to your dad as he fights the big fight. You continue to be one of my heroes for your dedication to this worthy cause.
Best,
Maria (and Steve)

2 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Maria Wilson
$104

Hi Hal,
Condolences on losing your mom, and kudos and best wishes to your dad as he fights the big fight. You continue to be one of my heroes for your dedication to this worthy cause.
Best,
Maria (and Steve)

2 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Tom McGovern
$32

Hi Hal,
Thanks for the work you do! My family has struggled for the last two years with both mental health and cancer. In fact, I stepped away from the tech industry to support a few members of my family

2 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Tom McGovern
$32

Hi Hal,
Thanks for the work you do! My family has struggled for the last two years with both mental health and cancer. In fact, I stepped away from the tech industry to support a few members of my family

2 day(s) ago
I rowed 2.09 km00:10:00

hello philadelphia - guest hydrow at the four seasons!

2 day(s) ago
I rowed 2.09 km00:10:00

hello philadelphia - guest hydrow at the four seasons!

3 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Merck Company Foundation Gift Match Jason Victor
$106
3 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Merck Company Foundation Gift Match Jason Victor
$106
3 day(s) ago
I rowed 2.06 km00:10:00

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

3 day(s) ago
I rowed 2.06 km00:10:00

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

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Amy Stern
$623

Here’s to all you’ve done for a great cause—and to our Pop for a return to great health!

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Amy Stern
$623

Here’s to all you’ve done for a great cause—and to our Pop for a return to great health!

4 day(s) ago
Hal Stern

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)

4 day(s) ago
Hal Stern

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)

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Julie Keefe
$50
4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Julie Keefe
$50
4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Ondrej Skrehota
$53
4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Ondrej Skrehota
$53
4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Alison Walkow
$104

Keep it up Hal!

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Alison Walkow
$104

Keep it up Hal!

4 day(s) ago
I rowed 3.88 km00:20:00

earning the pasta tonight

4 day(s) ago
I rowed 3.88 km00:20:00

earning the pasta tonight

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Peter Ryan
$250

Impressive as always Hal! A great cause and loved reading your dad's story.

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Peter Ryan
$250

Impressive as always Hal! A great cause and loved reading your dad's story.

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Anne-Marie Maman
$53

Go, tiger, go!!

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Anne-Marie Maman
$53

Go, tiger, go!!

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
an anonymous supporter
$104

Way to go, cuz!

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
an anonymous supporter
$104

Way to go, cuz!

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Denise Timken
$53
5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Denise Timken
$53
5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Suzanne Wiser
$104

Always happy to support you and this great cause! Love you! Suze and David

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Suzanne Wiser
$104

Always happy to support you and this great cause! Love you! Suze and David

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Paris Couture
$53
5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Paris Couture
$53
5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Ward Eldred
$104

Great work Hal !!

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Basia Coulter
$32

Very sorry for your loss, but glad your dad is feeling good and happy to support the cause!
Basia Coulter

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Lisa Alger
$100

Thank you for raising money for such an important cause!

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
an anonymous supporter
$53

Love you cuz! ❤️

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Vera Hough
$253

Really glad you reached out!

6 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Eric Schreiber
$25
6 day(s) ago
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

1 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 2.02 km

morning row (with dunkies!)

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

long day of work short day of rowing

1 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 3.02 km00:15:00

monday row … happy veterans day to all who served

1 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 3.02 km

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

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

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

2 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

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

15 minute racing form to start Wednesday

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

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

3 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

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!

3 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

Previous year's activities
48 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 2.71 km00:15:00

49 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 4.5 km00:30:00

49 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 2.68 km00:15:00

49 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 1.92 km00:10:00

49 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 1.86 km00:10:00

50 Week(s) Ago
I rowed 5 km00:30:00

Previous year's posts
51 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

final Movember row - cranky machine from 20 years ago with no drag but have now rowed in 4 locations during this campaign

51 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

move mission accomplished with 4 days to go!

52 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

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

53 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

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

53 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

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

54 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

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.

54 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

60% of challenge accomplished for rowing and 80% fundraising. And tomorrow is the 33% point of Movember! Thanks team!

54 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

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.

54 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

tonight’s row in virtual alaska!

55 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

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

55 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

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

55 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

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

56 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

106 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).

107 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

108 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.

156 Week(s) Ago
Hal Stern

You guys are nuts!!! (How appropriate!!). Goal #3 passed on the way to an all-time campaign record, aiming for $35,000 lifetime and maybe 5 figures this year?

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