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WHAT IS THE AMERICAN MUSTACHE INSTITUTE

The American Mustache Institute(AMI) is an advocacy organization and registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit based in St. Louis, Missouri. As of its founding in 2006, AMI was the only organization in the world working towards facial hair advocacy, and AMI’s full-time staff supports a more than 300 global chapters which advocates for greater acceptance of mustaches in the workplace and throughout modern culture.

Efforts by AMI have been chronicled by the London Daily Telegraph, Dallas Morning News, USA Today, the New York Times, and The Learning Channel among other popular media.

Part of the organization’s charter includes commitment to supporting communities in which it works, and therefore created a charitable fundraising mechanism for organizations such as Challenger Baseball, a baseball league for disabled children.

HOW AMI ACTS

AMI held its first charitable fundraiser – 'Stache Bash 2006 – in July 2006. The event raised awareness of the issue of mustache acceptance, supported mustached Americans, and raised funds for Challenger Baseball.

For Stache Bash 2007, AMI created the “Greatest Sports Mustache” contest, which was won in a popular vote by former Major League Baseball player Keith Hernandez. The event raised enough funds to allow Challenger Baseball to add six new teams for the 2008 campaign.

Among others, leading up to ‘Stache Bash 2007, Matt Marrone of the New York Daily News referred to AMI as, "truly one of the most august bodies in the United States today ..."

ONGOING EFFORTS BY AMI

AMI continues its efforts of building a global community to help revive the mustache and will continue to hold its marquee 'Stache Bash event each year in St. Louis (scheduled for October 25, 2008).