December Twentieth - “After the Mo”

The razors are quiet, the posters come down,
But the weight of our why still circles the town.
December rolls in with its glitter and glare,
Yet some hearts feel heavy, some minds need repair.
The moustache is still glorious , but the message must stay,
To check in on mates who drift far away.
For silence can echo much louder than cries,
And pain often hides in the brightest of eyes.
So on this twentieth day of December, as the year starts to slow,
Let us carry the torch lit first by the Mo.
Ask, “How are you really?” and wait, soft and still,
For the long, honest answers that courage must fill.
For brothers and fathers, for colleagues and friends,
Let care be the habit that never quite ends.
The month may be over, the calendar turned,
But Movember lives on in the lessons we learned.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

Nineteenth December – Holding the Line

Nineteenth dawn of the festive month, the mirror knows,
Each stubborn bristle proudly grows.
The sharper winds of December bite,
But Mo-men stand in quiet light.
The donations have thinned and the count has passed,
Yet purpose holds, unshaken, fast.
For every mate who hides his pain,
This festive month repeats the same refrain.
Check your body, guard your mind,
Be the friend who stays, who finds.
A simple “How are you, really?” said,
Can pull a brother from the edge.
So wear the whiskers, rough and real,
As living pledges, not just zeal.
Nineteen days past Movember of growth now show
How far a single Mo can go.
If courage dips or doubts appear,
Remember why you are standing here.
For futures saved and stories told,
For men grown wiser, brave and bold.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

Eighteenth December

Movember may be over, but the mission carries on into December’s light,
On the eighteenth dawn of summer, men’s stories still deserve the right.
The razor’s done its duty, yet the questions stay the same,
“Are you really doing okay, mate?”—not just a passing game.
Today, let quiet courage grow where facial fuzz once stood,
Check your body, check your mind, and speak up when life is not good.
Call a brother, text a colleague, sit beside the friend withdrawn,
A single honest “How are you, really?” can help him see the dawn.
For Movember is not a month confined, nor a slogan on a tee,
It is every tough conversation, every check, every GP.
So on this eighteenth of December, let your daily actions show,
That even when the Month is gone, the care for men still grows.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

17 December

On the seventeenth of December sunrise, my Mo still stands,
A quiet ember from November’s blaze.
The razor rests; the mission does not,
Old stubble gone, but the purpose hot.
The calendar says “Movember has past”,
Yet check-ins, chats, are the ones that last.
A message sent, a coffee shared,
Can tilt the day for a mate who is scared.
Today, grow space if not the hair,
For tales of struggle most will not share.
Ask, “How’s your load?” and wait, do not rush,
Let silence bloom, then break the hush.
For every brother who wears a Mo,
There is weight he carries you may not know.
So lift his story, steady his climb,
Turn borrowed minutes to lifesaving time.
Seventeenth of December, warm and bright,
Keep Movember’s flame in the summer light.
Moustache or none, stay brave, stay kind—
The strongest muscle is a mindful mind.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

16 December

Sixteen dawns since Mo-month closed,
Yet every whisker’s story glows.
The razors sang, the posters fell,
But quiet battles still rebel.
The calendar has turned the page,
December lights the cricket stage.
From Mackay’s breeze to cities far,
Men’s hidden storms still shape each scar.
The Mo is to thick with 6 week growth, the mission rough,
To ask a mate, “Enough’s enough?”
To sit in stillness, hold his fear,
And let him know, “You are needed here.”
For every father, brother, friend,
Who wonders if this weight will end,
The Mo was never just for show,
It marked the hearts that need to grow.
So on this sixteenth summer night,
Keep every conversation bright.
No badge, no band, no photo frame—
Just one brave question: “How is your flame?”
And if his answer comes out slow,
Stay in the pause, and do not go.
Movember lives beyond the date,
In every life you help recalibrate.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

15 December

Fifteenth of December, the razor waits,
But the mirror still remembers mates.
The Mo is thick and luscious, the cause is always in our thought,
Each hair a promise never forgot.
Movember’s posters may come down slow,
Yet check-ins, texts and coffees grow.
Ask your brother, “How’s your head?”
Make room for words we never said.
The fundraiser page is calm and still,
But lives keep moving, as they will.
So carry the cause in your daily round,
In every silence where care is found.
For every man who hides his ache,
Be the friend who helps hearts wake.
Mid-December, the message is clear:
Grow less on the lip, grow more in the year.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

14 December - Two weeks after Movember

Fourteen dawns after the month of whisker and will,
The razor waits, but the heart stays still.
My Mo never fades when the month is through,
As mates still need a stronger you.
Check the quiet friend who has gone off-line,
Ask twice, stay close, read between each sign.
A coffee, a walk, a late-night call,
Can pull a brother back from the fall.
Scars of biopsy, chemo, scan,
Sit just beneath the skin of every man.
On days like this, past Movember’s end,
Grow courage in place of hair for a friend.
So let today be a gentle nudge,
To talk, to listen, refuse to judge.
For every Mo that once was grown,
The bravest act is: “You are not alone.”

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

Movember poem – 13 December

Thirteen sunsets past the Movember line,
The Mo is bold and majestic , and the reasons still shine.
The calendar flips, but the questions remain: “How is your mind, your body, your pain?”.
No fundraising page, no selfie to post, just quiet check‑ins that matter the most.
A coffee, a call, a walk after dark, small acts of courage that kindle a spark.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

December Day 12 — The Mo Still Moves On

The mirror shows a magestic MO,
A testament of what once was defined
Those thirty days of face and flame,
A brotherhood beyond the name.
The razor hums — a fresh new start,
Yet courage stays within the heart.
For Movember’s never truly done,
It echoes with each rising sun.
The talk we sparked still burns its thread,
Through minds we have touched and tears we have shed.
The cause goes on, the mission true,
To care, to love, to see it through.
So here is to rooms where silence broke,
To gentle hands, to words we spoke.
Our Mo may fade, but not the fire —
We live the vow, and lift it higher.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

Movember, Beyond the Month- 11th December

The calendar turns, Mo-season is done,
Yet the quiet battles have only begun.
On this warm December, the 11th day,
Men still need courage to say, “I’m not okay.”
The razors have spoken, the whiskers are gone,
But check-ups and questions must still carry on.
A blood test booked, a mate you call,
Can be the moment that changes it all.
For Movember was never just moustache and style,
It is holding a brother’s truth for a while.
It is asking twice when he says, “I’m fine,”
And waiting in silence, giving him time.
So on this 11th, let the message be clear:
Men’s health is a promise for every day of the year.
Grow hope, not just hair, in the lives that you touch,
Because one honest chat can mean so much.
And if your own mind feels heavy and torn,
Remember, new strength is so often reborn.
Reach out, speak up, let the stigma be slain—
Movember lives on in the lives that remain.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

December - Day 10

Movember may be over on the calendar, but the 10th of December still carries its flame.
The razors are quiet, the moustaches are softer,
Yet the reasons they grew remain loudly the same.
For fathers, for brothers, for mates in the struggle,
For stories that never quite made it to air,
For check-ins at cricket, in tea-room or theatre, for saying “how are you?” and actually staying there.
It is more than a month of amusing moustaches,
It is 12 rounds a year in the fight for men’s lives,
Where prostates and testicles share stage with courage,
And talking out loud is what truly survives.
So here is to the 10th of December, when the posters are fading,
But every small conversation still writes a new code:
That men can be open, can falter, can reach out—
And no one need walk this long Movember road alone.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

8th December

The Mo’s been trimmed, the posters down,
But the cause still walks through every town.
Calendars flip and the weeks move on,
Yet too many brothers are already gone.
So on the eighth, when the month’s glow fades,
Hold space for the quiet, courageous brigades—
The dads and sons who booked that test,
The friend who said, “I’m not my best.”
For whiskers grow and whiskers fall,
But the talk we started must outlast it all.
Check your mate, your uncle, your own mind too,
Because Movember lives in the things we do.
So here is to the MO, the miles, the men,
To starting the chat again and again—
On this eighth day, make one vow clear:
Keep fighting for men’s health all year.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

Eighteen Seasons of Giving

Eighteen Movembers have come and gone,
Each marked by faces, hope freshly drawn.
From cane fields to islands kissed by sea,
A brotherhood grew — bold, kind, and free.
Mackay stood first, with open hand,
Turning small acts to something grand.
A raffle, a ride, a friendly shave,
Each gesture a ripple, each dollar brave.
The Whitsundays shone their golden hue,
Where hearts beat steady, strong, and true.
Tradesmen, teachers, mates at the bar —
Each moustache told who we truly are.
Through laughter and tears, through loss and cheer,
You gave not just money, but meaning each year.
For men’s health, for fathers, for sons yet to be,
You built a bridge across land and sea.
Now eighteen years stand like waves in a row,
Each crest a story, each trough a glow.
And through it all, your kindness remains —
The pulse of these towns in generous veins.
So here is to the people who never say no,
Who light up Movember with courage and show
That giving, like living, is better when shared —
Mackay and Whitsundays — forever you cared.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

7th day of December


On the seventh day of summer skies,
The razor hums, the Mo grows in shape and size,
Yet every quiet, fading hair
Still calls, “Check in, show up, be there.”
The tinsel’s up, the year-end rush,
But mates go missing in the hush;
So pause the scroll, and break the trend—
Send one small message to a friend.
Ask, “How’s your heart? How’s sleep? How’s you?”
Then wait, and listen all the way through;
For Movember’s work is never done,
While fathers, brothers, sons need one.
So on this seventh, make your stand:
A call, a walk, a helping hand;
Grow care, not hair, in word and deed—
That’s how Movember learns to lead.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia

“15 Seasons Strong — The MOV~ing Spirit”

From stubble to stories, from whispers to roars,
Fifteen campaigns have opened new doors.
The Mo Bros stood tall, moustaches in flight,
With one Mo Sista shining in champion’s light.
Together they grew more than lip-bound hair,
They grew hope and courage beyond compare.
Each dollar a promise, each smile a spark,
Lighting men’s wellness through mornings dark.
From Mackay’s greens to Movember’s stage,
They have turned concern into timeless courage.
Seventy-nine thousand, five hundred and more,
Raised not for glory—but care at the core.
Since twenty-eleven, unbeaten they reign,
Year after year, through grit and rain.
No trophy could measure the hearts they have inspired,
No scoreboard could capture how deeply they have wired.
So here is to the team—the legends, the crew,
Who remind the world what good men can do.
Fifteen seasons and still on the rise,
MOV~ing Mackay—where true spirit lies.
In 15 campaigns since 2011 we have raised an amazing one million and fifty thousand eight hundred plus($ 1,050,819.16 ) with the unrelenting support of the caring communities of Mackay and Whitsundays.

DR SANJEEV BANDI
Digital Champion & Mentor
CoderDojo - Mackay @ SplitSpaces
CAPTAIN, MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club* Movember Community Ambassador* Platinum Club Level 3 Member *1 of 2 Diamond Members of Movember Hall of Fame in Australia