Picking your brain for a wacky way to raise money for a good cause? Maybe you can take some tips from Mustaches for Kids, a volunteer-run organization that does good (and has fun) by growing Mustaches for children's charities.

Questioning the feasibility of it? Since its humble beginnings in Los Angeles, Mustaches for Kids satellite chapters have spread across the continent and enlisted the efforts of hundreds of brave of Growers who, collectively, have raised over $150,000 for charities such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Children's Hospital of New Orleans, and San Francisco's Legal Services for Children!

Here's how it works: Each year, during the four-week Growing Season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Growers sprout sweet, sweet Mustaches. Per Mustaches for Kids bylaws, they shave their faces, except for the Mustache, a minimum of one time per week and solicit donations from friends, family, co-workers, and people in the community. Kind of like getting pledges to run a marathon sans the exertion, cramping, and dehydration. Call it a facial hair marathon if you will.

At the end of the Growing Season, each Mustaches for Kids chapter hosts a Mustache Competition, which is a cross between a beauty pageant, dog show, and police line up. During the Competition, Growers, often in Mustache-enhancing costumes, are put through a test of mind, body, and Mustache and allow their facial hair to be evaluated by an independent panel of judges, and one Mustache is declared to be the "Sweetest."

So it's all pretty simple: mustache, charity, competition infused with meaningless pageantry. Who wouldn’t want to spare four weeks of his life for that?