It’s only three days away! This Saturday The Rotary Club of St. Petersburg Sunset launches the flying Flugtag  mustache! Check out this press release for more details.

ST. PETE ROTARY TO LAUNCH FLYING MUSTACHE IN TAMPA FLUGTAG

ST PETERSBURG, FL OCTOBER 4TH, 2011: Having recently celebrated the anniversary of its charter year in Rotary International, the newest Rotary Club of St. Petersburg Sunset is taking fund raising to new heights – or at least that is the hope.

The fun loving group is set to launch a flying machine hewn in the form of a giant mustache at this Saturday’s Red Bull Flugtag at the Tampa Convention Center. After submitting a video application, the Rotary’s “You Stay Classy Tampa Bay” team was selected to join the ranks of other aviation novices in an attempt to pilot a handmade contraption from a platform 30 feet over the Hillsborough River. Gates open at 11 a.m. local time, with flights (and crashes) between 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

In the Rotary tradition of charity, the team is using Flugtag as a fun and zany way to raise awareness and donations for a more serious cause. All proceeds from pre-launch fundraisers will be dedicated to the organization Movember. Movember is a group committed to raising funds for and awareness of men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. Movember encourages all men to raise awareness of these issues by growing mustaches in the month of November. To raise these funds, the Sunset Club has utilized both traditional and less conventional methods. Securing business sponsorships was a safe bet, while selling faux mustaches and hosting movie screenings featuring characters with fuzzy upper lips has taken fundraising to new levels of charity and fun.

Central to the mustache motif and theme of the Club’s Flugtag entry, “You Stay Classy Tampa Bay,” is a tribute to the band of motley and sometimes-mustachioed newscasters in the hilarious 2004 film Anchorman. The Club encourages you to dust off a polyester suit, practice your rendition of “Afternoon Delight,” and help support a worthy cause.
Rotary is a worldwide organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders. Members of Rotary clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

The St. Pete “Sunset” Club is specifically geared for the young and “young at heart.” The Club meets from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday evenings at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront Hotel, and welcomes all visitors to join for happy hour. For more information, visit www.stpetesunsetrotary.org.