Many men and women participate in a similar international event called No-Shave November, a web-based, non-profit organization that "encourages people to donate what they would otherwise spend on hair grooming to the American Cancer Society".[63][64] The campaign started in late of 2009, with around 50 official participants, mainly family and friends.[65] The campaign grew over the following years, and claims to have raised more than a million dollars in 2014.[66][non-primary source needed