Here at Invoke, we’re growing moustaches. We’re not doing it because we’re Tom Selleck admirers (although we are); we’re doing it for Movember, an annual, month-long event centered around raising awareness and funds for male cancers that occur below the belt. Invoke has long been a fan of the mo, and we have the pictures to prove it. Thus we’re proud to report that memelabs has been selected to host the official Movember video contest.

Excuse the sweat on our brow, the glow in our cheeks and the smile on our faces – but WHEW. Last Saturday Invoke and thousands of Vancouverite friends showed up in all manners of dress (or lack thereof) to race along 10th Avenue in support of Chip’s Not Dead Yet, a fundraiser for the BC Children’s Hospital – and what a successful Saturday it was!

Each year, Invoke donates up to $100K in pro bono work. This year, we’ll devote much of this to Chip’s Not Dead Yet, a wonderful Vancouver-based event which supports the BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH). Yesterday evening, we were lucky enough to spend some time at the Hospital, learning about our cause firsthand…

The winners for the annual Advertising Age Davey awards have just been announced. Invoke was nominated for 3 awards and won 2 for the memelabs Wells Fargo Someday Stories campaign. Invoke won Silver in the Branded Content: Video/Films/Movie category and Silver in the Not-for-profit category. This award follows up the New Media BC’s People’s Choice 2008 Popvox Award for Best User Generated Content or Crowdsourced Content Site for memelabs that Invoke won this past April.

As a follow up to the Blogathon Invoke participated in we received a very thoughtful thank-you from Plan Canada for the $2500 we raised which also acts as a promotional piece in their journal for their fund raising tools. We have no problem being made an example of: