Naked Charity

Treasured Chests

2012-01-27T12:00:00.000-05:00

Breast cancer patients' nude calendar for the Fountain Centre | This is SurreyBREAST cancer patients have come together to create a nude calendar to help fellow sufferers.
Members of Fetcham-based support group Treasured Chests produced the calendar in aid of the Fountain Centre, which supports Surrey patients.
..."Somebody came up with the idea of doing a charity calendar along the lines of Calendar Girls, and 48 hours later we were at Fetcham Park (business centre and function venue) having a photo shoot; it was incredible."
Ms Portsmouth added: "The majority of sufferers are aged between 55 and 65, but in our group we have women as young as 30 and so we thought these beautiful young ladies could help charities in a different way."

Buy it here.

Nichole de Carle London Charity Calendar

2012-01-26T12:00:00.000-05:00

Calendars aim to raise charity cash - Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Northampton-born Olympic hopeful Hollie Avil has posed for a charity calendar in aid of Wellbeing of Women. The 21-year-old triathlete joined fellow female members of team GB to model underwear from lingerie firm Nichole de Carle London for the calendar, which will go on sale in the New Year.

Yes, this is the same newspaper article I linked to yesterday, and it really does feature two calendars. But see the Telegraph, the Mirror, or the Daily Mail if you prefer. And buy it here.

Down on the Farm

2012-01-25T12:00:00.000-05:00

Calendars aim to raise charity cash - Northampton Chronicle & EchoA GROUP of young women from farming backgrounds have bared almost all to raise thousands of pounds for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.
A calendar featuring pictures of 11 women from Northamptonshire and Peterborough has been produced to fund research into the muscle-wasting disease.
...The calendar, which is on sale for £7, has already raised £3,000 and Ms Paske said the fund-raising target was now £5,000.
She said: “It has been so much more popular than we thought it was going to be.”
...The calendars can be ordered by emailing downonthefarmcalendar@hotmail.co.uk and paying through www.justgiving.com/paskey.

I love this photograph. Everyone's smiling! They're clearly having a blast.

PMC Baring It All For Cancer Research

2012-01-24T12:12:00.001-05:00

PMC riders bare it all for cancer research - The Beacon-Villager
More a dozen Pan-Massachusetts Challenge riders and supporters have stepped out of their comfort zone – and their clothing – to raise money for cancer research and treatment.
Baring It All For Cancer Research is a 2012 monthly calendar featuring PMC riders wearing only their birthday suits – tastefully covered with strategically placed PMC jerseys, merchandise, signs and bikes.

The group has raised over a half million dollars for cancer research over the last three years. Write to Alan Clarance for details or to buy. Can't imagine why they're not selling them on their web site.

Put your clothes back on, dears!

2012-01-21T12:00:00.000-05:00

Put your clothes back on, dears! | Mail Online
Yes, I am afraid it is that special time of year again. The time when the good people of this country take on their favourite charity by taking off their clothes. The time for the rest of us to shop, to dig deep, to look though rose-tinted spectacles and choose the best nude charity calendars of 2012. And this year, there seem to be more calendars than ever before.
A part of you might want to scream ‘People of Britain, put your clothes back on!’ But no country on earth has taken to this naked act of charity more than the Brits.

That's probably true. As a percentage of the total population, we've probably seen more undraped Englishwomen than any other nationality. But although the extended headline begs Britons to stop losing their kit, the article itself presents a more friendly attitude. Ms Moir gives plenty of welcome attention to dozens of good people and their many worthy charities, which is really what it's all about.

Sportsmen of South Walton

2012-01-18T12:00:00.000-05:00

Sportsmen calendar good for ladies, charity | WaltonSun.comNeed a last-minute gift for the lady who has everything?
Lesley and Fletcher Isacks have the perfect gift option for you — and it benefits two worthy causes.
The Isacks unveiled The Sportsmen of South Walton calendar last week, which will benefit Alaqua Animal Refuge and One Love Worldwide.

Available from numerous local businesses. I can almost smell the sunblock.

Footprints Nursery / Grandtully Hostel

2012-01-17T12:00:00.000-05:00

Hostel staff make a date in calendar - Perthshire AdvertiserA total of 18 people, among them women from Grandtully Hostel, near Aberfeldy, and staff and parents from Footprints Nursery in the north-east England town, shed their clothes for the Kay Smith Fund, a Hartlepool cancer charity...in memory of a 37-year-old woman who died of breast cancer in January 2006.

The calendar is available from the hostel and the nursery, and possibly some other local businesses. See also the Hartlepool Mail, and Footprints' Twitter page.

Brady Beauties

2012-01-16T12:00:00.000-05:00

Calendar girls | North Platte TelegraphMembers of the group dressed up in goofy costumes to be photographed for the calendar. Previous collectable calendars raised money for the Brady Library in 2005 and for the Brady Fire Department in 2008. The 2012 calendar proceeds will go to the school foundation of Brady, Maxwell and Gothenburg.

It can be acquired from several local businesses, as well as through the Telegraph and Bulletin. The Beauties belong to the local Red Hat Society chapter.

Polton Close

2012-01-13T12:00:00.000-05:00

Calendar girls gran and bear it for charity - South Yorkshire TimesThe lovely ladies from Polton Close Tenants’ and Residents’ Association have bared all for a charity calendar which has already reached Vienna, Canada, Madrid, Australia and New Zealand.
Proceeds from the Polton Close photos will go to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, the Chatsfield Suite at Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Help for Heroes.
... The calendars, which cost £3.50, are available from members of Polton Close Tenants’ and Residents’ Association; from the Old Village Post Office in Thorne Road, Stainforth; Tanks a Lot, Sunny Bar, Doncaster; The Pet and Angling Centre, The Green, Thorne, Mick Maye’s card stall in Doncaster Market, or by ringing Mary on 01302 840014.

As with many other recent calendars, there's no web site, and no way to mail-order it.

Ryanair Cabin Crew

2012-01-12T12:00:00.000-05:00

Ryanair customers support controversial charity calendar, says airline · TheJournal.ieRyanair called on people “to support the efforts of Ryanair’s beautiful cabin crew”, who are trying to raise €100,000 for the DEBRA charity, which provides care and assistance to children suffering from the painful and debilitating EB skin condition.

Reckon they did: The 10,000 print run has sold out.
See UPI, RyanAir.

Russian Calendar Girls

2012-01-11T12:00:00.000-05:00

Russia’s Calendar Girls strip for charity — RTMost will associate the name Calendar Girls with the famous British play – later a hit movie – based on a true story. It revolves around a group of middle-aged women, “members of a very ordinary Yorkshire branch of the Women’s Institute, who spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference.”
... It took the play’s Russian cast nearly a year to make up their minds to follow in their characters’ footsteps and create a feel-good calendar of their own.
... Money raised from the nude pictures will go to the Life charity to help drug and alcohol addicted people, and support those recently released from jail as they go through rehabilitation.

The news report doesn't give any hint how to buy one, and doing a Google search for "russian calendar girls"... well, it isn't helpful.

Ladies of 32744

2012-01-10T12:00:00.000-05:00

Lake Helen grandmothers go from bake sales to pinup girls - Daytona Beach News JournalIf at first you don't succeed, take off some clothes.
That's what a group of grandmothers in Lake Helen did when their fundraising efforts fell flat.
It all started because women in town wanted to raise money to remodel the kitchen at American Legion Post 127, a popular gathering spot in Lake Helen for veterans. In the past, the ladies had held bake sales, but they found they were only netting a few hundred dollars. Remodeling expenses would likely be in the thousands.
...Donations can be mailed to PO Box 884 Lake Helen, FL 32744. More information about obtaining a calendar is available by calling Pat Chadwick at 386-228-3695.

If it isn't obvious, 32744 is the local zip code. Although the calendar doesn't have an official web site, it is possible to buy one from a vendor on eBay. See also Dave FM.

Barely There

2012-01-09T12:00:00.000-05:00

Massey University Students Get Naked For Charity | Stuff.co.nzMassey University students have made thousands of dollars this year by taking off their clothes.
The university's 'Barely There 2010-11' calendar - which features naked third-year veterinary students posing behind well-positioned animals and props - has raised $3000 for SPCA Canterbury.

Order one here, if they haven't sold out, for $15NZ plus shipping.

Hundred Acres Pub

2012-01-07T12:00:00.000-05:00

Regulars strip off for charity calendar (From Bicester Advertiser)Fourteen volunteers, including a biker, a businessman and twins, all stripped off to show their support for [Oxford’s Churchill Hospital].

The pub owner's mother had just been treated there for lung cancer. The owner was among the women who posed. ("Mrs Barrett, 37, said: 'I couldn’t expect my staff to do it if I didn’t do it.') Her daughter (the patient's granddaughter, a photography student) took the pictures, and also appears in the calendar. There doesn't seem to be any way to buy one other than to stroll into the Hundred Acres Pub, or the nearby Shakespeare Pub.

Ashby Ponds Retirement Community

2011-12-05T12:00:00.000-05:00

Seniors go 'Full Monty' for charity - WTOP.com"They had a blast doing it," says Jessica McKay, spokesperson for Ashby Ponds. "I think it shows the spirit and the active level of the residents."
The calendar was made to benefit the Benevolent Care Fund, which provides funding for community members who outlive their financial resources but who want to remain at Ashby Ponds.
The calendar is now available for $17.95, including shipping and handling. Anyone interested in buying one should contact community resources manager Joe Barrows.

You pretty much have to go there to get one. Read more at the Loudon Times.

(Sorry for the lapse in posts. Life happens.)

Fort McMurray Firefighters

2011-11-21T12:00:00.000-05:00

Firefighters take off shirts for a cause - Fort McMurray Today
The 2012 Fort McMurray firefighters' calendar is almost hot off the press, and goes on sale Nov. 17, the date of the hotly anticipated annual signing night at Paddy McSwiggins.
After posing for the good cause, the 12 pin-up firefighters will be on hand to sign the fundraising calendars and "put their comments down, take phone numbers ...," laughed Fort McMurray firefighter/EMT Adam Bugden.
About halfway through the night, the lads will be auctioning off the shirts they're wearing for the signing.This year, 2,500 copies of the calendar are being sold for $20 each. The signing event gets underway at 9 p.m. Admission is a minimum $5 donation at the door.
Money raised from this event and other fundraising endeavours are earmarked for local charities such as the Fort McMurray Boys and Girls Club, Centre of Hope, Santa's Anonymous, Unity House and the Fort McMurray Food Bank.

This isn't their first: There's a Facebook page for a previous year. Wish I could offer you a place to order it from: If there ever is a way, I expect they'll mention it here. Auctioning off their shirts is a great touch.

Garrison Girls

2011-11-18T12:00:00.001-05:00

Servicemen's wives pose nude for charity calendar (From Dorset Echo)
THE intrepid wives of soldiers, sailors and airmen have again posed in the nude for an underwater-themed 2012 charity calendar.
Garrison Girls, set up by a Dorset woman, is trying to raise £5million for a retreat to help service men and women with post traumatic stress disorder.

Available online from The Forces Store (direct link to calendar) or from Garrison Girls.

Wait, it says "have again posed"? That's correct, this isn't the first time.

I wish I'd been organized enough to feature this calendar on Veterans' Day.

Pin Up for Heroes

2011-11-17T12:00:00.000-05:00

Military wives and girlfriends strip off for charity calendar for injured servicemen | Mail Online
While their husbands and boyfriends are away fighting, a group of army WAGs have found their own inventive way to do their bit.
Fifteen women, mostly the wives and girlfriends of men in the armed forces, are posing as 1950s-style pin-up girls for a charity calendar to raise money for injured troops.
More than 300 women volunteered to be photographed for the calendar, most of which was shot at the Help For Heroes recovery centre for injured service personnel at Tedworth House in Wiltshire.

Here's their Facebook page, which includes a link for ordering. I wish I'd been organized enough to feature this calendar on Veterans' Day. This is at least the third Help for Heroes calendar. See also This Is South Wales.

Humane Hunnies

2011-11-16T12:00:00.000-05:00

Calendar to benefit Humane Society | Daily Reflector
Set Salon owner, Susan Chesson, left, and Moxie Promotions Kelly Boutilier, right, talk about their recent success with a charitable, pin-up style calender called the Humane Hunnies, whose proceeds support the efforts of the Humane Society of Eastern Carolina.

This Daily Reflector article is behind a paywall (because that's working so well for every newspaper that has tried it, I guess), and the calendar doesn't have its own website. It does, however, have a Facebook page which says what it costs but not where to get one. They haven't even posted a picture of the cover. Ahhh, there's a FundRazr link in there, buried at the very bottom of the page--which is to say, in the first post on the wall and not since.

I don't mean to be critical, ladies, I'm sure you're doing good work, but it could be easier to get information about this project. That darned FundRazr link should be reposted at least once a week, if not placed on your Info page permanently.

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

2011-11-15T12:01:00.000-05:00

Students get naked for Calendar Girls style charity fundraiser | WalesOnline
Monies raised from the sale of the calendar will go to the charity Touch Trust, based at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, which offers touch-based movement education and dance for visitors with autism, multiple disabilities and challenging behaviour.
...The calendars are £7 each or two for £12, they are available from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Student Union Shop, Castle Grounds, North Road, Cranes Music Store, High Street, Cardiff as well as The Millennium Centre in the Touch Trust section of the building, Cardiff Bay.

I'm not finding a way to mail order.

Naked Bartenders Of York

2011-11-14T15:01:00.000-05:00

Naked calendar to raise awareness of river safety campaign (From York Press)
A GROUP of bartenders from York will be throwing caution – and their clothes – to the wind when they go naked for a charity calendar to raise awareness of The Press's river safety campaign.
..."Obviously all 'rude bits' have been covered in a comedic way – although once the lads stripped off it was very hard to make them put their clothes back on."
...The calendar, which costs £8, will be available from 1331, Vudu Lounge, Bobo Lobo, The House Of Trembling Madness and Evil Eye, following a launch night on November 22.

I'm not seeing any way to mail order, but there is a Facebook page.

Kittendales

2011-11-04T12:00:00.000-04:00

Kittendales calendar to benefit Hull animal shelter - The Patriot Ledger
A little beefcake is once again helping out some needy felines. The fifth anniversary edition of the Kittendales calendar is now on sale. The calendar for 2012 features new photos of past Kittendales, shirtless men in varying poses with cats from the Hull Seaside Animal Rescue shelter.
The calendar is a major fundraiser for the nonprofit, no-kill shelter that rescues cats, places them in homes and assists in the care and control of the feral cat population through a spay and neuter program.
...The calendars, which sell for $20, are available at Hull Seaside Animal Rescue, 50 L St.; the Toast Restaurant, 121 Nantasket, as well as kittendales.com or hsar.org.

Ocean Beach Malibu Club

2011-11-03T12:00:00.000-04:00

Beach bums on show as club strips for calendar - Express Advocate Gosford EditionMEMBERS of the Ocean Beach Malibu Club have bared all in the name of charity. Well most of it anyway.
Keen to raise money and support the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, surfers stripped off and posed for a “discreetly photographed” calendar.
[Club president Craig] Coulton said photographing the calendar was “great fun”.
“After the first five minutes of awkwardness, soon everything was on display and the hilarity began,” he said.

It's AUS$20 from http://www.oceanbeachmalibuclub.com/.

New Zealand Firefighters

2011-11-02T12:00:00.000-04:00

Firefighter's cancer calendar hits close to home | Stuff.co.nzWhen Elaine Moore agreed to star in New Zealand's first female firefighters calendar she was doing it to help the Child Cancer Foundation.
It's a cause that is now closer to home after her 15-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer.
...The Child Cancer Foundation has been the principal recipient of the funds raised by the Fire Service calendar with more than $500,000 donated to the charity in the past 20 years.

Buy it at http://www.firemanscalendar.co.nz. Unlike most such fundraisers, they publish separate men's and women's calendars.

MCR Presidents' New Clothes

2011-11-01T23:18:00.000-04:00

MCR Presidents bare all for charity | The Oxford StudentUndergraduates will be seeing more of their tutors than they bargained for as the MCR Presidents’ Committee prepares to launch its charity naked calendar on Tuesday.
A mixture of current and former MCR presidents have been photographed nude over recent weeks in the hope their calendar will raise money for The Gold Coast Fund, a charity founded by former St Hilda’s MCR Vice-President Kojo Minta who died this August aged 24.

Read about the launch party. There doesn't seem to be a way to order it over the web.

BBC News - Why do we still buy calendars?

2011-10-09T12:01:00.000-04:00

BBC News - Why do we still buy calendars?

The continued level of interest in this most analogue of devices is all the more remarkable given that it has, at least in theory, been superseded by technology. Now smartphones come equipped with personal diary planners and online calendars are available to all.
But wander through any shopping centre and it quickly becomes apparent that the traditional version remains popular.
...The genre continues to evolve. Since the ladies of Rylstone Women's Institute posed naked to raise money for leukaemia research - a venture immortalised in the 2003 film Calendar Girls - the charity sector has witnessed an explosion of similar nude collaborations.

Well, thanks for mentioning it.

Let's see here. We could get a smallish flat screen dedicated monitor and mount it on the kitchen wall near the refrigerator (I'm not brave enough to try to hang it on the fridge door). Define it as a secondary display to the nearest computer and show a browser window of Google Calendar. Update it with a nearby wireless keyboard. Download your favorite images from the Hubble and use them as wallpaper. The technology is up to it.

But is that really more efficient than a whiteboard and dry-erase marker? Or, if you're on a budget, a paper calendar and a 39 cent pen?

To a man with a hammer, the world looks like a nail. I love my computer, but I still have a calendar next to the back door.

Bare(ly) Fishing

2011-10-05T12:01:00.001-04:00

Fisherman’s friends come together for naked charity calendar - Hunts PostA GROUP of fishermen friends have braved chilly waters, strange looks and plenty of ‘tackle’ and ‘rod’ innuendoes to strip off for a Huntingdon charity.
The group of nine anglers dispensed of their waterproofs and wellies, but kept their fishing lines close at hand for the ‘Calendar Girls’-inspired naked calendar in aid of Huntingdon MS Therapy Centre and the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

I'm seeing no way to purchase the calendar other than in person at the MS Therapy Centre.

Irish Farmers

2011-10-04T12:01:00.000-04:00

Back by popular demand Ireland’s naked Farmers Calendar | IrishCentralOnce again Irish farmers have shed their clothes in the name of charity and good fun for the Irish Farmers 2012 Calendar, 100% Beef. Already the calendar is selling like hot-cakes (or dare I say beef-cakes) in the UK and Germany.
The Irish organized calendar, now in its second year, continues to give a quarter of its profits to Bothar. This Irish charity has been sending livestock to the developing world since 1991.

Buy it here for €10 plus shipping.

The Irish Central reader response raises a valid point: Nobody's naked in this calendar. The word "naked" (and its near-synonym "nude") have been badly corrupted and devalued in common discourse. The article repeatedly mentions "naked Irish farmers" when they are nothing of the kind: They are shirtless only, and seeing as they're all men that shouldn't be a big deal. (The calendar itself doesn't use either word.)

I called this blog "Naked Charity" as a shorthand, but relatively few of these calendars actually feature unambiguously naked people. Am I contributing to the decay?

University of Portsmouth

2011-10-02T12:01:00.000-04:00

Nude charity calender faces the axe after unedited pictures were posted online | Mail Online
Pictures of students from the University of Portsmouth's calendar have ended up on porn websites.
Photographs have also been posted on forums where they have been viewed and commented on thousands of times.
The pictures which went into the calendar were edited to preserve the girls' modesty, but the ones uploaded online were unedited.

I'm a little concerned that the Daily Mail doesn't know how to spell "calendar", but that's a minor issue here.

So, how did "unedited" pictures get out in the first place? The internet doesn't creep into your computer and suck things out of it.

Makers of the calendar believe a university student may be responsible for uploading the photos.

Gee, ya think? That's some mighty fine police work there, Lou.

The calendars have raised quite a bit of money over the years. I'm sorry to see the girls, the school, and the charity suffer for their good intentions.

See also University of Portsmouth Student Union.

See also Portsmouth News, Telegraph, Metro, TNT Magazine.

In Our Own Skin

2011-09-30T12:01:00.011-04:00

Friends For Animals Humane Society, Burke County NCA few (16) local gals (and one guy) opted to show their support and their skin for Friends for Animals by stripping off their clothes and getting real! Friends for Animals is releasing an 18-month (January 2012 - June 2013) calendar ($20. per calendar) featuring Burke County residents and rescued pets to raise funds for the FFA Humane Society of Burke County as well as to support the new community spay and neuter program for low income families, REASON.

Order it from Friends For Animals, above. See also their Facebook page, and the Morgonton News Herald.

I have to say I really love the cover.

Shirts Off Their Backs

2011-09-29T12:01:00.001-04:00

Volunteers Strip For Homeless Pets - KSATTwelve volunteers of the Bulverde Humane Society have taken a daring move and are literally giving the shirts off their backs to raise money for homeless animals.
The women have posed topless in a 2010 calendar that is described as not only the first of its kind in Bulverde, but possibility in the whole state of Texas.

The KSAT link features video of the story, and includes some images from the calendar itself. I don't see anything about it on the Bulverde Humane Society page, but then it was last year. See also My San Antonio, WMTW, YouTube.

Salisbury City Belles

2011-09-28T12:01:00.009-04:00

Salisbury City FC Supporters Club - City Belles Charity CalenderThe 'City Belles' calendar has come about following my [Suzie Iles] breast cancer diagnosis in February 2011. Beth Doyle and I were having a cup of tea and joking that we should do a WI style calendar but as Whites fans, it should have a football theme. Stuart Cannell offered to do the design work and the mad idea slowly became a reality...! Four other brave ladies agreed to reveal all for the cause and the City Belles were born! I was very lucky, and thanks to the staff at the Pembroke Suite, the Breast Care Sisters, the surgeons at SDH and the radiotherapy team at Southampton General, I am now through my treatment and on the road to full recovery. The calendar is my way of putting something back whilst also raising money for the Whites and the Stars Appeal Pembroke Unit Fund.

Order at the above link. See also the Salisbury Journal.

Harlow Walking Group

2011-09-27T12:01:00.006-04:00

Ramble group ladies take a walk on the wild side for charity | Harlow StarCHEEKY Harlow ramblers found themselves really out in the open when they agreed to strip off for a naked charity calendar.
Despite starting initially as a joke, the 14 women from the Harlow Walking Group were all eventually persuaded to undress for the tasteful Calendar Girls style calendar to help raise money for the Harlow Fields School.
"It was my idea," explained 73-year-old Sheila Cleary of Hawkenbury. "We were walking one Friday talking about fundraising events we could do and I said we should do a calendar like those calendar girls.
"Despite laughing at first, everyone was surprisingly enthusiastic about the idea and eventually we decided well why not – much to our children’s and grandchildren’s disgust!"

There doesn't appear to be any way to order one other than calling them. The number is in the Harlow Star.

Scrum-ptious Huddersfield Giants

2011-09-26T12:01:00.005-04:00

Eorl Crabtree faces up to naked truth | The SunEORL CRABTREE says stripping for charity was nothing compared to last week's play-off embarrassment.
Crabtree and his Huddersfield team-mates have peeled off their clothes to raise money for the Laura Crane Teenage Cancer Trust.

Buy it, and the two previous years' calendars, here.

Footy Ink

2011-09-23T12:01:00.007-04:00

Footy Ink
Footy Ink is a charity-driven calendar with a percentage of proceeds being donated to the McGrath Foundation.

Above is the official site, but see also SameSame. Calendars are $30AU, but posters of each athlete are also available.

Heart Research UK

2011-09-22T12:01:00.006-04:00

Olympic athletes pose naked for charity - mirror.co.uk
SUPER fit athletes Kelly Sotherton [right], Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Lisa Dobriskey reveal amazing physiques as they get set to compete in the 2012 Olympics.
Heptathlete Kelly, 34, sprinter Harry, 22, and middle distance runner Lisa, 27, got their kit off for a calendar to raise funds for Heart Research UK.

I haven't found an official page for the calendar.

Cats Protection

2011-09-21T12:01:00.014-04:00

Naked calendar to benefit Caterham cats charity | This is Surrey
Next month, Caterham, Redhill and East Surrey Cats Protection launch their risqué 2012 calendar in the hope of raising hundreds of pounds for the area's mistreated moggies.

First in was telecoms engineer Jean Bailey, 44, of Huddlestone Crescent, Merstham.

The volunteer Cats Protection welfare coordinator said she had some last-minute nerves and added: "I arrived thinking, 'I'm not going to get my pants off for anybody – the pants are staying on,' and I did decide I wanted to do a back shot. I wasn't sure about full nudity.

"But when I was there I thought 'what the hell'."

That seems to be a common attitude among reluctant calendar models. And they usually end up having fun.

To order call 0845 3712739 or e-mail eastsurreycats@yahoo.co.uk.

Alnwick Garden

2011-09-20T12:01:00.000-04:00

Garden staff shed their inhibitions - Northumberland GazetteThe willing recruits have been photographed throughout the attraction with carefully positioned props and plants covering their modesty.
Proceeds will be donated to The Alnwick Garden Trust, which seeks to change the cultural environment for the better and help people transform their conceptions, expectations and aspirations and those of their communities.
The calendar has been shot by Garden volunteer Margaret Whittaker and will be available to buy from the attraction’s gift shop for £4.99.

There's a second article from the Northumberland Gazette, but even the garden's official page does not mention mail orders.

Grin and Bear It

2011-09-19T12:01:00.002-04:00

Gardening ladies grin and bare it once again | SignOnSanDiego.comWith another racy calendar, the lady gardeners of Valley Center are at it again. Members of the Dos Valles Garden Club of Valley Center have undressed for another risqué calendar as a follow up to their 2006 release. This time they have donned scanty, historical outfits outside of some of the town’s historical sites. ...Proceeds from the calendar, called “Grin and Bear It,” will benefit scholarships and donations to the library and the community.

It's $18: Order it here.

Naked Jennifer Ellison breaks wrist in bizarre piano accident

2011-09-18T21:22:00.000-04:00

Naked Jennifer Ellison breaks wrist in bizarre piano accident - mirror.co.uk

I don't know what's so bizarre about a falling piano. It happened 30 minutes before curtain for Wednesday's performance of the touring production of "Calendar Girls," which if you're reading this blog you should darn well know what it's about. Now Ms Ellison knows that "catch that piano" works about as well as you would think it would.
But she was back on stage the next night, wearing a bright pink cast. And, presumably, not much else.

See also the Daily Mail and, if you do a quick Google search, almost every other newspaper in Britain.

Girls Of Geek

2011-09-16T12:01:00.004-04:00

Girls Of GeekGirls of Geek is a yearly calendar focused on beautiful geeky women showing what being a geek is really about! The calendar showcases all things geeky from video games, mobile devices, computers, gaming, comic books, and everything geeky in-between! A portion of all sales will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Fund.

See also Geeks are Sexy. If you pre-order before 9-20 you qualify to win a Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1.

NSW Firefighters

2011-09-15T12:01:00.005-04:00

Hunks of burning love | thetelegraph.com.auThe 2012 NSW Firefighters Calendar, launched next month, features some of the state's steamiest rescuers, who've donated their time - and biceps - to raise money for the Westmead Children's Hospital burns unit.
Calendar co-ordinator Rhett Mitchell said it was difficult to pick just 12 volunteer pin-ups out of a record 60 applications this year.

They've been doing this since 2005. Order it here.

Lightwater Rugby Club Uncovered

2011-09-14T12:01:00.000-04:00

Naked rugby calendar photographer avoids tackle - getsurreyAbi Northwood, from Lightwater Rugby Club, said: "It may not be a new idea, however it’s a first for Lightwater RFC and the brave 12 players who bared all, well not quite all, for the first uncovered calendar. Calendars are £12 each with £2 of every calendar going to the Surrey Air Ambulance."

See the club's web page to order.

Leamington RFC

2011-09-13T12:01:00.004-04:00

Leamington RFC players strip off for charity calendar | Coventry TelegraphMembers of Leamington RFC stripped off for a series of cheeky photos in aid of the Prostate Cancer Charity.
Twelve of the club’s first and second team squads took part in the naked training for the £5 calendar, which is due out in mid-October.

I can't find any mention of whether it will be available via mail or web order, but I imagine it'll be announced on the club's page when it is.

In Bed with the Nightshift

2011-09-12T12:01:00.004-04:00

The Nightshift Blog Week 60: Laura Keenan
Well the last two weeks have been very glamorous and exciting, as you’ve no doubt heard we had the photoshoot for The Nightshift contribution to the STV Appeal 2011...aaah yes the charity calendar aptly titled “In Bed with the Nightshift.”
I’m not gonna lie, I hate getting my picture taken, when they said they wanted me in nightwear I was less than keen, but then they told me what the appeal was all about and I gladly let them remove the metaphorical gun from my head! Now, I know it seems incongruous that I was willing to be dressed up like a lady of loose morals to raise money for children BUT weird as it may sound, in an effort to give Nightshifters a smile and a giggle while they raised money for a fabulous cause – that is indeed what I did! Great fun it was too!
Wait til you see the calendar! In fact, they go on sale today!!! Go straight to The Nightshift website www.stv.tv/thenightshift and if you look at the middle of the page on the left hand side you’ll see The Nightshift logo and the link to buy the 2012 calendar! They are selling like hotcakes already which is fabulous as all the money raised in Scotland stays in Scotland! :D

Wait a minute, she's a television presenter and she hates to have her picture taken? Funny line of work to get into.

Burning Girl

2011-09-10T12:01:00.020-04:00

From SF Examiner Relationship Blog:
This calendar was shot at Northern Nevada's 4th of July event at Rancho Rico outside Yerington, Nevada. The festival is called Burning Girl and is located on a 100-acre ranch surrounded by BLM land where the wild mustangs roam freely. ...Net proceeds will go directly to SAM (Saving America's Mustangs). ...You can your calendar now by going to: www.burninggirl.myevent.com

The calendars are $12 each and look lovely. See also 4th Annual Burning Girl.

Men Taking Action

2011-09-09T12:01:00.007-04:00

MTA bus drivers pose for new beefcake calendar to raise money for sickle cell anemia (NY Daily News)The organization came up with the idea for a spread of toned transit workers, with the proceeds going to the American Sickle Cell Anemia Association, which provides services to people who have - or are at risk of developing - the blood disease.
So far, five bus drivers and one dispatcher have made the cut for the calendar. Their photos have been posted on the the group's Facebook page: Mentakingaction Ute.

Read more at the Gothamist and Village Voice. The calendar is scheduled to go on sale at a fundraiser on Sept 17, but shooting isn't complete.

Nation’s Bravest

2011-09-06T12:01:00.014-04:00

St. Louis fireman promotes beefcake calendar
Proceeds from calendar sales will benefit a variety of worthy charities nationwide, but local funds will go to the St. Louis Lifesaving Foundation to purchase vital equipment.
Calendars ($19.95) can be also be purchased online at www.NationsBravest.com or at the upcoming fundraiser.

You can also like them on Facebook. See also Seattle Times.

Cosplay for a Cause

2011-09-02T12:01:00.022-04:00

Cosplay for a CauseCosplay for a Causes' mission is to use our love of costuming to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross Society to assist in Japan's Disaster relief aid. We are currently offering a 2012 calendar which contains international cosplayers with many never before seen photos. 100% of all our proceeds will be going to the Japanese Red Cross society.

I'll acknowledge in advance (before both of my readers write me to say it) that this project doesn't fit the stated mission of this site: Nobody gets naked. In fact, that's sort-of the point. But since I'm at DragonCon at the moment, I thought I'd go off on a tangent. You won't find cosplay done any better than this. Hey, you could meet me and visit the Cosplay for a Cause booth while you're there.

See also Geeks are Sexy.

Nottingham University Girls Polo Club 2011

2011-09-01T12:01:00.009-04:00

Nottingham Polo Club Nude Calendar
For the third year running we have chosen to support our brave troops and donate a percentage of profits to the amazing charity Help for Heroes. Thanks to our sponsors, TPMC, we are able to increase our support and donate a whopping 50% of every sale of 2011 calendars to the cause! The remaining profits are used to subsidise our university tournaments, allowing us to lower the financial barriers and make the wonderful sport of polo more accessible to all students.

The above link goes to the club's own page, from which the calendar was purchasable. Still looking for sample images from the other years' calendars...

Nottingham University Girls Polo Club 2008

2011-08-31T12:01:00.017-04:00

NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY POLO CLUB NUDE CALENDAR LAUNCH PARTY DEC 07 | Polistas
It is now hoped that the 2008 issue will also raise over £1,500 for nationwide children's charity, Kids First. The calendar has grown steadily since 2005 to become the mainstay of many a luck Christmas stocking.

Polistas is a team sponsor, a merchant of fine polo clothing.

Celebration 2012

2011-08-30T12:01:00.018-04:00

Framingham church seniors pose nude in 2012 calendar | MetroWest Daily News
The calendar is on sale for $15 to raise funds for the [First Parish Church in Framingham MA]'s Celebrating Men initiative that kicks off this September and runs through October.
After Sept. 1, "Celebration 2012'' may be purchased online at www.fpfcalendar.com, by calling 508-872-3111 or at Damianos' Fountain Street studio on the fourth floor, east 508-872-4880.

You can also get it here. And all you MetroWest reader responders who think it's the height of wit to hope they wiped down the pews after the cover was shot: God knows where you live.

And I don't know why the Huffington Post has this story flagged as "satire", the calendar is quite real.

Davallament youth group

2011-08-29T12:01:00.015-04:00

Guardian | Naked passion of Christ calendar shocks Mallorcan CatholicsA Catholic youth group has shocked its religious superiors in Mallorca by producing a calendar that features a nude version of the passion of Christ.
The wrath of the bishop of Mallorca has fallen on the Davallament youth group from the Spanish island's town of Sant Joan after they decided to make the stripped-down version of the Easter week story to raise funds.

See also portfolioLATINO, Fox News. They had "almost sold out" by January 2011.

Bexhill Rowing Club

2011-08-26T12:01:00.008-04:00

Bexhill Observer | Cheeky purchase with Bexhill’s ‘calendar boysIT’S the must-have of the year, surely?
Who amongst us would not be cheered, even in the dark depths of February or March, by this sight of Bexhill’s finest?
This all-new naked calendar will be on sale at the auction of promises on Friday evening at the De La Warr Pavilion, and frankly, Bexhill, you’d be mad to miss out - they cost £10 each, or £15 for two.

No word yet on whether one can mail- or web-order them, but I'm sure they'll announce it when/if it happens.

Bare Because We Care

2011-08-25T12:01:00.001-04:00

Bare Because We Care
Springs Rotaract Club is a Community-based Youth Volunteer organisation which serves the needs of various people within our immediate community and around the country. In order to meet these demands we hold several fundraisers throughout the year and also try to increase awareness of what Rotaract is about.

A good name can be used more than once, especially if it's true. I can't find any reports of how well the calendar did.

Dare to Bare Because We Care

2011-08-24T12:01:00.013-04:00

Telegraph | Namibian Women "Dare to Bare Because We Care" for Animal Welfare
Desperate to raise funds for the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), 12 mostly middle-aged Namibian pet lovers bared it all with furry models from an animal shelter -- though most of these animals were since lucky enough to be adopted.
What started as a joke, with an ambitious print run of 2,000 copies at 300 Namibian dollars each (40 US dollars, 28 euros), became a money-maker in the Christmas shopping fever.

And another [Dare to] Bare Because We Care. As of mid-2010 they still had some left and had dropped the price to 100 dollars Namibian. I'm sure they're all gone by now, so I'm hoping for a happy ending. See also Facebook and the Windhoek SPCA.

Bare Because We Care

2011-08-23T12:01:00.010-04:00

Bare Because We Care 2011 Calendars on Sale Now
At Nipomo Dog and Cat Hospital we have a lovely and talented team who truly care about the dogs and cats of Nipomo. We have been talking and joking about making such a calendar for almost two years. This year we have published our first “Bare Because We Care” Calendar. Each month features one of us, slightly bare, with a pet we have adopted for our own! The proceeds from our calendars will go into our Animals In Need Fund.

No, you're not seeing double. There is more than one group calling their calendar "Bare Because We Care."

Bare Because We Care

2011-08-22T12:01:00.011-04:00

Humane Society of Jefferson County, Wisconsin
After the success of our first tastefully nude calendar of 2007, the HSJC board members, staff, and volunteers are baring it all again in our 2012 calendar. This time, the calendar proceeds will go towards the construction of our new state-of-the-art facility. Calendars are $20.00 each and are available at a variety of locations throughout Jefferson County beginning August 8th. Calendars may also be ordered over the phone or online. For more information on how to purchase a calendar, please click here.

The Naked Muse

2011-08-19T12:01:00.018-04:00

Max Wallis by Annabel Williams,
shot on the Opium bed in Coleridge's study,
Greta Hall. Photograph: Annabel Williams

Naked poets bare all for calendar of male muses | Books | guardian.co.uk
All proceeds from the calendar, which will be available for pre-order from 6 October at the Wild Women Press site, will go to diabetes research, as will money raised from an auction of images taken by the 13 photographers for the calendar and shown at a private exhibition on 12 November.

North Otago Rugby Union

2011-08-18T12:01:00.010-04:00

Nude, boozy fundraiser causes concern - oddstuff | Stuff.co.nzThe Alcohol Advisory Council has expressed concern about a calendar featuring nude North Otago rugby players surrounded by Speight's beer as a fundraiser for junior rugby.
The calendars, which are a first for the North Otago Rugby Union, are selling for $20 each and have been on sale for a month with 1000 distributed.

See also the Timaru Herald. It can be ordered from the North Otago Rugby Union.

Whitby Bin Men

2011-08-17T12:01:00.001-04:00

Whitby Gazette | Naked binmen raise £2,000 for good cause
The 12 workers from Scarborough Borough Council’s waste and recycling departments stripped off last year with just pieces of recyling equipment hiding their modesty.
...The cheque for £2033.60 was handed over to the two charities that will benefit from the money – Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Help for Heroes.

I'm not finding any hint that the calendars were ever available via mail or web order, only from local merchants. But read more at Forces Pen Pals, Scarborough Council and Real Whitby Magazine. Or just search for "Whitby Ben Men calendar". And congratulations to all involved!

Calendar Girls: the Stage Play in New Zealand

2011-08-16T20:08:00.002-04:00

Calendar Girls: Being naked on stage, but very tasteful | The National Business Review
It is a delightful and entertaining piece of theatre. It has heart, lots of genuine emotion and true sentimentality. The success of the show is due largely to the enthusiastic performances of the six female leads.
...The play manages to provide something between voyeurism and titillation, never giving offence, presenting the naked women in the best of all possible taste. This is a show for the prudish as well as the broadminded – maybe not too prudish, though.

Well, it is about women getting naked, after all. It's not like you didn't know what you were getting when you bought the ticket.

See another review in Auckland Now and the advance stories in the Star-Times and Auckland Now. And if you're in New Zealand, why not go?

Thoroughbred Racing Jockeys

2011-08-16T12:01:00.014-04:00

A look at the beefcake aboard the horseflesh - Times Union"(Castellano) said, 'Look. My wife just got this for me,' " Livingston says. "And I said, 'That's really lovely. Just take it off.' "
...He's Mr. September in a "beefcake" calendar featuring 12 jockeys and being sold to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.

That's him in the picture. $13.99 plus shipping from Black Liner Productions.

Hot to Trot

2011-08-15T12:01:00.001-04:00

Hot to Trot
Fifteen Hot To Trot Equestriennes are about to lay bare the real beauty behind horse riding. They are mounting up wearing nothing but their smiles for a 2012 calendar in aid of an amazing charity, the British Trust For The Myelin Project, which funds research into Multiple Sclerosis and Leukodystrophy. The riders, from around the UK, are being shot in twelve beautiful locations from Thirsk to Warwickshire, to the shore of the Menai Strait.

See also Coventry Telegraph. Calendars will be £12 in the UK, £15 in Europe, £20 for the rest of us (includes postage).

Female Firefighters (Queensland AU)

2011-08-12T12:01:00.001-04:00

Firefighter sizzles for top cause | Sunshine Coast NewsVanessa [Madge} is one of 12 female firefighters from the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service who have teamed up for the 2012 Female Firefighters Calendar to raise funds for the Queensland Cancer Council for breast cancer research.
...For more information or to reserve a calendar visit Female Firefighters website.

AU$10. Yeah, I was noticing a trend this week.

St. Paul Firefighters

2011-08-11T12:01:00.000-04:00

St. Paul firefighters flex their muscle for calendar | StarTribune.com
Six firefighters will each appear twice in a 2012 calendar that will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. They're asking Facebook users to "like" their favorite firefighter on the Facebook page, St. Paul Firefighters Calendar (www.startribune.com/a569). The winner will grace the cover.

...It's available online [$15] at www.stpaulfirefighter.com. A promotional video can be seen at www.startribune.com/a570.

Aaah, social media!

The car wash that wasn't

2011-08-10T12:01:00.004-04:00

Hunky calendar boys banned from Epsom insist they are real firemen (From Your Local Guardian)
First the Fire Brigade's poster boys were banned from doing a charity car wash, then questions were asked about whether they were even real firefighters.
To add insult to injury, the people appearing to question their bona-fides were fellow fire fighters from Epsom fire station.

There's no mention of the calendar itself, which I suppose is either too late (for 2011) or too early (for 2012). But I'm guessing that when it's available, it'll be mentioned at the Fire Fighters Charity page.

Saanich Firefighters

2011-08-09T14:11:00.000-04:00

Victoria Times Colonist | Behind the scenes at the firefighters' calendarFunds from sales of the calendar will go toward the Saanich Fire Charitable Foundation, which raised more than $100,000 for local charities last year through various events. The events included community runs to help burn victims, building a Little League clubhouse and an NHL old-timers hockey game which raised one of the biggest single donations to the Mustard Seed food bank yet.

They've done calendars previously, in 2010, 2009 and 2006: The photo is from the 2009 calendar. When 2010 goes on sale, it should be available here.

It gives me a warm feeling to see any organization continue the tradition over multiple years. It means everyone involved is having fun.

Au Naturel, Too

2011-08-05T12:00:00.004-04:00

Calendar for a cause - Country Messenger

The 18-month calendar showcases many of the well-known Scandia and Marine on St. Croix [MN] residents posing nearly-nude behind the items of their trade.

Professional photographer Verna Pitts and her business partner, graphic artist Jeni O'Brien, masterminded the project. The two were inspired by the movie "Calendar Girls," in which members of a ladies' social club pose nude for a fundraiser calendar.

As the "Too" in the name suggestions, the 2011-2012 calendar is the second of its kind. Pitts and O'Brien produced the first calendar in 2006, which also featured residents of Scandia and Marine nearly-nude, to raise funds for Jenna Lynn, a teen from Scandia who was battling a rare form of bone cancer. Jenna died in 2008 at 18.

Jenna's parents, Jeff and Jan Lynn, posed for the latest edition of the calendar. Jan said the original calendar helped pay for cancer treatments and improved the quality of life for her daughter. With a second calendar in the works, the two said they were honored to be on its pages as a way to give back to those who had given to them.

"We needed to be in there for somebody else," Jan Lynn said. "It's for a good cause and it brings the two communities together."

Now, six years after the first calendar, the towns again came together to create a calendar, this time for Toni Poletes, an owner of Ostlund's Marine Garage. Poletes, 52, has metastatic breast cancer and is struggling to pay medical bills after her insurance notified her she maxed out her coverage in March.

$30. Buy it here.

New Bern NC

2011-08-04T12:00:00.001-04:00

Women, 70 and up, pose nude for charity - WCTI New Bern

The first calendar came out in 2008, this is the second installment.
"That was going to be the one and only one we did. Well here I sit. Got talked into doing it again and we just had the best time," Fawcett said.
Profits from the $15 calendars will go to two local charities: M.E.R.C.I. Clinic and Religious Community Services.

I haven't found a way to order it.

Can't we all just get along... naked?

2011-08-03T18:00:00.010-04:00

Well, this was unexpected.

Naked fury! Why Calendar Girls are going into battle - The Independent

The amateur rights for the [stage] play, based on the true story of members of Rylstone and District Women's Institute in Yorkshire stripping off for a charity calendar, are being released for the first time for 12 months from 1 September next year. The producers hope to establish a Guinness World Record for the most productions of one play in a year, with a percentage of the royalties going to Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

But the limited window – combined with unprecedented demand – is frustrating drama groups. Mr Pugh has received angry telephone calls from some "very forthright" amateur dramatics societies complaining that other local groups are also planning to stage the play. In some cases, they are "fighting over" the same theatre or church hall.

Now, if every group who wanted to produce this play just ignored the others and went ahead and did it, I could foresee a number of things happening.

A world record well and truly shattered
Massive amounts of money for leukemia research, surely not a bad thing
An unprecedented amount of female nudity (of, ahem, more mature nature than average)
Saturation of the market?

Really? That's what they're afraid of? Too many naked old ladies? And they can say that with a straight face?

Dr. Showmore

2011-08-03T15:25:00.001-04:00

In celebration of the 250 year history of the profession of veterinary medicine, The Center for Integrative Veterinary Care [Hopkinton, MA] has produced an educational calendar for 2011 called Dr. ShowMore. Each month depicts a different modality or procedure. The proceeds will support student scholarships and the filming of Dr.DoMore. The calendar is done in the theme of the Movie "Calendar Girls" and both animals and humans are "au natural."

$10. Buy it here.

Air Comet

2011-03-09T09:00:00.011-05:00

Spanish babes strip for wages | The Sun |NewsAIR stewardesses grounded by a British judge have stripped off for a saucy calendar in a bid to get back missing wages.
Spanish-based budget airline Air Comet went bust last December after the High Court in London ordered the company to stop using its planes and selling tickets.
Stewardesses employed by the firm decided on their naked protest after failing to get up to eight months of unpaid salaries.
More than 1,000 calendars featuring nine women in their flight caps, gloves and high heels have gone on sale for £13.

Not exactly a charity, but close enough...
See also the Daily Mail, Euro Weekly... -- heck, just do a Google search for Air Comet Calendar and you'll see dozens.

Men in Hats

2011-03-08T09:00:00.015-05:00

Northumbrian Water - Hats off to calendar boys!Cheeky chappies from a local water company have stripped off for a worthy cause.
Twelve Northumbrian Water workers from around the region have bared all for a charity calendar, with only a selection of strategically-placed props to preserve their modesty!
Five hundred copies of the 'Men in Hats' 2010 calendar, priced at £3 each, have been produced to raise £1,500 for Samaritans Durham, which offers 24 hour emotional support for anyone experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.

See Northumbrian Water for (dated) purchase information. Or just see the Independent.

Cantabria schools

2011-03-07T09:00:00.021-05:00

Teachers pose naked for calendar in aid of Peruvian children
CALENDAR girls from Cantabria schools have raised enough funds to send four indigenous Peruvian children to university.

A group of female teachers from the northern region have posed naked – but with their modesty carefully covered up by their hands and other props – for a 2010 calendar as part of their charitable efforts.

Plenty of opportunities to see more of the images -- try MDZ or ThinkSpain -- but if the calendar has an official page it's beyond my limited grasp of Spanish to find.

North Devon Young Farmers’ Clubs

2011-02-25T09:00:00.002-05:00

A group of young female farmers from North Devon have posed in nothing but their wellies for a Calendar Girls-style photo shoot for charity.
The 11 girls, who are all members of Young Farmers' Clubs (YFC) in North Devon, stripped off for the 2010 Cancer Research UK calendar.
They are hoping to raise £2,000 in sales from the calendar and are pictured doing farmyard chores - from milking cows and dressing horses to firing shotguns.
The project was the brainchild of 18-year-old YFC member Hayley Cooper.

That's her in the photo. I think it was the pink wellies that sold me.

Read more in the Daily Mail or the Sun.

SWAGs 2010

2011-02-24T09:00:00.004-05:00

Their other halves are busy dealing with military assaults. But for these SWAGs - Service Wives And Girlfriends - it's more about full-frontal assaults.
With only strategically placed guns and tanks to spare their blushes, these charity calendar shots have helped raise £26,000 for injured servicemen and women wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A total of 50 volunteers, all wives and girlfriends of men from the three Armed Services, stripped off to be photographed at bases and training centres in Hampshire. But their modesty was preserved by carefully placed pieces of military equipment.

Read it in the Daily Mail. Also see the official site, SWAGs 2010 Charity Calendar. (They've sold out of 2010, they didn't do a 2011 edition, and 2012 is too soon to say.) And it's all in aid of Help for Heroes.

Pin-up for Heroes

2011-02-23T09:00:00.013-05:00

The idea was simple: To create a calendar recreating the stylish pinup girls of the 1940’s and 50’s using a mixture of professional and amateur models, with all services being given for free and all proceeds going straight to Help For Heroes. The calendar would be stylish, glamorous and tasteful, appealing to all, young and old, male and female.

The 2011 Calendar raised over £4,000 for Help for Heroes. Apparently there are still limited quantities available at Pin-up for Heroes. And there are links to the first edition in 2010.

This group won't be producing a 2012 edition, but see Cheeky Calendar Girls.

Cheeky Babes

2011-02-22T09:00:00.004-05:00

Welwyn Garden City girl strips for nude charity calendar - News - Welwyn Hatfield Times
CHEEKY babe Laura Burley is doing her bit for Help for Heroes – by posing nude, yet strategically covered, for a charity calendar.
Blonde Laura, 21, saw off competition from 580 fellow stunners across the country, to land a place in the final 20.
She hopes to be Miss February in the 2012 Cheeky Babes Calendar when shooting begins in May.

Obviously the calendar isn't available yet. Perhaps the story is a bit premature. I don't mind. See also Cheeky Calendar Girls.

Maureen Fanning Hospice calendar

2011-02-21T09:00:00.019-05:00

A woman who stripped off to raise funds for the hospice that cared for her dying husband has spoken of her pride as she handed the centre £3,000.
Marion Muirhead posed in the nude with her family and friends for a charity calendar in memory of her husband Ian.
He died of cancer in July, after being cared for at the Maureen Fanning Hospice in Ayrshire for two years.
His 90 year-old mother, May, also appears in the calendar, which has sold around 400 copies.

See the Press Association (article mirrored in Herald Scotland, Kilkenny People and many other places). I can't find any way to actually buy the thing on the web.

Zander Calendar

2011-02-11T09:00:00.014-05:00

A group of 12 mothers from Sunderland have stripped naked and posed for a calendar to raise funds for an eight-year-old boy with cancer.
The young boy was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in March – a disease which affects less than 60 children in the UK each year.

This is simply breathtaking.

Read more: Mothers strip off for cancer boy in Zander Calendar | Metro.co.uk. £10 (£13 including postage) at 2011 Zander Calendar.

Friends of Julia Koper

2011-02-10T09:00:00.009-05:00

Julia was born with a mysterious genetic disorder which left her both physically and mentally disabled requiring her to use a special NF-Walker frame to help her stay upright, but the price is beyond her parents’ means.
“Of course, we could have made a calendar with flowers and butterflies in it, but nudity sells so we decided to overcome our embarrassment in order to help her.”

I'll say they did. The images in this calendar are more explicit than the average garden club charity calendar. They also set a high standard of professionalism: These pictures are unapologetically beautiful. I wish I could tell you how to order one, but so far I haven't found any way to order them.

New Poland Express. See also AllVoices, Croatian Times, Journalism Without Borders.

Puppy Love

2011-02-09T09:00:00.004-05:00

A charity calendar has upset animal lovers and vets alike after it featured racy images of scantily-clad women in bizarre poses with dogs that they say suggested bestiality.

The 2011 Puppy Love calendar is intended to raise money for an animal rescue charity in Wicklow, Ireland.

...The photographs have caused quite a stir, especially when for the month of March 22-year-old Polish model Agata Dembiecka is shown holding a small dog at her naked breast. [Sify news.]

Well, a quick look at the photographer's page reveals (ahem) that the image isn't out of character. For the record, I don't disapprove. On the other hand, I realize it isn't everyone's cup of tea, so if you want to see it, you're going to have to click through. (This calendar doesn't precisely fit this site's mission, since the models are professional models. I don't care.)

€12.00 from Puppy Love

Potters Bar Hockey Club

2011-02-08T08:50:00.003-05:00

A WOMEN’S hockey club has made Potters Bar, Potters Bare, with a nude charity calendar.

The girls from Potters Bar Hockey Club, described as “seven of the club’s most athletic players”, have stripped off in aid of Help for Heroes, and to help finance a new clubhouse.

£10 (plus postage) from Potters Bar Hockey Club: Here's a direct link to their Shop. (Welwyn Hatfield Times)

Sorry for the lull...

2011-02-08T08:00:00.005-05:00

Hoping to get back to regular posting.

Unforgettable Shetland

2009-11-06T08:27:00.005-05:00

It’s a daring fundraising mission which has become the talk of an entire Scottish island.
Locals on Shetland have been persuaded to strip off for a nude calendar, which is being sold to raise funds for a new cancer support centre.
But the identities of the models are being kept a closely guarded secret, sparking speculation over who has dared to bare all. [Daily Express.]

In this interesting twist, the models' faces are not visible because they are turned away from the camera or seen in silhouette (see Shetlopedia). See more at the Daily Record and BBC News. The calendars were ten pounds each, but the official site is no longer taking orders.

Pin-Up Boys of Atlantic Shores

2009-10-12T12:00:00.001-04:00

What brings together a group of semi-clad senior gentlemen, a city mayor, and Neptune - God of the Sea? The unveiling of one of the country's most hilarious and titillating charity fundraising calendars.

A new twist on pin-up girls, these calendar guys, ranging in age from 69 to 90, recently shed their inhibitions to bare it all (behind strategically placed props) for a 2010 "nearly nude" calendar, with sales benefiting their local Volunteer Rescue Squad.

Buy it at www.atlanticshores.com. Read more at Reuters.

A breast cancer survivor poses nude...

2009-10-11T12:00:00.001-04:00

Breast cancer survivor who turned down Playboy as a young woman poses nude 30 years on to give others hope

As a young women she was invited to share her body with the world on the pages of Playboy.

Pamina Brassey was just 17 when she was approached in a restaurant by a recruiter for the magazine, but she chose not to take up the offer.

But now, more than 30 years later, she has gone topless - a brave decision given she has just emerged successfully from a fight with breast cancer.

The 49-year-old jewellery designer took the brave decision to pose with her mastectomy scars to give hope to other victims of the disease.

'The picture is an affirmation of life. It has restored my confidence and made me feel sexy again, says Ms Brassey, who is originally from Boston but has lived in London for 25 years.

via dailymail.co.uk

It doesn't involve a calendar, but it's a story I thought you'd be interested in nonetheless. Click through for pictures.

Posted via web from Dreaded Purple Master

Men of MedRecruit 2009

2009-10-10T12:00:00.000-04:00

That’s right, a small selection of the wonderful doctors of MedRecruit have stripped down to bare almost all for the 2009 Men of MedRecruit calendar, all in the name of charity.

The calendar - inspired by the movie ‘Calendar Girls’ - is aimed at being a fun way of raising money for the charity The New Zealand Prostate Foundaion.

Buy it here. Read more in the Otogo Daily Times (including their first-choice charity's disavowals). The article also promises a 2010 calendar...

Colorado Firefighters

2009-10-09T12:00:00.000-04:00

Patrick Kramer knows he is going to take a lot of razzing from fellow firefighters when the 2010 Colorado Firefighter Calendar is debuted today.

Kramer, a firefighter engineer who appears in the calendar shirtless and hanging off the side of a train, said he’ll put up with the teasing in exchange for helping a charity.

The calendar is produced by Fired Up for Kids, a nonprofit that donates proceeds from calendar sales to The Children’s Hospital Burn Center.

Buy it from Fired Up For Kids: read more about it at the Longmont Times-Call.

CF Mums

2009-10-08T12:00:00.000-04:00

The calendar benefits the CF Trust: Buy it here, read more about it in This Is Bristol.

Asian Pacific Male

2009-10-07T18:00:00.003-04:00

On Tuesday, September 1, APHCV [Asian Pacific Health Care Venture] unveiled the APM (Asian Pacific Male) 2010 calendar, which features 12 Asian American men in various degrees of semi-undress with each model representing a month of the year. Profits from the sale of the calendars will go to APHCV.

The APM 2010 calendars are $15 each and are available at the APHCV clinic in East Hollywood, Amazon.com and other outlets.

For more details see the Asian Journal.

Jo's Trust

2009-10-06T19:00:00.002-04:00

A group of Jo’s Trust supporters have stripped off on bales of hay at a farm in Ilkeston, wore nothing more than football scarves at the Nottingham Forest ground and posed like hippies in a daisy field in Melton Mowbray – all to raise money for Jo's Trust by producing a calendar.

The 2010 calendar costs £6 (all proceeds go to Jo's Trust) and can be ordered by emailing: klmarshall@btinternet.com or starflowerlips@yahoo.co.uk.

Alternatively, you can order online by clicking here. In order to receive your calendar you MUST type the following in the event box: JT Calendar 2010.

Read more at This Is Nottingham. See also the Facebook Group.

Tantalising take-offs 2010

2009-10-05T20:14:00.006-04:00

Norfolk Gliding Club 2010 Calendar - 12 months of 'Tantalising take-offs!

A fantastic, glossy, A3 landscape calendar by the Norfolk Gliding Club, depicting stunning aircraft with smoldering curves - Next years must-have!

I can't find any charity listed, but I'm going to assume it benefits the gliding club itself. It's just so gosh-darned cute that I can't resist it.

Buy it here. The site even does conversions between pounds, euros and dollars.

Does Female Nudity Always Objectify Women?

2009-08-17T08:31:00.001-04:00

From Sociological Images: Does Female Nudity Always Objectify Women?:

Giorgio S. sent us a link to a news story about a feminist organization, Scottish Women’s Aid, who turned down a donation earned through the sale of a girly calendar featuring naked women. They argued that accepting the donation would be akin to supporting the sex trade. Here’s the link; it’s worth taking a look.
The story raises some great questions about when women’s nakedness is objectification. Is it always objectifying to show women’s naked bodies? Is objectification inevitable in a sexist society? Is objectification sometimes in the eye of the beholder? Or are there instances, even in a sexist society, in which women’s naked bodies might avoid objectification or, even, resist it?
The women, in this instance, are the employees of Coco’s Hair Design. Here are some stills from the video clip that give us an idea of what the calendar looked like:

Oxford Undressed

2009-06-12T08:41:00.002-04:00

A group of daredevil scholars agreed to pose for a saucy naked calendar to raise money for poverty-stricken third world countries.

These brainy undergraduates at Oxford University seem have to mislaid their gowns…and all the rest of their clothing.

Around 60 students took part in the calendar in aid of Oxford-based charity TravelAid.

Comes in academic year 2009-2010 or calendar year 2010, £10.00 each. Buy it here. More information and photos from the Sun, the Daily Mail, Momento24, ABC News, SmasHits... Well, all over, actually. I mean, this is Oxford.

Gods of Football 2009

2009-05-05T17:02:00.004-04:00

A three-for-one entry, as the same organization sponsors calendars featuring Rugby League, International, and Australian Rules players. Oops, make that four: There's also The Men of Cricket. All calendars benefit the McGrath Foundation to help women with breast cancer and their families.

Knitting Noras

2009-03-17T09:30:00.003-04:00

KNITTING might have a sober image — but the Knitting Noras prove there is a surprising amount of fun to be had with a pair of needles.

The group’s members have been photographed in the act of “extreme knitting”, and now they are posing naked for a calendar to raise money for The Christie cancer trust.

It's far too early in the process for purchase information, but read about it in the Bolton News, and at their Naked Knitting Calendar 2010 blog.

Sorry for the delay...

2009-03-16T09:22:00.000-04:00

Sometimes life intervenes. I hope to return to regular posting here -- probably not daily, but at least three times a week. I've got some catching up to do, as there are still plenty of good-hearted naked people out there.

Royal Opera House

2008-12-07T16:00:00.000-05:00

The rareified world of the Royal Opera House has never seen anything quite like this. Some of the institution's star performers have stripped naked for a racy charity calendar.

The male and female artists, along with an assortment of backstage staff, posed entirely naked for the project to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

They include Royal Ballet dancer Sian Murphy, 30, photographed in one of the boxes at Covent Garden wearing nothing but diamonds. Miss Murphy dedicated her appearance to her father, who was diagnosed with cancer but survived.

Read about it at the Telegraph and the Daily Mail. Buy it from the Royal Opera House.