Men on a Mission

Mormons Exposed is a new brand launching a forward-thinking product - a steamy 2008 calendar featuring twelve handsome former Mormon missionaries who have dared to pose bare-chested in the first-ever Men on a Mission calendar. Usually seen riding their bicycles and preaching door-to-door, the calendar celebrates these missionaries' great looks and beautiful bodies, as well as the amazing stories of service of these deeply spiritual men.

The Men on a Mission calendar will benefit a variety of worthy causes. Each missionary will have the opportunity to donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the calendar to a cause in the area he served. Some of the charities supported will include the Red Cross, Salvation Army and Care for Life.

Available from Mormons Exposed. Press coverage at TMZ.

Napa Uncovered

Members of the Napa Valley's farming community in California are showing their green thumbs and quite a bit more - in hopes of raising money to protect the valley's rich agricultural resources.

The farmers, all men, have stripped for a 2008 "Napa Uncovered" calendar.

They are following in the nude footsteps of a number of similar fundraising calendars and hope to draw attention to the issue of dwindling farmlands.

See also Napa County Farm Bureau: Press coverage on AG Weekly, IOL, NBC11.com.

X-Rayted (Bedford Hospital Radiology)

Hospital radiologists are exposing themselves in an X-ray-ted charity calendar. Nurses and support staff at Bedford Hospital have invited patients to "see us as we see you" to raise cash to improve visitor amenities. Twelve workers assumed various poses for the £8-50 calendar, which is selling in the hospital shop.

Sister Maxine Gilbert - Miss January - said posing nude was "nerve-wracking" and added: "We certainly now appreciate how our patients feel when we ask them to get undressed."

Press coverage at BBC, Channel Four News, and Press Association.

Ladies of the Mon

Sally Stephenson is probably the last person you'd expect to strip down to her skivvies in broad daylight and smile seductively for the camera. After all, the longtime Monongahela resident, who taught instrument flying to male pilots in the Navy during World War II, is a professor emeritus in sociology at California University of Pennsylvania. Oh, and did we mention she's 84?

..."I only said yes because I thought it would never go."

All profits from the sale of the calendars, which will be published in mid-July and cost $10, will go to the Monongahela Area Historical Society. They will be available in local stores, as well as on the city of Monongahela's Web site, cityofmonongahela.com.

Press coverage includes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ABC News, AP, Pittsburgh City Paper, KEYE-TV, CBS/KDKA-TV, WTAE.TV, WPXI-TV and USA Today Blog.

Top Shots: Women of Professional Golf

This is a 2007 calendar, but it's back in the news lately because one of the golfers, Nikki Garrett, is suing Zoo Weekly magazine for defamation and breach of copyright. Apparently Zoo Weekly, a "ladmag", not only printed the accompanying picture without permission (oops), but suggested that Ms Garrett was the kind of woman who would want to appear in Zoo Weekly.

Buy it from WomensGolfCalendar.com, if you can. (It's officially sold out, but still available as a premium with purchase of Fantom golf balls.) See also Sydney Morning Herald (and again), Fox Sports, World of Golf, Golfblogger, About.com. If all you want is pictures, well, I'm torn. I should encourage you to support the charity rather than mention the Golf-babes blog, where most of the photos can be seen for free if you search for them.

The Girls of Yachting

Twelve girls from yachting are photographed au naturel to raise money for skipper Jody Hill, paralysed in a car accident.

Buy it at Synfo.com, or get more information from Yachting World or H2ONotes.

The Farmers Calendar 2008

I received an e-mail: Just to let you know that we have our infamous Farmers Calendar available now for the 2008 season. We again have two calendars, the male version and also the female version, so take your pick everyone, there is something for everyone.

Buy the calendar (this year's as well as older editions) at The Farmers Calendar 2008, or at Shop.com.