The first nude charity calendar was made by a group of middle aged Englishwomen, members of a local branch of the Women’s Institute, who were posing nude to raise funds for Leukemia Research. The calendar was released in 1999, and became an international sensation, and also inspired the movie Calendar Girls. Following this lead, charity nude calendars proliferated in the 2000s. Proceeds usually go to various health or social causes. Participants may include artists, celebrities, sportsmen and sportswomen, firefighters, military forces, the police, or members of a group such as farmers, Women’s Institute members who wish to raise funds for a chosen charity. There are other ways to support charities too, such as using the Amazon Smile charity site in order to give 0.5% of each transaction proceeds to your chosen charity.

Below is theOUTfront’s top 10 favorite naked charity calendars and the causes they help support!

10. University of Warwick Boat Club

The University of Warwick Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Warwick. The men’s team is fondly known as the Warwick Rowers.

What do they support? Since 2012 some of the proceeds from sales of the calendar have gone to Sport Allies, a program created by the team “to reach out to young people challenged by bullying, homophobia or low self-esteem.” To support the Warwick Rowers, click here!

9. Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club

Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club out of London took it all of to raise money for the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research Foundation

8. Gods of Football

Gods of Football, part of the Naked For A Cause initiative, is a nude calendar featuring Australian rules football players and Australian Rugby League players. The campaign was organized to raise money for the McGrath Foundation, which supports breast cancer research and cancer awareness.

7. Naked for a Cause

Naked For A Cause is a charity initiative that aims at helping various causes, most notably cancer research.

6. Boys of Bridgend

Photographed by Russell Hughes, here’s Boys of Bridgend 2015 Charity Calendar.”The Boys of Bridgend calendar was created to raise funds and awareness for the Everyman Appeal, an organization that researches into male specific cancers such as prostate and testicular cancer.”

6. Always Loyal

Photographer Michael Stokes published a hardcover coffee-table book called Always Loyal, featuring veterans of the Gulf Wars who lost one or more limbs during service. The goal of the campaign was to raise $48,250; they raised $411,134. Some of the proceeds were donated to the Semper FI Fund, a charity that benefits wounded warriors.

5. Red Hot Exposed

Red Hot Exposed features models selected from around the world – claim it is the ‘world’s first ever nude ginger calendar’, with each of the 12 participants chosen not only because of their remarkable good looks, but because of their flame-red locks.

Proceeds from the 2017 calendar will be donated to the Diana Award, which was created in honor of the late Princess Diana.

4. Glenelg football team

A football team from the small Highland village of Glenelg in Scotland are proudly wearing nothing but their birthday suits as they pose next to some stunning Scottish scenery in order to raise money for the equipment the team needs.

3. Dieux du Stade

Dieux du Stade, which translates to ‘Gods of the Stadium,’ is a project started off in 2001.

It features nude and semi-nude photographs of members of Stade Français, a Paris-based domestic French rugby team.

Over the years, the calendar has also widened its reach beyond rugby, including hunks from other sports such as judo, handball and mixed martial arts.

And as always, the calendar donates to different causes, and this year, a portion of the proceeds will go towards French breast cancer charity, ‘Le cancer du sein, parlons-en!’, or Let’s Talk About Breast cancer!’ (Source)

2. Glasgow University Boat Club

The calendar is to fundraise for the Beatson Cancer Charity and to raise money to purchase a new coxless 4 boat for the team.

1.The Nashville Grizzlies Rugby Team

The Nashville Grizzlies rugby team stripped down for a calendar to benefit the gay-friendly and all-inclusive club.