No, this isn’t a hip new doctor’s office opening in town — it’s Buckley’s inaugural Mo-Throw competition, celebrating the Scottish Highland Games and raising awareness for men’s health issues all in one event.

The games will go from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 at Buckley’s Log Show arena off North River Avenue, and organizers Jeremiah Meacham and Dan Sowers hope to fill the stands by bringing in local food and drink vendors for people to enjoy while watching the games.

While this is the first time the event will be hosted in Buckley and include vendors, this is the fifth year of the competition, which has been bounced from area to area every year.

Meacham, who owns the Anytime Fitness in Buckley, said he hopes this event will become an annual attraction for the city.

“We’re looking for something to help the Highland Games, to help the Movember Foundation, and tie it all in to Buckley,” he said. “Buckley needs another shot in the arm.”

The event itself is free, but Meacham and Sowers hope attendees are willing to make donations, which will be given to the Movember Foundation, a charity that focuses on men’s physical and mental health issues.

According to Sowers, both male and female athletes will be competing in traditional Scottish Highland events — including the stone put, hammer throw, sheaf toss, the ever-popular caber toss and others — as well as Mo-Throw special events, including a keg toss for distance and “Scottish Sumo.”

“It’s an 8 or 9-foot log with handles, and you get one guy at each end, and you got to push the other guy out of the circle or knock him down,” Sowers described.

He added that all the events will be heavy with crowd interaction.

“We’re not there just competing, we’re there for the crowd,” Sowers said.

There’s about two dozen athletes signed up now, though Sowers hopes the number grows closer to 30, weather permitting.

To register as an athlete, check out the Mo-Throw Facebook page or register on eventbright.com. Besides the event being an official Scottish Highland Games event, there is also a prize for raising the most money for the Movember Foundation.

WHAT IS MOVEMBER?

For those not in the know, Movember — a combination of November and the derivative “mo,” meaning mustache — is all about raising awareness of men’s physical and mental health issues, often by way of sporting a fabulous lip toupee.

Though Mo-Throw won’t be hosting its own face furniture competition (at least, not this year), Meacham and Sowers want to promote the Movember Foundation and its mission.

“Men have this stereotypical idea that they’ve got to ‘man up’ and hold their cards close to the vest,” Meacham said. “Seeking help is OK.”

The Movember Foundation focuses on three large men’s health topics: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and suicide.

Prostate cancer, according to the Center for Disease Control, is the second most common former of cancer found in men. Approximately 13 percent of men are expected to get prostate cancer, and around 2 percent will die of it. African-American men are twice as likely to get prostate cancer than white men.

According to the American Cancer Society, testicular cancer affects roughly one out of 250 men, and generally affects young and middle-aged males. Though rarely fatal, Meacham said it’s still important to talk about.

“Breasts are out there, but this stuff isn’t,” he said, gesturing. “It’s a subdued thing in the community and in the public, so [this event is] a way to actually engage the reality of it without being out there about it.”

And while suicides rates have been rising in the country since 1999, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention estimates men die by suicide at a rate three times more than women.

“It’s OK to not be OK,” Sowers said. “If you’re having these mental health issues, let’s talk about it.”

Donations to the Movember Foundation can be made in person at the Mo-Throw event online at www.movember.com/events.

CORRECTION: The print version of this article incorrectly stated the Mo-Throw event will be held Saturday, Nov. 14. The correct date is Saturday, Nov. 17.