Livestrong & other armbands
 

You guys still wearing them?

I never did until they gave us a DSP one at convention. A lot of people I see still wear one, but it's slowly going out.

And, they're bands for EVERYTHING, not just Livestrong.

I've heard that some elementary and middle schools had to set rules about the number of bands you could wear because kids were showing up with veritable silicone sleeves and it was distracting. Who knew kids were so socially concious these days?

These things are everywhere! My school district made one, I went to Red Lion where a student killed the jr. high principal, so there's one in memory of him. And there's a got milk? one and one about Holstein cows. Never thought I'd see them in the dairy industry. But they're still everywhere, at least in the country!

Yes, I've also heard that some kids would cheat by writing answers on the inside of the wristbands.

Genius!

I like those bumper stickers at Spencer Gifts that say "Support Strippers", "Support Partying", "Support Bitching", and "Support My Habit".

I have a gay Pride one (in rainbow colors) and just ordered one that has APhiA on it.

Everybody's wearing them. A few months ago, I noticed that my friend was wearing the red, gold, and green ones together to match the pan-african colors as well as the messages of the bands.

I am still wearing my Livestrong one. I got it when my best friend's grandpa died of cancer about a year ago. I wear it in rememberance of him and it's a good way to show that I support cancer research. I also wear a Michigan State University one that I bought as part of a fundraiser for a team at State. Those are the two that I wear on a daily basis. I will probably be purchasing a blue bracelet from PCAA when I have the chance and that one I will also probablly be wearing daily. I have breast cancer one sitting at home and two AIDs awareness bracelets that a friend gave me about a year ago.

I have a livestrong one, and that's it. I have some other charity stuff (a silver "race for the cure" bracelet, a susan g. komen pin, an aclu poster, etc.) but no other wrist bands. I think having so many is kinda silly, and the fashion ones are stupid.

I have a Livestrong one, a Relay for Life one, and a Breast Cancer one. I don't really ever wear them that often, if I do at all, it's usually just the Livestrong one. I just bought them because I liked the causes that the money was going to.

Livestrong wristband – I purchased it at the Handle Bar and Grill in Denver; they sponsored a lunch for us when we came through on the Journey of Hope.

Push America wristband – Delta Eta Chapter at Morehead State University was the first chapter to successfully produce these wristbands and offer them on a national level to raise money for Push America.

I spent the whole summer wearing my Livestrong band as we crossed the country. They were actually still a rare commodity then; people would offer to buy them off of us. But when I got back home I would see people wearing one and I would ask if they cycled or were a cancer survivor etc. And unfortunately I became rather disappointed with the amount of people who had no idea what the band meant; to them it was just a trendy thing to wear. Shortly there after I quit wearing it with any regularity…if at all.

I wear a pink one for my mom who had breast cancer and also a teal one for my grandma who died of ovarian cancer. They never ever come off. :)

the only one i have is from the children's miracle network when we did a kickball event for them. it says "miracle maker" and is half red and half yellow. i dont wear it anymore.

I have the blue Prevent Child Abuse America one that I bought from my chapter, but I rarely wear it. I like it because it was a way to support my sorority's philanthropy and I know that the money went to a good cause, but I'm not so much for wearing a rubber band. I've seen charity stuff that's done a lot cuter (there was this glass bead breast cancer bracelet at Nordstrom's a while back that I really wanted, especially since one of my friend's moms just passed on from that) that I wouldn't mind wearing, but occasionally, the rubber band does make an appearance. I think people are kind of going overkill on them, though, especially with all the fashion ones that are out there. One of my friends had an entire rainbow of different causes on her arm, and I don't know, it just kind of loses meaning when there's so many, even though it is still a great philanthropy/charity fundraiser.

I always wear a purple one from Urban Decay because I'm not fond of animal cruelty.

I have a couple.

"Remember #40"--I got that one from The Pat Tillman Foundation. Pat Tillman was the NFL player who quit football to be in the military. He got sent to Iraq and was killed. They were giving em out free, so I decided to get one.

Then there was a 10 year old girl from my church who died suddenly from an asthma attack...and so to raise money for an asthma walk, they made those wristbands out in her memory.


I dont have a l ivestrong but a couple of my friends do.

I still see them on occasion in Austin, especially now since the Tour De Lance is going on and he is from here.

Go Lance Go!

I know a few Fraternities on my campus who sold wristbands that supported their philanthropy, and the money went to them (the charity) as well . I thought that was pretty nifty way to have both awareness and philanthropy at the same time. Also, it was pretty successful.

Im guilty of just getting a Live8 one

The only one I own is a Pirates one, which one of my stuffed animals is sporting as a collar for a slight BDSM look.

I have 2 breast cancer ones: A Canadian Breast Cancer one and a Susan G Komen one in memory of Mr. 1228's aunt who died almost a year ago.

I have a Livestrong one in memory of my Beta Sigma Phi sister Trish, and my former coworker and friend Valerie. Valerie died last September and Trish died this past January. My 15 year old stepson has taken this one from me :rolleyes:

I also have a red Take Heart Alpha Phi bracelet

yes I wear them

I agree with the fashion ones being stupid--that the money doesn't go anywhere useful. But I feel it goes the same for any magnetic ribbon that is sold at a retail store. Those were also meant to raise money for a cause.

Well, I agree... but like I said... it IS philanthropy... the proceeds go to their cause and the cause gets the awareness as well. Sorry if confused you. They dont take from the profits

Okay I think these armbands have gotten a little out of control. I decided this when my (now ex) boyfriend came home wearing a "Git R Done" armband. It was so absolutely dorky and from what he could tell, wasn't designed to support ANYTHING. And he wonders why we broke up...:rolleyes:

I have one that says "Red Sox Nation" that I wear most of the time.

I have two. One if from one of the marketing reps in the office. He bought enough purple wristbands for lymphoma (spelling?) that he's currently battling. Alsmost everyone in our office is sporting that one.
The other is for the Epilepsy Foundation.

I have a very good friend who is a Hodgkin's Disease survivor, and he wears his LiveStrong band all the time. He's taken a LOT of abuse for it (he's in his 50's), but as he says, he'd rather take the abuse & be alive to take it than the alternative!

I've been toying with getting the "Paws for a Cause" from the Animal Rescue site, but I probably won't wear it until sunscreen season is over.

My state is not considered to be very fashion forward, but geez.. these things are over, aren't they? Considering that they are over here (and have been), are you guys saying that they'll come back?

No, I personally never had one. Don't think I will.

I've been wearing the baby blue "Hope for Natalee" bracelet everyday. I believe this raised money for either Natalee Holloway's family, or the NH scholarship fund.
I have a red one for the Theta Chi, Kevin Charvet, in Washington with cancer (His chapter raised the money for Kevin's cancer treatments which his insurance no longer covered).
I have another red bracelet for the "My Soldier" program. It's where you adopt a soldier and write them letters, send care packages, etc. The band was free when you sign up.

I have 3 of them.

One is a light purple one that supports the C.A.R.E organization that J.K Rowling teamed up with to aid reading in developing countries. I normally only wear that one to school or when I'm tutoring kids in reading, heh :) Oh, it is imprinted with, "Reading is Magic" :D

My second one is for support of adopting children, I can't remember though the specific organization however. It's a bright magenta color.

And my third one is the Social Work band, it's a dark teal color. I bought one from my sister's work (she's a social worker, heh) and normally wear that one and the 2nd one when I'm volunteering there.

I have a pink one(breast cancer) that I do wear, not everyday, but I do wear it.

I think wearing more than one or two at a time is overkill. Yes, you can support many organizations and causes, but really folks....

I agree, except I would say "way" out of control. They're meaningless now because (1) there are too many of them to keep track of the "valid" charitable ones, especially since you can't really read what they say unless you get too close for comfort, and (2) there are so many non-charitable ones that the value of the symbol is heavily diluted.

I don't wear any and I don't know if I ever will.

I kid of feel like Kramer from Seinfeld when he refused to wear the ribbon. I don't feel like I need to wear a ribbon or a wrist band to support a cause. I also feel like they are getting out of hand. It's one thing to wear one to support a cause, but I don't think you need to wear one to support your local sports team.

I have bought some just to give the donation. $2 isn't that much to give.

I have only bought and supported one cause, and that was the Breast Cancer one I got from Target.com.

The others were just given to me. Catholic Relief Services (big after the Tsunami) and The Hunger Site (I think) both have blue ones (one navy and one light, respectively.)

I don't wear either of them anymore. I was on a mission to find one for Diabetes research, but some sites said they were red, others said they were teal, others were blue... but NONE of them said they proceeds directly supported Diabetes research. I don't think ADA or JDF jumped on the bandwagon. Oh well.