Awareness Bracelets

Wearing an awareness bracelet is a good way to announce your support to anyworthy cause.

The Critics may call them a passing fad, but they are selling like hotcakes. Fashion gurus, while referring to awareness bracelet add the adjective ‘once trendy’ but they are the hottest thing around right now. Be it evacuees at Gaza or Pro Athletes, all are wearing these bands. Don’t know if it is a passing fad, but awareness bracelets are still selling like hot cakes and you cannot escape them anymore.

If you can’t distinguish an awareness bracelet from a tennis wristband, read this: It was Lance Armstrong, the famous cycling champion who fought multiple cancers, who popularized awareness bracelet. During his record sixth straight victory at the Tour de France in July, Armstrong wore his signature yellow awareness bracelet proudly, and it matched his outfit!

When Armstrong was 25, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain. Armstrong has won the Tour de France six years in a row since 1999, after that. To show support for those battling cancer the ‘Livestrong’ awareness bracelet from the Lance Armstrong Foundation is a way of doing it. When Oprah Winfrey encouraged her viewers to order an awareness bracelet when she had Armstrong as a guest on her show, the sales of these awareness bracelets shot up so much it crashed the server because of all the traffic.

At $1 a piece, LiveStrong awareness bracelet is still selling at the rate of 200,000 a day. The funds raised through selling the Live Strong awareness bracelet will support the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s efforts to help young people with cancer and their family members to live strong.

Awareness bracelet of all colors, blue, pink, yellow, and even striped are available today. BBC Radio One launched the blue Live Strong awareness bracelet, highly popular among footballers, with the words ‘Beat Bullying’ stamped on it. The ‘Support our troops’ wristbands worn by family members of American servicemen are one of the most popular wristbands. For breast cancer awareness, the pink ones made of silicon or rubber are used and they are also a huge seller amoung cancer supporters and survivors Paper and leather wristbands, and ornamental bracelets are also available.

A good way of announcing your support for any worthy cause to wear an awareness bracelet. You can wear an awareness bracelet in any situation, with your custom message stamped on it and it’s a wonderful fundraising tool.

The continuing popularity of the awareness bracelet implies that they are more than just an accessory. They remind us about one of the numerous worthy causes that drive the human civilization forward. They denote the human need to show solidarity to those fighting against odds.

In these turbulent times, an awareness bracelet is a great boost to society. The fashion gurus may call an awareness bracelet a passing fad.  But they are here to stay.

Show your support for a worthy cause by wearing a rubber bracelet today!