Rubber Bracelets

The rubber bracelet represents the human urge to fight and survive great odds. It is the modern way of wearing your heart on your sleeve.

It is likely that you are quite familiar with those colorful loops of rubber. What we are talking about is the rubber bracelet. In the last couple of years, they have become ubiquitous. Citizens campaigning for a cause, Tsunami aid workers, and even school children wear them on their wrists.

To show your support for a cause, or to donate to charity, or to raise awareness about an issue or a disease, the rubber bracelets have become the most-preferred and the most inexpensive way to do it.  They are even used for extremely different purposes, such as to proclaim one's religious affiliation, or as a fashion statement! You can see that the charity rubber bracelet has become the modern way of wearing your heart on your sleeve, er wrist!

A charity rubber bracelet is simply a loop of solid rubber in any color imaginable, worn on the wrist by stretching and sliding it over the palm of one's hands.  Some charity rubber bracelets glow in the dark and others are translucent and are worn in support of many a message or cause. Not every rubber bracelet is rubber. They are made of silicone also.

Over the rubber bracelet, you can have any message stamped or designs crafted. In fact, more than one message is sported by some of the latest rubber bracelets. A rubber bracelet can be ordered online from many Web sites and usually sells for $1-5 a piece, and, in multiples of five hundred, or smaller packs of a dozen or more. Discounts are offered by manufacturers for larger orders.

The yellow 'Livestrong' rubber bracelet worn by cycling champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is the most famous rubber bracelet and the  Breast Cancer Awareness Bracelet is right behind it. To show support to breast cancer patients, the pink ones charity rubber bracelets are worn. Highly popular among the relatives of American servicemen are SHeDAISY's 'Come Home Soon' yellow rubber bracelets with the words 'Come Home Soon' stamped on them.

Remember, the next time you're asked to chip in and buy a band you're helping a great cause!