| What encouraged star cyclist Lance Armstrong to | | | | When you purchase a LiveStrong cancer |
| get to the idea of using cancer awareness | | | | awareness wristbands, $1 from its proceeds is |
| wristbands to fund cancer research? No one | | | | donated to the Lance Armstrong Cancer |
| knows. But the signature cancer awareness | | | | Foundation! That is, $52 million have been raised |
| wristbands s worn by the seven-time Tour de | | | | for cancer research already! The LiveStrong |
| Force champion and cancer survivor quickly | | | | cancer awareness wristbands are made by |
| became popular as a common fundraising means. | | | | sportswear leader Nike. Cancer is the second |
| And young people soon ended up wearing them | | | | largest reason of death in the United States and |
| -in all colors and with all kinds of messages printed | | | | one out of four deaths will come from cancer |
| on them- as a trend. | | | | Now you have a special color cancer awareness |
| The cancer awareness wristbands have been | | | | wristbands for different types of cancers. In |
| around for years as 'baller bands' worn by | | | | terms of popularity, after the yellow silicone |
| basketball players because of all restrictions | | | | cancer wristbands come the pink ones. The pink |
| against metal jewelry. But the trend really caught | | | | cancer awareness wristbands are worn as a |
| on with Armstrong's cancer awareness | | | | show of support for breast cancer victims. There |
| wristbands . | | | | are still more colors of wristbands for colon |
| The Lance Armstrong Foundation says that more | | | | cancers, prostrate cancers, and so on. But it is |
| than 52 million 'LiveStrong' cancer awareness | | | | well almost impossible to do a color-coding chart |
| wristbands have been sold already! But millions of | | | | for the silicone cancer wristbands and the types |
| other cancer awareness wristbands have also | | | | of cancers they represent. Simply because so |
| been sold. And that is without counting the millions, | | | | many of them are being brought out by different |
| maybe billions, of all other kinds of silicone | | | | organizations all over the world. |
| wristbands that have been sold or are being sold | | | | There are people who take wearing their cancer |
| around the world, silicone wristbands for tsunami | | | | awareness wristbands seriously, and there are |
| relief, for showing support to American troops, | | | | those who hate even to see them. But it can't be |
| for just about anything! In fact, they are now the | | | | disputed that these silicone bracelets have brought |
| coolest thing that anyone can sport on one's | | | | charity into the life of the ordinary man. They |
| wrists. Though called cáncer awareness | | | | have also succeeded in bringing some of the bitter |
| wristbands, these are actually made of synthetic | | | | realities of existence - as well as joys - into the |
| silicone, or silicone gel. | | | | level of society's consciousness like never earlier. |