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Cancer InformationHaven’t you got your breast cancer awareness bracelet yet?
by:
Shannan Barrett
By now you should be familiar with the yellow 'LiveStrong' rubber cancer awareness bracelets. They were popularized by seven-time Tour de France athletics
champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong. The money from their income goes for cancer research.
If he has planning to pitchfork cancer awareness into society's consciousness, Lance Armstrong has done a actually nice job. His rubber bracelets are present
today, an ever present awareness tool for cancer, and a fund-raising tool for cancer research.
Among cancer awareness bracelets, next to Armstrong's rubber wristbands move the breast cancer awareness bracelets. However, unlike the 'LiveStrong' rubber band bracelets, these breast cancer awareness bracelets move in several colors. The most popular color for breast cancer awareness bracelets is pink.
But why pink? There is a story behind it: Charlotte Haley, a 68-year-old woman, began fashioning and distributing peach ribbons in the Decade with cards that read: "The National Cancer Institute annual budget is $1.8 billion, only 5 pct goes for cancer prevention. Help us wake up our legislators and America by wearing this ribbon." Haley's daughter, sister and gran had breast cancer. Self magazine wanted to use Haley's ribbon but she refused language they were too commercial. The magazine came up with another color then -- pink. Focus groups say pink is 'soothing, comforting and healing.' Before long the pink ribbon became the global symbol for breast cancer, and Charlotte Haley's peach ribbon was history.
The National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. says that much than 211,000 women wish be diagnosed with breast cancer in America in 2005. Of these 43,300 wish die. One woman in eight either has or wish develop breast cancer in her lifetime. In addition, 1,600 men wish be diagnosed with breast cancer and 400 wish die this year.
However, the breast cancer awareness bracelets can move in all colors, a rainbow of them, depending on the organization or charity commerce them. These bracelets commonly have several message, such as 'Support Breast Cancer Research And Education' sealed
on them.
Well, the breast cancer awareness bracelets needn't be ready-made of rubber or polymer either. The bracelets can be ready-made of pearl, or cats eye, or metal, or any different suitable material. There are even as unblemished steel breast cancer awareness bracelets! The difference between them is, of course, the price. The rubber ones would-be sell for about $1 a piece. The metal ones would-be sell higher. Several pearl breast cancer awareness bracelets sell for about $30 a piece. Such bracelets serve two purposes -- they are jewelry and as well spread the message of charity and breast cancer research.
The advantage with rubber breast cancer awareness bracelets, apart from the price, is that they are infinitely customizable. Yes, you can order them in any color and with any message sealed
on them. You needn't take them off patch washing or playing -- they are all-weather bracelets. And you don't have to worry just about losing them, unlike the pearl or cats eye ones.
The rubber breast cancer awareness bracelets can be ordered in bulk or bought in packets of a dozen or so from many a Web sites.
Just just about the author:
Shannan Barrett analyzes why breast cancer awareness bracelets are becoming ubiquitous, and why they move mostly in pink color. Discover much just about breast cancer at http://www.a1-awareness-bracelets.com/breast-cancer-awareness-bracelet.html
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