Aug 30 2009
Breast Cancer Awareness Jewelry
cancer awareness jewelry
Haven’t You Got Your Breast Cancer Awareness Bracelet Yet?
Executive Summary about breast cancer awareness jewelry 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 cycling champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong. The money from their proceeds goes for cancer research.
Among cancer awareness bracelets, next to Armstrong’s rubber wristbands come the breast cancer awareness bracelets. However, unlike the ‘LiveStrong’ rubber band bracelets, these breast cancer awareness bracelets come in different colors. The most popular color for breast cancer awareness bracelets is pink.
Haley’s daughter, sister and grandmother had breast cancer. Soon the pink ribbon became the worldwide symbol for breast cancer, and Charlotte Haley’s peach ribbon was history.
The National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. says that more than 211,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in America in 2005. One woman in eight either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. In addition, 1,600 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 400 will die this year.
Well, the breast cancer awareness bracelets needn’t be made of rubber or silicone either. There are even stainless steel breast cancer awareness bracelets! The metal ones would sell higher. Some pearl breast cancer awareness bracelets sell for around $30 a piece. Such bracelets serve two purposes — they are jewelry and also 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.
Silicone Awareness Bracelets Are More Than Just A Fashion Statement
Executive Summary about breast cancer awareness jewelry by Abbie Frank
Almost everyone has seen the thin silicone or jelly like bracelets. They’re made of silicone, an inexpensive flexible rubber like material and are a major fashion statement with the middle school or early teen group. These little bracelets come in all colors with many identified with specific diseases or social causes.
Like ribbons, many of these jelly like bracelets have become synonymous with specific diseases like pink for breast cancer or yellow for supporting the military. The growth in the interest for these bracelets is actually more a fashion than a social cause statement. This makes the silicone awareness bracelets an attractive fund raising product for many schools and non profit organizations.
Recently, some middle schools have banned these colorful adornments as rumor has it they were used as part of a game called snap. The idea of snap was if a person was able to break the bracelet, the wearer was somehow obligated to perform a sexual act on the one who broke the bracelet. First there’s the fact that these jelly bracelets are worn by many who would never consider playing any such sexually charged game. Second, the supposed benefactor destroys someones private property and is somehow entitled to sexual benefits? Does this sound as if schools who ban these bracelets over reacted? In reality, few kids probably were actually playing the game.
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