| What prompted ace cyclist Lance Armstrong to hit | | | | $1 from its proceeds is donated to the Lance |
| upon the idea to use rubber cancer bracelets to fund | | | | Armstrong Cancer Foundation! That is, $52 million has |
| cancer research? No one knows. But the signature | | | | been raised for cancer research already! The |
| yellow rubber cancer bracelets worn by the | | | | LiveStrong rubber cancer bracelets are made by |
| seven-time Tour de Force champion and cancer | | | | sportswear major Nike. Cancer is 1the second largest |
| survivor quickly caught on as a common fundraising | | | | cause of death in the United States and one out of |
| tool. And young people soon turned wearing them -- | | | | four deaths will come from cancer |
| in all colors and with all kinds of messages stamped | | | | Now you have a different color rubber cancer |
| on them -- into a trend. | | | | bracelet for different types of cancers. In terms of |
| The rubber wristbands have been around for | | | | popularity, after the yellow rubber cancer bracelets |
| decades as 'baller bands' -- worn by basketball players | | | | come the pink ones. The pink rubber cancer bracelets |
| because of restrictions against metal jewelry. But the | | | | are worn as a show of support for breast cancer |
| trend really caught on with Armstrong's cancer | | | | patients. There are still more colors of bracelets for |
| bracelets. | | | | colon cancers, prostrate cancers, and so on. But it is |
| The Lance Armstrong Foundation says that more | | | | well nigh impossible to do a color-coding chart for the |
| than 52 million 'LiveStrong' bracelets have been sold | | | | rubber cancer bracelets and the types of cancers |
| already! But millions of other rubber cancer bracelets | | | | they represent. Simply because so many of them are |
| have also been sold. And that is without counting the | | | | being brought out by different organizations across |
| millions, maybe billions, of all other kinds of rubber | | | | the world. |
| wristbands that have been sold or are being sold all | | | | There are people who take wearing their rubber |
| over the world -- rubber bracelets for tsunami relief, | | | | cancer bracelets seriously, and there are those who |
| for showing support to American troops, for just | | | | hate the sight of them. But it can't be disputed that |
| about anything, and nothing! In fact, they are now | | | | these rubber wristbands have brought charity into |
| the coolest thing that anyone can sport on one's | | | | the life of the common man. They have also |
| wrists. Though called rubber bracelets, these are | | | | succeeded in bringing some of the bitter realities of |
| actually made of synthetic rubber, or silicone gel. | | | | existence -- as well as joys - into the plane of |
| When you buy a LiveStrong rubber cancer bracelet, | | | | society's consciousness like never before. |