February 1st, 2010 admin
Fundraising using silicone wristbands is not a very novel concept nowadays. There was this champion cyclist called Lance Armstrong – a survivor who successfully battled cancer. He was the 1st one to champion the cause of fundraising using silicone wristbands. He made rubber wristbands out of silicone rubber and sold them to raise funds for cancer victims and create awareness about cancer – the deadly disease.
This is how fundraising through silicone wristbands became popular and the famous yellow rubber wristbands flew off the shop racks like hot cakes. In fact, the yellow Lance Armstrong wristbands or rubber wristbands became so ubiquitous and common that they achieved some kind of a cult status among the youth.
If you want to raise funds through silicone wristbands, all you need to do is to place bulk orders in some online store selling custom silicone wristbands. There are millions of stores who sell a mind boggling variety of rubber wristbands in myriad colors, patterns, designs and motifs.
You have to specify the number of rubber wristbands you require along with the design specifications and the message or slogan you want inscribed inside that silicone custom bracelet. Usually the finished products will be shipped to your doorstep within 3 to 5 days and you can use these message bracelets to raise funds by selling them.
When pretty little rubber bracelets that also double up as cool and pocket friendly fashion accessories champion some kind of philanthropic cause or noble cause , people love to lap them up as they think they are doing their bit for society.
Some of the fundraising events for which charity organizations use silicone rubber bracelets are “eradicate illiteracy or polio or dyslexia or diabetes or flu campaigns”, “helping out poor orphans and rehabilitating them”, prevention of child and women trafficking, rehabilitation of victims of sexual abuse, creating awareness about deadly or strange types of diseases and helping out victims of diseases with financial and medical assistance, drug abuse and its after effects, alcohol abuse and its after effects and a variety of similar other causes!
Just invent any noble cause, sell message bracelets to raise funds and mint money faster than you can pronounce m-o-n-e-y! It also helps that these custom rubber bracelets don’t cost more than a few cents, sometimes less than a dollar!
However when you want to raise funds through sale of custom silicone wristbands, you have to register your charitable trust or charity organization with your state government.
The section under which you have to do this is internal revenue service’s clause 501 (c) (3). This may result in some kind of tax exemption. However, just because you are registering your self doesn’t mean you will get a 100% tax exemption.
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January 4th, 2010 admin
Rubber wristbands have been considered to be a great medium for promoting charitable, fund raising events and also for spreading awareness among people. They are hugely popular today among people of different age groups not only because they serve a useful purpose but also because they come in stylish designs and are light.
The rubber wristbands are made of silicone and are highly durable and have served to be great promotional items. The most important features of the rubber wristbands are that they are cheap and customizable. You can customize a rubber wristband according to your choice and preference.
What are Custom Wristbands?
Custom wristbands are the most “in” thing now, but do you know how to customize them? Customizing and ordering them is really easy. All you need to do is to contact the manufacturer and let them know about your preferences. Tell them about the color, design, style that you want your wristband to have and then just place an order, usually can be done online.
Since you would be personalizing the wristband you can have all the designs, styles that you like to be included in it. You can also ask to imprint some message of your choice on it.
Choose Your One
Generally there are three varieties which are popular when it comes to the rubber wristbands; embossed, debossed and imprinted. Imprinted ones have text and symbols printed on the silicone bands while the other two varieties use a similar method. But there is a slight difference between the two. While in the debossed wristbands the letters would be embedded in the embossed ones it would be raised.
Once you are sure about the design you can proceed with it; which means to contact the manufacturer and give him the details. The ordered wristband would be delivered in one or two days. But you can also order rubber wristbands online which can be shipped to you.
Get a Custom Rubber Wristband
Rubber wristbands are hugely popular today so why shouldn’t you get one for yourself? Moreover you are getting the scope of customizing them. You can also order a wristband for some particular occasion. They are durable and cheap so even better. Moreover the custom wristbands can help you to promote a cause that you are supporting.
If you wear a custom wristband bearing a message in which you strongly believe wearing it can create some positive impact among the people who you meet. The custom wristbands reflect emotions and feelings hence so popular. You can also gift a custom wristband to your near and dear one on special events. They can also be bought within a fixed budget that is suitable for you. They don’t lose their shape or flexibility so can be worn for many years.
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November 3rd, 2009 admin
Oh yes, the humble silicone Rubber bracelets are hot property right now and they are doing great business all over the world, proving the fashion pundits wrong! These graceful little silicone Rubber bracelets had once been completely written off by the high priests of fashion, but they have found a popular fan following amongst the masses. Millions of people all across the globe love to wear silicone Rubber bracelets and they are trendy pieces of fashion accessory found in every wardrobe.
You can spot these on every second arm when you step out of your house and they are available in a riot of colors, in pale pastel shades as well as in shocking shades, in contrasting colors to grab eyeballs and of course you have the liberty to choose from a variety of designs.
They are extremely pocket friendly, affordable and even college goers can easily flaunt a dozen of them on their wrists. If you want to make a cool campus statement, you can mix and match 3 or 4 Rubber bracelets and wear them on your wrists, matching with your outfit.
Silicone Rubber bracelets are also strong and durable; they can stand the pressure of wear and tear and are created in such a way that they last for a long time. So, as you can understand, these silicone Rubber bracelets are good value for money fashion pop picks.
But these Rubber bracelets today are no longer simply fashion accessories, they serve a graver purpose in the form of being vehicles through which you can create public awareness regarding burning social issues. You can customize your Rubber bracelets and inscribe messages on them, emboss your organization’s logo on them, scribble messages and slogans on them to create awareness of various kinds of social or charity or fun events, social causes etc.
Almost every second celebrity nowadays are seen wearing silicone Rubber bracelets espousing some cause or the other – some carry the messages of the United Nations, some of WHO, some of CRY or Child Relief and You, some of UNICEF and so on, and so forth. Many of these Rubber bracelets spread awareness about cancer, AIDS, hepatitis, influenza and other such life threatening diseases.
Even basketball players, workers and members of health awareness organizations, peer counselors, religious groups, cheerleaders and political leaders as well as missionaries wear these message or awareness silicone Rubber bracelets to espouse their respective causes. Sometimes they are worn to show solidarity for some cause.
These silicone Rubber bracelets were popularized by a certain Lance Armstrong during the Tour de France, 2004 when he wore a yellow silicone rubber wristband to support his Lance Armstrong Foundation – a charity organization that raises funds to fight against cancer.
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October 18th, 2009 admin
Contrary to what the high priests of fashion or fashion pundits might predict, Custom rubber bracelets or silicone rubber bracelets are very much here to stay. Although this humble little piece of fashion accessory has been regularly written off by the style gurus and trend watchers, Custom rubber bracelets have their own set of followers in liberated fashionistas who believe in making an individualistic style statement through something different yet simple!
High points of Custom rubber bracelets
Do you know why so many women, girls and men and boys patronize this simple piece of fashion accessory?
- Because Custom rubber bracelets are trendy and look good on your hands, they even make your hands look pretty.
- Unlike bracelets in precious metals which cost a bomb, especially during festive periods, Custom rubber bracelets are cheap and inexpensive and extremely pocket friendly. Even college goers can afford to purchase a dozen of them in different colors and designs.
- There are innumerable patterns to choose from, endless styles and varieties and they help you make a fashion statement that is hard to imitate.
- But perhaps the most important reason for sporting Custom rubber bracelets or silicone rubber bracelets is to spread awareness about burning social issues, spread a valuable social message or raise funds for different causes and varieties of significant charities.
- In short Custom rubber bracelets are both socially responsible as well as chic and sophisticated and they have finally managed to transgress the boundaries of being mere fashion accessories.
- Companies which want to promote events and activities, distribute Custom rubber bracelets, so do groups and NGOs which are trying very hard to make a big or small difference by trying to raise money to support various charity causes.
- There are Custom rubber bracelets with messages inscribed on them and many of these lend themselves to customization and personalization. You now have the opportunity to create and order Custom rubber bracelets engraved with your own design or logo or text or message, in a color of your choice.
- The best part is that these Custom rubber bracelets are strong and durable, crafted to last, boast of excellent quality and are manufactured out of 100% high density industrial silicone.
The internet is one of the best places to order these Custom rubber bracelets and it hardly matters whether you order one or 1 million! They will be delivered to you at your doorstep whether you want it next week or after 10 days or tomorrow!
To add a unique touch to your Custom rubber bracelets, you can fill them up with words of your choice or emboss a slogan or add your organization’s logo and choose attractive, contrasting colors to grab the eyeballs.
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June 21st, 2009 admin
Many people suffer from diseases and cancers that currently do not have a cure. Many of us are unaware of the difficult circumstances these people must suffer everyday of their lives. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough funding donated to research programs to maintain the level of scientific study that needs to go into finding cures for these diseases. It is necessary to keep the public and the politicians aware of how strapped for cash these research projects are these days.
Cancer research projects need the help of the public to keep theses causes central in people’s minds especially the governments that tend to give funding to the noisiest special interest groups. Additionally, if we don’t have someone close to us that is affected by one of these dreadful diseases, it is easy to forget how others may be suffering. If we don’t have a personal connection to a disease we can continue on with our lives without giving it another thought, sad but true.
Fortunately, there are organizations that try to maintain public awareness of the needs of cancer research projects. These organizations use many different methods to get the word out to the public and government officials. A few which you may be aware are television commercials, print ads, celebrity endorsements, public rallies, and fundraising campaigns and events.
One popular method used is cancer awareness bracelets. The bracelets are used as reminders of the need to support funding and research for various research projects. They also act as a reminder for people to donate some of their time and money to the cause.
Cancer awareness bracelets come in many colors and support various cancer treatments and research. I’m sure you can recall seeing someone wearing those pink rubber breast cancer bracelets. The breast cancer awareness bracelets were made of silicone rubber and had “Hope Faith Love” printed or embossed on the bracelet.
Another well known use of the cancer awareness bracelet was the yellow “Live Strong” bracelet popularized by Lance Armstrong. In fact, he is considered the originator of the silicone rubber awareness bracelets trend.
The cancer awareness bracelets not only keep awareness alive but are also used to raise money to support the cause. The silicone rubber bracelets are inexpensive to manufacture and give cancer organizations a reasonable profit margin to make money off of each bracelet they sell.
Whether your organization sells the bracelets or gives them away, more people could be wearing them and keeping their thoughts, hopes, prayers, and support alive for those that truly need it.
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August 16th, 2008 admin
Don’t believe it is too late to take advantage of the colored rubber wristbands concept for promoting an issue. Since the 2004 debut of the LIVESTRONG campaign started by the Lance Armstrong Foundation those yellow wristbands are selling extremely well. By 2005, 55 million wristbands have been sold, which is just a phenomenal achievement. Fortunately, the foundation did not patent or copyright this awareness wristband concept which I understand was a conscious decision, allowing other organizations and groups to utilize the same idea to promote their own causes.
Today, we can see various colors used to symbolize support for many other charities and causes. You will see pink rubber wristbands to promote awareness about breast cancer. Red wristbands have been used for D.A.R.E., HIV, and heart disease issues. White bracelets are being used to advance Peace on Earth and Right to Life ideology, as well as a few other issues. Nearly every color of the rainbow has now been adopted to symbolize and represent the numerous organizations and ideologies that are being advanced to the world. It is not uncommon to have multiple groups using the same colors, because the messages embossed on them will be the distinguishing factor that will set them apart from the others.
Using colored rubber wristbands to advance or sell an idea or product is still a very viable method to promote your ideology, charity, or product. As inexpensive as these wristbands are, it would be in your organizations best interest to consider them for your promotional needs.
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