February 9th, 2011 Theresa
Trendy and versatile for a plethora of purposes, rubber wristbands are today’s trendy fashion pieces for teens and adults alike. Created with 100% silicone, these wristbands are today’s preferred tool for showing support, promoting a business, spreading an idea, or even just for accessorizing. Whatever made these bracelets so popular? Apart from their striking colors that catch attention, rubber wristbands have been used in the recent years to provide support for a variety of ongoing programs. From promoting AIDS and cancer awareness, to supporting the non-smoking, alcoholism, anti-drugs, and obesity campaigns, rubber wristbands are timeless and efficient in spreading ideologies. The people who wear them are instantly turned into walking promotional materials. They are spreading an idea without them even knowing.
Hailed as one of this decades most powerful promotional material, rubber wristbands are ubiquitous in their nature. Silicone is a very strong material that lasts, which makes it a very good promotional piece. You’re bound to see someone with a silicone wristband while walking down the street or visiting a mall. In the recent years, these bracelets have been used to symbolize a variety of causes, designed by the fundraiser and sold to wiling supporters. The color of a rubber wristband pertains to what it signifies. Popular causes have owned these colors and through time have successfully made them their own. Here are a couple of the most famous causes with their preferred colors.
Orange
Orange is used by the American Cancer Society and the Multiple Sclerosis Organization. Orange wristbands are used by these organizations to promote a smoke-free lifestyle and encourage the awareness of multiple sclerosis a very debilitating disorder that deserves to be known.
Red
Red is used for Heart Disease Prevention and the AIDS Awareness group. AIDS is an incurable STD that has claimed the lives of thousands of people on earth. The AIDS Awareness group has utilized wristbands to make the society more aware about the rising number of people with AIDS.
Yellow
Yellow is used by Lance Armstrong’s LiveStrong campaign. LiveStrong is the very first group to ever use rubber wristbands to raise funds for cancer research.
Green
Green is used by a number of renowned environmental groups all over the world. You can see a variety of messages imprinted on these green wristbands, such as Save the Earth or Practice Green Living. Green wristbands are worn to make people more aware of imminent danger of global warming and dangerously high carbon footprints.
Pink
Pink is used by the Breast Cancer Awareness Organization for their fundraising exploits. You’ll often see women wear these bracelets, with the iconic pink ribbon engraved on one side. The selling of pink bracelets is to support breast cancer research.
Apart from being used to support a variety of causes, rubber wristbands have been used to by a number of businesses as well for promotion purposes. Events are advertised through wristbands, as well as new products or new services. If you’re looking forward to using silicone wristbands for your business exploits, there are a number of sites offering rubber wristband making services online. Research the Internet for more information.
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September 13th, 2010 Admin
Custom rubber bracelets also commonly known as silicone bracelets have become quite a rage. These have now been worn by common people and celebrities alike to promote various causes and raise the public consciousness about various causes. The custom rubber bracelets were first popularized by Lance Armstrong who raised the awareness of cancer survival through his yellow bands for the Livestrong foundation. Within six months, the foundation was able collect $25.1 million. More than 7 million such bracelets have been sold since 2004. The yellow band is now synonymous with spreading cancer awareness.
Since 2004, when it was made popular by Lance Armstrong, many profitable and non profitable organizations have followed suit and have introduced their own versions of the rubber bracelets.
Why are the silicone rubber wristbands popular?
The custom rubber bracelets signify particular causes and the colors are used for denoting those causes. For example, breast cancer awareness issues are signified by the color pink, while red colored bands signify the AIDS awareness campaign. These brightly colored custom rubber bracelets have also catapulted them into a hot fashion accessory. Since these rubber wristbands are made of silicone, it can repel water and has thermal stability and to a certain extent is physiologically inert. All of these enable the wearer to sport them 24/7 without any fear of allergies, wear and tear or fading of the color.
These custom rubber bracelets don’t get scratched or torn easily. They are not easily affected by heat and nor do they change their physical appearance or shape very easily. They are also flexible and can be easily worn by adults and children alike. This is the reason that they have become extremely popular as a fashion accent by so many people. Organizations such as schools, restaurants, discotheques and businesses have adopted the idea for furthering their business interests as well.
Each color has a significant message attached to the custom rubber bracelets
The custom rubber bracelets are used for making a personal statement or for creating awareness about various issues.
Some of the colors currently being used for creating awareness are:
- Yellow rubber bracelets that symbolizes the fight against testicular cancer.
- Pink rubber bands commonly represents awareness against breast cancer
- The dark pink bands signify fight against diabetes both juvenile and adult
- Red bands signify the causes such as AIDS, Anti child abuse, mothers against drunk driving and many more.
- Green bands are used by the environmentalist and those that help the victims of tsunamis as well
- Dark blue bands are worn for creating awareness and fight against drugs
- Light blue bands are used for creating awareness for women’s rights and will also represent awareness campaigns for Parkinson’s disease.
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January 18th, 2009 Admin
For years we have been seeing the colored silicone rubber bracelets being worn by children and adults. The significance of the bracelets varies widely. Recently, the school kids used them as a sexual activity statement. Certain colors were associated with particular sexual activities. Fortunately, this fad did not last and many schools banned the bracelets to protect the students. But the more important meanings of these colored bracelets have outlasted the short lived fads and have continued to be used to promote awareness of various health, social issues, and charities. Below is a partial list of some of the colors used and its corresponding cause.
- Green rubber bracelets – Rainforest Protection, Family Farmers Support, Brain Injury Awareness
- Rainbow rubber bracelets – Peace, Gay Pride, Gay Marriage
- Purple rubber bracelets – C.A.R.E., Animal Rescue, Pancreatic Cancer
- Red rubber bracelets – AIDS/HIV, D.A.R.E, Diabetes, Heart Disease
- Blue rubber bracelets – Child Abuse Awareness, Bone Marrow, Donation, Lymphoma, Foster Care Awareness
- Orange rubber bracelets – Hunger, Cultural Diversity & Racial Tolerance
- Silver rubber bracelets – Brain Disease, Mental Illness, Awareness of Children with Disabilities
- Pink rubber bracelets (aka breast cancer awareness bracelets) – Breast Cancer, Children’s and Teenage Cancer
- Yellow rubber bracelets – Leukemia, POW/MIA, Support our Troops
The above list is by no means comprehensive. There are numerous other colors being used and some organizations are using some of the same colors as others are using. Additional color combinations are being used for various sports teams, and companies are jumping on board to promote their brand names. Sometimes it will be necessary to read the message on the bracelets to know for sure.
If you feel inspired to help promote awareness about a cause near and dear to your heart, now is a good time to order rubber bracelets.
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