wrist bands ..do you wear them and why?

I do wear a wrist band!!!!! My cousin was killed in an accident and to promote wearing your seat belt we sold (still are) wrist bands.. We are giving the money that we gather to a scholarship found and also we are trying to change the law!!! We ask that people put them on their right wrist because when they go to start they car they will see the band and put on their seat belt!!

I think that some reasons are great!!!

But I think the kids are taking it to far, especially in the schools, I am teaching and they are always all over and in their mouth and everything!!

But I do wear one and promote my band!!! PLEASE wear your seat belt....

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I'm in two minds about the bands for several reasons.

I think they are great idea on one hand because they are all the rage and very fashionable at the moment.  So people are buying them which is all great for fundraising.  And as they are trendy etc they are kinda targetting a market which fundraising doesn't normally hit. (according to an article I read)

The problems I have with them are - Like you said do you need to show your support for donating money by showing it on your wrist.  but thats my personal opinion/problem.  and I respect anyone that donates money to a good cause.

What concerns me a little is that these bands are all plastic.  when this trend/fad looses its appeal these bands are all going to be dumped along with all the other mounds of plastic out on the garbage heaps.  Its just soo wasteful.

And like Shaun said how much money does the middle man get for the production of these bands.  

I saw a great idea not so long ago over here you donated money to a charity (I can't remember which one) and they gave you a tree seedling to plant.  I just loved that idea.

We all dress for vanity, even if it's goth dressing for the vanity of saying "Look at me, I'm totally different from you." So let's not pretend any of us are not dressing and accessorizing for whatever vanity reason.

I am wearing my yellow Livestrong bracelet. I have lost 7 friends/extended family to cancer. I wear it to remember them and also I like the jock connotation. I don't really give a rat's ass what anyone thinks of it.

When I had open heart surgery five years ago my father was at the hospital every day with me.  Most days I was too tired to talk much, and just slept.  But he was always there, sitting beside my bed.

I then had to watch him suffer horribly and die of cancer just a year ago.

I wear my Livestrong bracelet  everyday to both to honor my father and to remind myself how fleeting, fragile and precious life really is.

Everyday is a gift and we need to appreciate and make the most of it.

Mark

Wrist bands are modern day jewelry. They're something non profit groups use, with great success because young people take notice, that assists them in raising funds for various causes.

Up to this point I haven't worn one because there hasn't been a cause to which I'm totally supportive. I don't support any cancer research organizations because of their lack of support for nutrional research into cancer. The vast majority of funding looks at a pharmaceutical cure for cancer when there is ample evidence that nutrtion has a much greater degree of success. (end of rant).  

I think it's great that kids and whomever think it's "cool" to wear them.  That just puts more $$$ towards cancer research!!!

Hell, if I was a principal at a school I'd make all the kids that didn't wear one feel like they were losers and that if they couldn't afford $1 to look cool then they should be rediculed and permanently emotionally scarred for the rest of their adult life because of it.  (I'm being facetious for those of you getting all riled up reading this) 

My opinion is, who cares why people wear the wristbands, particularly the yellow ones.  The bottom line is that probabaly 99% of the yellow livestrong wristbands aren't fake so that means more $$$ towards research...which I am ALL for!!

So the next time you see a kid without a yellow wrist band, be sure to point at him and laugh.