Banding Together

It started barely a year ago with Lance Armstrong’s yellow ‘Livestrong’ wrist bands, and today dozens of causes boast their own colored bands, including camouflage

Yu Shing Ting
Wednesday - July 14, 2005
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Richard Poland sports a chartreuse
wristband that promotes organ donations

Here’s a list of some of the charity wristbands available:

White- the One campaign fights AIDS and poverty worldwide (www.one.org)

Red, white and blue – Operation Military Pridebands (www.wristbands4awareness.com)

Orange – AIDS/Lifecycle (www.aidslifecycle.com)

Blue – Autism Society of America’s Awareness (www.autism-society.org)

Pink – Melissa Etheridge band for cancer research (www.thepinkbracelet.org)

Blue – Children’s Hospital of Orange County (714-997-3000)

Purple – March of Dimes Saving Babies (www.marchofdimes.com)

Blue/Teal Check Your Heads – Musicians for Mental Health (www.mpoweryouth.com)

Aqua – Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (www.vcfse.org)


MidWeek’s Linda Dela Cruz
styles with a lavender third
world literacy band and a
pink breast cancer band

Cobalt Blue – Cancer Research and Prevention Project (www.preventcancer.org)

Dark Purple – American Lung Association (www.lungusa.org)

Red – Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Relentless Wristbands (www.wristbands4awareness.com)

Light Pink or Baby Blue – I Love My Baby wristband from Mothers Minder (www.wristbands4awareness.com)

Yellow LIVESTRONG – supports the Lance Armstrong Foundation available at Niketown and Discovery Channel stores (www.wearyellow.com and www.laf.org)

Pink – Breast Cancer (www.breastcancercampaign.org)

Blue – Save The Children Tsunami Relief available at 7- Eleven stores

Blue – Make A Wish Foundation available at Longs Drug Stores

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