Coloured Wristbands....

cupthehand

Hey what does everyone think of the Lance Armstrong Foundation Livestrong coloured wristbands that are the rage at the moment anyone know of a place in Ireland that sells them....they are currently sold out in both USA and UK and there is a 4 week delay from the website while on eBay they are going for extorionate prices (in US they cost $1).So far Ive seen mostly yellow, a few blue and one or two red ones.....nearly every soccer player in Europe is wearing one.

Lump

Yellow is for cancer, dont know about the others, but they are fairly cool bands.... kind of rubbery stuff, I don't have one, but at least it's something that helps people that caught on fashion wise.


John

Johnny_the_fox

e-bay :eek:

which is sad.

cupthehand

I doubt very much all the sellers on eBay will be donating anything to cancer research at all the scumbagz :mad:
well they are all for cancer research once they got the live strong logo on then but there are also blue ones for cystic fibrosis doing the rounds in UK

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http://www.laf.org/

Superman

man those things were wreckin my head for months , I saw a whole load of jock bastards from quinn school of business wearing them, so I presumed it was either a D4 thing or some random trend.
Oh I only noticed they are nike, now that really is bentastic.
I'm setting a new trend ... wear a clothes peg on your chin! you never know it may catch on!

cupthehand

Superman wrote:

man those things were wreckin my head for months , I saw a whole load of jock bastards from quinn school of business wearing them, so I presumed it was either a D4 thing or some random trend.
Oh I only noticed they are nike, now that really is bentastic.
I'm setting a new trend ... wear a clothes peg on your chin! you never know it may catch on!

But its a good cause and has made more money for cancer research this year than any other method of fund rasing.It was an ingenius mass marketing ploy that shouldnt be frowned upon given its meaning.




http://www.nike.com/wearyellow/index_f.html

cupthehand

The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) announced today that more than 20 million LIVESTRONG™ wristbands have now been purchased. The Wear Yellow Live Strong campaign, a LAF and Nike partnership, was launched last May in an effort to raise funds for LAF programs that help people with cancer live strong.

"I am only one of more than 10 million Americans living with and beyond cancer, so there are at least 10 million reasons why I wear my Live Strong wristband everyday," said Lance Armstrong, champion cyclist, cancer survivor and founder of the LAF. "I think the color yellow stands for hope and courage and inspiration and that's why I'm never taking my wristband off."

Wristbands have been sold to citizens of all 50 states and more than 60 countries. Since the launch of the campaign, wristbands have been spotted on a number of athletes, Olympians, musicians, actors and political leaders.

Strong demand for the yellow wristbands continues. The LAF currently sells approximately 150,000 wristbands every day exclusively at www.laf.org and www.wearyellow.com. The LAF's most recent record-breaking sales day occurred on September 20, when the LAF sold 382,000 wristbands in one day. Wristbands are sold for $1 in packs of 10, 100 and 1,200. Due to overwhelming demand for wristbands, orders generally ship to customers in approximately three to four weeks. The LAF has ordered more wristbands in order to reduce the shipping delay.

Next month, the LAF and Nike will begin distributing LIVESTRONG™ wristbands for sale at all Niketown locations, nikewomen stores and Niketown outlets. Discovery Communications will also sell wristbands at its nationwide chain of more than 120 Discovery Channel Stores.

As a tribute to Armstrong's inspirational fight against cancer as well as his historic attempt to break the Tour de France record, the LAF and Nike launched the Wear Yellow Live Strong campaign on May 17, 2004. Nike donated $1 million to the Foundation and led efforts to raise additional millions of dollars through the sale of yellow wristbands engraved with Lance's mantra, Live Strong. All proceeds benefit LAF programs that help people with cancer live strong.

For Lance and many people living with cancer, yellow is the color of hope, courage, inspiration and perseverance. LIVESTRONG™ wristbands allow everyone to share that spirit - especially the 10 million people living with cancer in the U.S.

The LAF is thrilled about the success of the campaign. Funds raised through wristband sales will benefit the LAF's advocacy, education, public health and research programs.

About the Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) believes that in your battle with cancer, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. From the moment of diagnosis we provide the practical information and tools you need to live strong. The LAF focuses its activities on public health initiatives, national advocacy, research, and survivorship education and resources, including Live Strong, the LAF's comprehensive resource for cancer survivors. The LAF was founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong and is located in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.laf.org and www.livestrong.org.

impr0v

blah blah blah, amazing how seeing them on celebrities makes the motive for wearing them incidental.

if Lenny was famous our A&E wards would now be full of people complaining of blistering and irritation after applying relgex to their unburnt arms.

Superman

cupthehand wrote:

But its a good cause and has made more money for cancer research this year than any other method of fund rasing.It was an ingenius mass marketing ploy that shouldnt be frowned upon given its meaning.




http://www.nike.com/wearyellow/index_f.html

hmm.... Ok I hope a bit of the money go's to cancer, but I can say that from first hand advice that research grants for big things like cancer are wasted left right and centre on frivoulous expenses.
Also the idea that nike are distrubution them is very sad

check out: http://www.cleanclothes.org/companies/nike.htm nike are such wonderful people

Guy:Incognito

Superman wrote:

hmm.... Ok I hope a bit of the money go's to cancer, but I can say that from first hand advice that research grants for big things like cancer are wasted left right and centre on frivoulous expenses.
Also the idea that nike are distrubution them is very sad

check out: http://www.cleanclothes.org/companies/nike.htm nike are such wonderful people

What difference does it make who distributes them? Who, in you view, deserves to distribute them?

Blub2k4

This possibly started with Madonna and the likes wearing those "Kerbala" wristbands, crazy shhheet.

Pinkchick03

There are blue wristbands around at the minute - are they Lance Armstrong wristbands or does anyone know?

kaiphas

The blue/purple bracelet are for Cystic Fibrosis fund raiser.
See the following link for more info:
http://www.cystic-l.org/html/CFS-CureCysticFibrosisAwarenessBracelet.htm

cujimmy

Pinkchick03 wrote:

There are blue wristbands around at the minute - are they Lance Armstrong wristbands or does anyone know?

No the blue one are from a campaing the bbc were running for the last few weeks, and were to stop bullying. Both my kids are wearing them, got them in school

Pinkchick03

cheers just ordered 2 wristbands (the ones to stop bullying!)

Lump

HA HA, you'd think I'd remember the blue ones.... since I work in the BBC, I didn't see them on sale anywhere here though!

John

Superman

Stekelly wrote:

What difference does it make who distributes them? Who, in you view, deserves to distribute them?

well to me all the the difference! it's pure hypocricy on nikes part, but guess i'm not going to win this one, the trend factor for wrist bands is too high, it is definitely a huricane force trend

kensutz

I got the blue and the Livestrong bands. Took me 4 months to get the Livestrong bands from the US.

Pinkchick03

kensutz wrote:

I got the blue and the Livestrong bands. Took me 4 months to get the Livestrong bands from the US.

Which blue wristband did you get ??

kensutz

the stop bullying one.

ianomccabe

how did u get the stop bullying one? thought they only delivered to uk?

kensutz

They are only available to the UK, I'm over there every weekend so I stay in a mates who got me them.

Pinkchick03

I requested one to be sent to my house in Rep of Ireland - it didn't say I couldn't get one! If that is the case they should have told me that I couldnt' get one.

CuJimmy > how did you get one?
Lump can you get me some if you work in BBC pretty please

Lump

I couldn't find them in work, I'll ask tomorrow though.


John

penguinbloke

just went onto ebay

This auction is for a new Lance Armstrong Livestrong Band.

These bands are the most fasionable item you can be seen with at the moment.

Being worn by all the top celebrities.

Don't get left behind....Get Livestrong!

Is it just me or have they missed the point?

just did the maths and if she bought them in bulk from america with exchange rates and everything she made at least £700 sterling from this charity

Pinkchick03

Lump wrote:

I couldn't find them in work, I'll ask tomorrow though.


John

Cheers Lusk! Don't go to any trouble honestly

Penguinbloke > yep I agree with you - ruins the point - I think the official website should be the only place you can buy them to make sure the money does go to charity!

cujimmy

Pinkchick03 wrote:

I requested one to be sent to my house in Rep of Ireland - it didn't say I couldn't get one! If that is the case they should have told me that I couldnt' get one.

CuJimmy > how did you get one?
Lump can you get me some if you work in BBC pretty please

I didnt, I said my kids got them in school from the teachers

Pinkchick03

cujimmy wrote:

I didnt, I said my kids got them in school from the teachers

Sorry!

cujimmy

Pinkchick03 wrote:

Sorry!

My daughter told me this am that ya can order them on the bbc website

JackKelly

Im starting to really dislike these bands. Any of my friends who i have seen with them, have either gotten them from a friend or off their parents or whatever, none of them have paid for them directly, which i see as totally missing the point. I had a big argument with one girl who said that she got it from her friend and believed that as SOMEONE had paid for it so it was ok, it was alright for here to wear it. Dont know if anyone will agree with me but that i think is a total cheat.I thought that the point was that you wore them to show that you had donated to cancer research or whatever.

As for people seeling them on ebay

Ebay should ban them saps