What "LIVE-STRONG's" do you have?

[musical_il]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:40am

I have the original yellow one,
a blue one for terror,
a green one for cancer,
a pink one for car accidents
and light-blue one that I bought in Florida, to support Israel..
LOL...
Updated On: 6/6/05 at 10:40 AM

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:46am

pink for breast cancer
green for local theatre arts
orange for gay rights

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:56am

I collect them... lol there's a picture of a bunch of them in my fan photos, but i got some more yesturday at "Celebrate West Hartford"

Yellow - LiveStrong
Sky blue - Autsim
Pink - Breast cancer
Red - AIDS/HIV
Light blue - Peace
White - ONE campaign
Purple - Lupus
Another purple one - Relay For Life
Light red - In memory of Ashliegh Woodfeild (these were made in memory of a girl from my school who died in a car accident. They say Charis and have a flower and a heart on them)
Red/Black - SMA
Dark red - Adopt a Soldier program
Red/Blue - Red Sox World Series
Red/Yellow - Children's Miracle Network
Light purple - Literacy
Red/Pink/White - Fanconi Anemia
Yellow/Blue/White - Alex's Lemonade Stand/In memory of Alex Scott (she was from my town)
Red/Yellow/Green/Blue/Purple - Connecticut Children's Medical Center
White - Lung cancer (I keep it on my bass guitar... it's in memory of my grandfather)

I also have one that's not for a cause... it's green and says in blue "West Hartford Little League"... the baseball team was selling them for a fund raiser.

I don't wear them all at once lol. I usually wear the LiveStrong one, the Autsim one, and whatever else matches what I'm wearing that day.

Updated On: 6/6/05 at 10:56 AM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:57am

yellow-Live Strong
blue-Libraries Matter
light blue- Cultivate PEACE
green- Defying Gravity
pink- breast cancer
yellow-red mix-children's miracle network
blue- Save the Children
red- MS

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:06am

I don't have all that many...

Mauve: Acne
Chartreuse: In-grown toe nails
Fuchsia: Hemorrhoids
Puce: Scabies
Ivory: Bleeding gums

[CJR]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:21am

Okay, this is one of those things that REALLY bugs me. It's like calling a cast recording a soundtrack.

There is only one Livestrong bracelet and that's the Lance Armstrong one. All the others are immitation bracelets and unless the money is actually going to charity (as with the livestrong bracelets) it annoys me to see people profiting from their sale.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:25am

all of the ones I have are benefitting either a charity or a group or non-profit organization... it's just a fun way to support a cause.
even the ones that the girl from my school's family made are going to a scholarship foundation in her name for students majoring in graphics arts.

I do know what you mean though, because I got upset when I saw some guy at the mall selling imitation LiveStrong bracelets in all different colors for $2. It's not right, especially since they didn't tell people that they were fake and that the money wasn't going to a charity.

Updated On: 6/6/05 at 11:25 AM

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:29am

I have Live-strong and a Tsunami relief. Livestrongs were a HUGE fad, and although everyone at my school had one, a small number actually knew what they supported.

[mabel]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:36am

Yeah, I think the ones that you pick up at the little kiosks at the mall that you KNOW aren't going to charity are pretty ridiculous. So I guess I'm a hypocrite, because I have a Red Sox Nation one that I picked up on eBay last fall. I know the money doesn't go to charity, but I couldn't resist! Pity they didn't make a Red Sox one that went to The Jimmy Fund or something.

I also picked up a white ONE campaign bracelet at the U2 concert I went to a week or so ago.

That's it.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:37am

I wore one before they were "cool"
I practiclly grew up in my dad's old bike shop, and became a huge Lance Armstrong fan at a young age, so I had one as soon as they started making them.
I used to get pissed when people wear them because they think they're cool and don't realize what they were for, but then I realized that as long as they bought one, the money was still going ot the same place no matter if they knew about the charity or not.

EDIT: Yeah LOL I have the Red Sox one even though it's not going to a charity, but at least the store where I bought it didn't claim it was.

Updated On: 6/6/05 at 11:37 AM

[bunchamuncha]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 3:23pm

There's an article about the "wrist band" charity bands in the new DETAILS magazine. Basically stating how they've become cheap accessories and how the initial message has gotten lost in the marketing and self-righteousness of them.
It's actually an interesting article and the last paragraph, which is true of the doctors at the hospital I am at.
"Hospitals have started prohibiting staff from wearing the yellow bands b/c people are getting confused. yellow medical bracelets on a patient mean "do not resusciate"

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 3:27pm

around here, bright orange means do not resusitate. yellow means allergies.
that's interesting though. i can see why they wouldn't want people who work in a hospital to confuse a livestrong bracelet with a DNR one.

EDIT: is the article available online?

Updated On: 6/6/05 at 03:27 PM

[bunchamuncha]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 3:44pm

no I couldn't find a website for the actual magazine, sorry

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 3:46pm

So, a good number of people who wear them don't know nor care what they mean, it's just a "fashion trend"? That is ironic, considering how ugly the things are.

[oxdreaminxo]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:49pm

I have a regular one, tis obnoxiously bright yellow, lol, but it's for a good cause, eh? I also have cheap ones from Hot Topic that say Music=Life and Rock the Arts which I wear daily.

[Mythus]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:56pm

I don't wear them. They've become a fashion statement, and it's disgusting. It's like wearing an AIDS bracelet because you like the pretty ribbon.

[mollyllom]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:12am

I just have one, a tsunami relief one that my school sold to raise money for the tsunami relief

[Raggy Q poo]

Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:16am

I have:
light blue one for Israel
Pink for breast cancer
Original Yellow one