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Author: Julia Tanner
The origin of breast cancer wristbands may not be clearly known to many people. With so many wristband fundraisers, it may be somewhat difficult to ascertain what started where and the status of each now. Luckily, breast cancer wristbands are one of the fundraisers that seem to be sticking around and
The wristband phenomena started with the yellow cancer wristband worn by Lance Armstrong. Most people are aware of the fight Lance Armstrong had with testicular cancer, primarily because he is a well known athlete that was very open about his diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Once he began wearing the bright yellow wristbands, the trend grew exponentially. Steadfast on the heels of the yellow cancer wristbands were the light pink breast cancer wristbands.
No one really wants to call the baby powder pink wristbands a knock-off of Lance Armstrong's bracelet, but that would certainly be the impression. However, because they were both dealing with cancer awareness, the replication could be forgiven. Perhaps even faster than the yellow wristbands, the breast cancer wristbands became the new "fad" fundraiser. Everyone wanted a pink wristband to show their support of research and development to fight this deadly disease. Because these became popular on the market about the time other massive breast cancer awareness movements were taking place, it seemed like destiny that they would grow in popularity.
How are breast cancer wristbands doing now? For the most part, sales of the pink bracelets are still strong; however, it is no where close to it was when they first hit the market. This is due to several reasons. One is that the really gung-ho supporters ( Next Page )
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