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great Gift for your staff, clients & friends!
Hello, my name is Holly Micuda. I am 13
years old and I live in Oakville, Ontario. I decided
to sell wristbands to support Canadian athletes
because I really enjoyed watching the 2006 Olympics
on TV and I really enjoy playing sports myself.
I've started by selling 300 wristbands at my
school, and have sold over 25,000 across Canada!
The
Canadian Athletes Now Fund, my principal, my
teacher and my whole school have been very
supportive of my idea.
I hope that you decide to purchase a wristband
and help support our Canadian athletes. My goal is
to sell 500,000 wristbands…so I need your help and
so do all the Canadian athletes! The wristbands are
red and white with "Canadian Athletes Now" on the
outside and a slogan I created "Don't
just hope they'll win, help them win!" is
written on the inside.
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PURCHASE YOUR "I WENT HUNGRY" WRISTBANDS AT
WWW.WAILERS.COM
WWW.IWENTHUNGRY.ORGWhen vocalist
Elan Atias joined the Wailers in 1997, the veteran reggae band was
injected with a dose of energy and enthusiasm.
The charismatic Atias — discovered by former Wailers guitarist Al
Anderson — is a provocative showman who likes to challenge the Wailers
and its audience.
Atias and the band are recording an album of original tracks. He
noted that a number of A-list recording artists are part of the
sessions.
"We're halfway through the recording process," Atias said while
calling from Manhattan. "We're recording with some major performers. I
wish I could tell you who they are, but I can't because what if they're
on a track that doesn't make the album? I can't tell you who they are
but I can tell you they were excited about playing with the Wailers. The
album is like what Santana did with "Superstition.' We're bringing in
some heavy hitters to work with us. Wait until you hear who they are."
The soft-spoken Atias might not have revealed anything over the
phone, but he and the Wailers will preview a track Saturday when the
venerable act returns to Joey Harrison's Surf Club in Ortley Beach.
Atias will also throw in some of his solo songs as well as a number
of Wailers classics.
"The Wailers just have something that won't go away," Atias said.
"It's great coming out and doing these shows, because people want to
experience this music and this vibe."
Fans who groove to the Wailers' reggae are usually a cross section of
music fans. A mix of ages, races and creeds come out to soak up the
atmosphere and mellow music.
"We get 7- to 85-year-olds," Atias said. "We get a lot of college
kids, and the music is good for them since they're finding out about
what's up with life. It helps them and everyone else find their
spirituality. It's a night to feel good about togetherness and
brotherhood. We're carrying on a great tradition. It's great to be part
of anything that involved Bob Marley and Peter Tosh."
The Wailers — including bassist Family Man, guitarist Junior Marvin
and drummer Keith Sterling — look forward to returning to the Surf Club
because it's on the coast.
"Our music and the beach go together," Atias said. "It's a perfect
match. That's part of the reason why it's always good to go back there."
This time out, the Wailers will ask fans to contribute to their "We
Went Hungry" charity, which benefits starving children.
"We'll have some buckets out there, and whatever you would like to
give would be appreciated," Atias said.
Katrina wristbands for sale
September 9, 2005
By Cristina Rodriguez
crodriguez@gannett.com
Businesses are being called to order Katrina wristbands to benefit relief
efforts.
The blue bands, a la Lance Armstrong's cancer awareness bracelet, are
being sold for $5 by Kathy Reeg of Ruston. She and some friends won't take
money back for the $5,000 investment to buy the first 10,000 bracelets.
The money goes to the Louisiana Red Cross and local chapters of the
Salvation Army. The wristbands are being done through Band Together, which
also has been donating to the Red Cross. Orders can also be placed online
at
www.band-together.com.
"The more I've watched, I've been sitting by helplessly even though we
have 1,500 evacuees here in Ruston," Reeg said. "It's like, 'What can I
do?'"
Reeg works as the family life coordinator for Kilpatrick Funeral Home but
is handling the wristband effort outside of work.
She's asking businesses, schools and other organizations to spread the
word and contact her at
la-relief@hotmail.com to make orders. The checks should be written to
the American Red Cross or Salvation Army, and she'll send them on.
"It's a minimum $5 donation, so even the youngest of children can feel
like they've played a part," she said.
©The Shreveport Times
September 9, 2005
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 Quench
ID is the drink identifying multicolored wristband for
your school, sport team, party, health club, or gym.
Reducing or eliminating germ contact and improving the
health in groups of people, is what Quench ID is about. Are
you concerned about health and are you in contact with a
group of people regularly? Sharing a water bottle can
spread MRSA, meningitis, strep throat, mono, and the
flu. The Quench ID drink wristband will protect you and
your family at home, work, school, parties, soccer, and even
at the health club or gym.
How? EASY... just slip it off your wrist and onto your
drink. The color blend that you use will determine your
drink. If someone sees a Quench ID wristband on a drink
bottle and they have the same type of drink with out a band
or with a different colored band, chances are they won’t
drink yours. In doing so, you just avoided direct contact
and germs from another person. Imagine an entire team,
school or healthclub/gym using the Quench I.D. wristband on
every drink Improving health one drink at a time is what
Quench ID strives for every day.
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Colors of awareness
[BY ELIZABETH SOLZ - 168]
Published: December 29, 2004
In early September, I wrote about the yellow rubber bracelet trend for
cancer. Since then, the trend has ballooned into a worldwide phenomenon,
becoming a staple accessory for males and females.
These silicon wristbands have become a symbol of awareness for several
important causes. Now the trend is to wear a rainbow of colors on your
wrist, not just the yellow (which has sold more than 27 million at a $1 each
for cancer research).
Which color do you chose for 2005? My personal preference are the yellow and
the black. They both have great significance to my life. I recently lost my
father to a long battle of cancer, which included both leukemia and
melanoma, so my color choices represent and support a cure for those
cancers.
I encourage everyone to sport a color bracelet that shows what you
support/endorse.
White-Right to life, free speech, Alzheimer’s
Gray-Diabetes
Black-Mourning, melanoma
Orange- Hunger, lupus, racial tolerance
Gold]-Childhood cancer
Red-Aids, blood donor, substance abuse, tobacco-free kids
Pink-Breast cancer
Purple-Sexual/domestic violence
Light blue-Prostate cancer
[Medium blue] Drunk driving, beat bullying[Dark blue] Child abuse, colon cancer
Dark green-Ecology, leukemia, organ donor (Lime green] Medical malpractice
Yellow-Support the troops, general cancer
The yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets the Lance Armstrong Foundation started can
be purchased at the Discovery Store, NikeTown and online at
www.laf-store.org.
To buy the other colored LIVESTRONG bands, go to
www.bbtoystore.com.
They have every color for sale in packs of 10.
You also can create your own band at
www.band-together.com.
This
Web site will help you support whatever cause you want to wear (also great
for fund-raisers for your special cause).
Again, I challenge everyone the next time you are out on the town, take a
look around at the colors people are wearing. You will gain a little insight
into what others feel passionate about. I personally look for the black
ones. It gives me comfort to know people support a hope for a cure of a very
deadly disease.
http://warehouse.carlh.com/article_118/
Band Together rocks! They were so psyched about the Good Karma project
that they sent me a case of assorted wrist bands. What on earth am I
going to do with so many? Give them out to you guys! See the links at
the top of the page for contest details.
In the mean time, check out Band Together because if you're in the market
for this stuff, they will hook you up. Just some of the ones they sent me?
Everything from "Carrie is my idol" to "Boyz 2 Men" to ones that were just a
mix of textures and patterns and colors. And get this...they have glow in
the dark stuff too. Opening this package actually made me gidd
Published: Tuesday, February 1, 2005
By Diana Hefley
Herald Writer
EVERETT - Susan York is seeing red and loving it.
For three years, the executive director of the anti-drug group Lead on
America wanted to hand out bracelets at Snohomish County's annual youth
methamphetamine summit.
Workers from Ausclean Technologies show how hazardous a meth house can
be and what dangers are involved in the cleanup at the 2003 Snohomish
County Youth Meth Summit.
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But money was tight and the bright yellow silicon bracelets made famous
by champion cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong hadn't hit the
market yet.
Three weeks ago, York got a shipment of 5,000 red bracelets stamped with
the message "Don't Meth Around." She has handed out hundreds already and
will give out hundreds more to young people at the fourth annual summit
Thursday at the Everett Events Center.
"Red stands for anti-drug, and it's going nationwide," York said.
Sheriff Rick Bart wears one of the bracelets and encourages other adults
to do so to support students who are fighting meth.
"If they see somebody with a bracelet and want to talk about drugs, they
know they have somebody they can go to," Bart said.
The students who wear the bracelets pledge to be drug-free, York said.
Sultan School District Superintendent Al Robinson said he is seeing the
red bracelets in his schools.
"It sparks dialogue. I think that is going to make a difference," he
said.
Summit organizers also hope keynote speaker Denise Webber will get kids
thinking about the dangers of drugs and getting involved with drug users.
Webber's daughter, Rachel Burkeheimer, 18, was murdered Sept. 23, 2002.
The men convicted in her shooting death were heavily involved in drugs.
"She lived through a nightmare," York said of Webber. "We want to support
her, and we want her daughter's legacy to live on in a positive way."
During this year's summit, students will have the opportunity to attend
smaller workshops about specific topics such as marijuana, road rage, binge
drinking and club drugs. Organizers hope the smaller groups will give the
students the chance to ask more questions and interact with counselors.
Barrry family wishing for a Christmas
miracle
By STEVE HUMMER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 12/23/04
At conception, each of the four boys already had an identity laid out for
him. Before anything else, they would be their father's endowment to the
game he played. They would be athletes. They would be prickly competitors.
They would be Barrys.
As Barrys — first Scooter, then Jon, then Brent, then Drew — they
dutifully plied the family trade. None were as skilled as the old man, Hall
of Famer Rick Barry. Sill, against mountainous odds, three of the four made
it to the NBA. And Scooter was a last cut with the Boston Celtics before
leaving for Europe and the gypsy life.
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Drew and Raquel Barry with 21-month-old Kylie.
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Now comes the really difficult part. The game is drifting gradually
beyond their reach. The playing is coming to a close; and the living is just
getting started. It is the sons' turn to be fathers; and the map they
inherited scarcely shows the way. . . .
Kylie Barry is a deeply dimpled 21 months old. She loves watching The
Wiggles, the color pink, clutching with her one doll — named "Doll" — and
playing with older friends in her Alpharetta neighborhood. She began talking
early; and the words come now in constant, sweet trills.
Kylie also is very sick. In October, doctors cut into her little belly
and discovered a tumor the size of a softball. An angry, malicious tumor, it
wrapped around arteries, a kidney, her adrenal gland. The medical world
labeled it a stage 3 cancer, a neuroblastoma. It's more commonly known as a
parent's worse fear.
Kylie's daddy is home every evening nowadays. No more night games. No
more road trips, for now. The calliope music of professional sport has
yielded to the metronome beat of the workaday world.
"And as soon as I leave the office, I'm hurrying back home," Drew Barry
said.
Kylie's daddy exhibits no flashy jewelry that would identify him as a
former athlete. He does, however, wear a purple silicone bracelet with the
message "Cure Kylie." Kathy Briede, a neighbor, came up with the idea as
a show of support and a method of fund-raising (available through the "caringbridge.org/ga/kyliescorner"
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Friends
University student Billy Graf wears two brightly colored rubber
wristbands – one in blue to support KU sports, the other in yellow
to promote awareness for cancer research. On Graf’s yellow
wristband are the words Live STRONG. Graf, like many college
students, wears a 
