Giving Support To Those Who Need It - Cancer Awareness Bracelets
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Written by Peter K
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 |
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 Awareness bracelets or jewelry is a way to help support cancer patients and bring awareness of the disease to other people. The money raised on product sales, or portions of it rather, is added to the funds for cancer patient services and for research on ways to help cure them. For those of you not affected with the disease, living with or are friends or acquaintances with people having cancer, or even part of those afflicted with it, these bracelets not only show support and encouragement but also awareness about cancer itself.
Now, these bracelets come in many colors. The usual colors that you might see are pink, red, gold, and a few others. Some of you might ask - why are they in different colors? There are different colors for the awareness bracelets because all colors have different meanings or in most cases, talks about different kinds of cancer. Let me present to you the different colors and their meaning. There are gold or amber which are for children with cancer, red for people with aids, purple for those with pancreatic cancer, gray for those with brain cancer, pink for females afflicted with breast cancer, royal blue for those with colon problems, orange for leukemia, clear or transparent for lung cancer, teal for the following (ovarian, cervical, and uterine cancer), light blue for prostate, and finally lavender for all other unmentioned cases.
In purchasing these awareness bracelets, you may choose to wear it or give it to people who might need it. People who need it are either the cancer patients themselves, who need comfort and encouragement so that they may fight for their lives instead of just wallowing in pity, or those who have no knowledge of the disease. Be aware. Let us help our brothers and sisters fight cancer, even with just small steps like purchasing your own awareness jewelry right now.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 29 May 2009 )
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