Colored wristbands to promote a cause are everywhere these days. Here are an armful for child-related charities, along with information on how to make your own.
Cause: Autism
Color: Blue
Message: THINK AUTISM. THINK CURE.
Benefits: National Autism Association
Cost: $2.50
Cause: Autism
Color: Blue
Message: (No words, just colorful puzzle pieces)
Benefits: AutismLink
Cost: $5
Cause: Birth defects
Color: Purple
Message: Giving Every Baby a Healthy Start
Benefits: March of Dimes
Cost: 10 for $10
Cause: Brain injury
Color: Blue
Message: The Voice of Brain Injury
Benefits: Brain Injury Association of America
Cost: 10 for $10
Cause: Cancer
Color: Green
Message: CureSearch
Benefits: CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Children's Oncology Group
Cost: 10 for $10
Cause: Cardiomyopathy
Color: Red
Message: A CURE FOR TOMORROW
Benefits: Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation
Cost: $5, or 5 for $20
Cause: Cystic fibrosis
Color: Blue
Message: BREATHE
Benefits: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cost: $2; minimum of 10
Cause: Diabetes
Color: Red
Message: INSULIN IS NOT A CURE
Benefits: Diabetes Research Institute, Education for Children with Diabetes Foundation
Cost: $5 in U.S./$6 Canada/$7 elsewhere
Cause: Diabetes
Color: Blue
Message: Cure Diabetes
Benefits: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Cost: 100 for $25
Cause: Epilepsy
Colors: Red and white swirled
Message: Not another moment lost to seizures
Benefits: Epilepsy Foundation
Cost: 10 for $10
Cause: Fragile X
Colors: Blue
Message: Cure Fragile X
Benefits: The Fragile X Research Foundation
Cost: $3
Cause: Meningitis
Colors: Blue-green
Message: MENINGITIS AWARENESS
Benefits: National Meningitis Association
Cost: $1, minimum of 10
Cause: Neurofibromatosis
Color: Blue/Green Tie-Dye
Message: Thriving With NF
Benefits: Children's Tumor Foundation
Cost: $2.50
Cause: Prader-Willi Syndrome
Color: Red
Message: Still hungry for a cure.E
Benefits: Prader-Willi Syndrome Association
Cost: $2
Cause: Universal Newborn Screening
Colors: Green
Message: UNBS Hunter's Hope
Benefits: Hunter's Hope Universal Newborn Screening Campaign
Cost: 10 for $10
Don't see your cause? A Better Idea sells bracelets that don't directly benefit a charity, but can be worn to promote awareness or resold to benefit a charity of your choice. Or make your own with Write-On Message Bands, whether to promote awareness or give your child a wearable reminder of your love.
