fundraising
Pink Wristbands for Breast Cancer Awareness
Jun 1st
For many people October can be a month of remembrance and inspiration. We remember the people who we’ve lost to breast cancer and we inspire and raise money for those who still go through the battle. The battle in some cases is long lasting. This is why we must continue to raise money via fundraisers using products like wristbands and sweatbands.
Buy Breast Cancer Wristbands
Many organization use silicone wristbands to raise funds for breast cancer awareness at events. You can also feature your organizations logo and website on these wristbands if you decide to customize them.
Many charity organizations like Susan G. Komen give out these wristbands in exchange for a donation. These organizations are truly on the front lines.
Custom Silicone Wristbands – A Great Product for Raising Funds
Mar 2nd
Silicone wristbands are one of the best products to use when trying to raise funds. The wrist bands are extremely low cost and can be customized with whatever your organization needs. Compared to other fundraising products, silicone wristbands are considered neutral because they literally can be used for any type of organization without infringing on awareness identity.
An example of this is if you buy a custom coffee mug people automatically think old. If you buy a customized football at a non-football event then people would consider that out of line. Basically the point is that wristbands can be used to raise funds for any type of organization, there are no limits.
Common Fund Raising Projects
Cancer awareness
Raising money for different types of diseases (breast cancer, Leukemia, Prostate cancer, Melanoma, and many other) can help to shed light on new ways to treat patients. Any type of progress helps when dealing with these horrible and often unforeseen illnesses.
Environmental
There are many important environment issues. Unfortunately, a lot of them get over shadowed by global warming (climate change). People tend to forget about planting more trees or sustaining a better environment for our animals. Silicone wrist bands can be customized to support this cause and help organizations raise money to spread the word.
Natural Disaster
With the recent hit of the hurricane in Haiti it has been especially noticeable how fundraising can help in a HUGE way. Many people customized wristbands in order to raise money for the hospitalized and the families of the many victims. With unexpected horrific events like these, it’s good to see people come together for the same cause: to help out.
Personal/Group Trip
One of the biggest fundraising categories doesn’t have to do with health, the environment, or natural disasters. It mostly has to do with group wants (such as field trips). Many sports, music, and honors groups are passionate about their subjects so they want to explore further. In order to do this they need to raise funds (often times a lot of funds). Some example of this type of fundraiser are:
-Your Spanish language class wants to take a trip to Spain (heck maybe even a whole tour of Europe), but first needs to come up with ginormous amounts of money.
-Your high school football team would like to go to an inspirational camp that takes place a thousand miles away
-Your band needs to save money to transport everyone down to Disney World to perform
Charity
There are many charities that use promotional items to boost progress heavily. A good example of this is Lance Armstrong’s “Live Strong”. Without the item the organizations would most likely not have raised near as much money. It’s always good to tie in a product with a campaign to help raise awareness and funds.
Those are just a few of the very common ways wristbands are used to raise funds around the world. I’m sure there are many more… Can you think of any? Let us know you creative ideas.