Most little girls have a best friend growing up. Sure, they have other friends, but none that quite compare to their one and only best friend. Do you remember your childhood best friend? Mine was Ava. She lived just three doors down from my house and we became friends from the day she moved onto our street. It wasn’t until a couple of months later, however, that we became best friends. I remember the day we stepped up our friendship from ‘friends’ to ‘best friends’ because it was the day we exchanged charm bracelets with each other.

Our charm bracelets were the symbol to us and to all of our other friends that we were two of a kind. We still liked to play with other kids in the neighbourhood, but it would always be Ava and I that ate dinner at each others houses or spent the night together on Fridays. Every night before we parted ways we planned where to meet the next morning. Our days were filled with hour after hour of exploring, playing house, playing with dolls, and having kickball games with our other friends. The summer Ava moved to my neighborhood and we became best friends we saw each other every single day.

Our charm bracelets were great because they kept us connected even when we could not spend every hour of every day together. At school that fall Ava and I were put in separate classes so we could only see each other at lunch time and on the playground. One the first day of school Ava and I exchanged one of the charms on our charm bracelets to that we could remember each other throughout the day.

When my family and I left to vacation in California later that year I said goodbye to Ava on her front porch. I promised that I would bring her back something special for our charm bracelets. For some reason, that promise was enough to make the ten days we were apart – the longest we’d been separated since we became best friends – more bearable. As soon as I returned from the trip, I rushed over to her house and gave her the special charm I had chosen to make our best friend charm bracelets even more full.

In the years that followed, Ava and I filled our charm bracelets with so many new charms that there came a day when our charm bracelets wouldn’t fit anything new on them. It was a sad day the day we filled our charm bracelets. It was an even sadder day when Ava’s family moved far from mine right after we graduated high school. We separated with the promise to wear our charm bracelets every day until we met again.

And though I haven’t seen Ava since the day she moved and the charm bracelets we shared quickly became a thing of the past, I think every kid should have a best friend and the
charm bracelets to prove it.

About the Author:

Hallidae Thomason enjoys writing pieces on some of her favorite memories from childhood. Learn more about charm bracelets at www.allcharmbracelets.info

Written By: Hallidae Thomason

Silicon bracelets, also called awareness bracelets, are used by millions of people as a fashion and also to support various causes. You can have different types of statements printed on them. They also aid in fundraising efforts for many big non-profit organizations. You can create a custom silicon bracelet that reflects your views and personality. The silicon bracelets are used as party favours for birthday parties, weddings, baby showers, and family reunions. As birthday favours, you can have the name of the person printed on the bracelet. For wedding favours, you can have the name of the bride and groom printed on the bracelet with the date of the event.

Custom silicon bracelets are the perfect gift for your daughter and mom. You can have something good written about then on the silicon bracelet. Your non-profit organization can benefit from using a silicon bracelet. It helps in fund raising. Silicon bracelets are an easy and inexpensive way to raise money for your favorite charity. Silicon bracelets are an effective way of promoting your business. Print your business name with a catchy slogan and hand them out at fairs, trade shows, or to anyone who approaches you about your business. This is an easy way to spread your business and company name all over the place.

To create cancer awareness among young women, breast cancer awareness bracelets are widely used. This bracelet gives a call to all young women to get their endometrial tests done at regular intervals and also to donate funds for this noble cause. Silicon bracelets are available in multitudes of colors. Silicon bracelets have become a fashionable fad for teenagers as they often wear it in prom. Although they are mainly used for fundraising purposes, the fashionable aspect contributes a lot to its popularity. Silicon bracelets are ideal for school fundraising, religious groups, promotional items, corporate, giveaways, sports team, party giveaways and charity.

The major purpose of this awareness bracelet is to promote awareness of cancer, HIV/AIDS and heart disease. Another purpose is to show support for cancer patients, HIV/AIDS, and heart attack survivors in their battle against the disease. A pink awareness bracelet is worn on the wrist to promote breast cancer awareness and to show support for women in their fight against the disease. A yellow awareness bracelet is worn on the wrist to promote cancer awareness. It shows support to individuals in their fight against the disease. People who wear a red bracelet are promoting AIDS awareness and showing support to individuals who have HIV/AIDS.

About the Author:

Barney Garcia writes about many different topics. He is a proud contributing author and invites you to his websites. www.excellent-wristbands.info and www.groovey-bracelets.info

Written By: Barney Garcia

Those colorful loops of rubber should be quite familiar to you by now. Yes, we are talking about rubber band bracelets. They have become ubiquitous in the last couple of years. You can see them on the wrists of Tsunami aid workers, citizens campaigning for a cause, and even the on wrists of school children. The rubber band bracelets have become the most-preferred and the most inexpensive way to show your support for a cause, or to donate to charity, or to raise awareness about an issue or a disease. You can see them used for extremely different purposes, such as to proclaim one’s religious affiliation, or as a fashion statement! The rubber band bracelet is the modern way of wearing your heart on your sleeve, er wrist!

What are rubber band bracelets? They are simply loops of solid rubber, worn on the wrist by stretching and sliding them over the palm of one’s hands. They come in any color imaginable — yellow, orange, blue, green, black, pink… Some are translucent, others glow in the dark… And they are worn in support of many a message or cause — they are as versatile as they are stretchable! Not all rubber band bracelets are rubber, though. Some of them are made of silicone.

You can have any message stamped over the rubber band bracelets, or designs crafted on them. In fact, some of the latest rubber band bracelets sport more than one message! Rubber band bracelets usually sell for $1-5 a piece, and can be ordered online from many Web sites, in multiples of five hundred, or smaller packs of a dozen or more. The manufacturers often give discounts for the larger orders.

The most famous of the rubber band bracelets is the yellow ‘Livestrong’ wristband worn by cycling champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong. The pink ones are worn to show support to breast cancer patients. SHeDAISY’s ‘Come Home Soon’ yellow rubber band bracelets (named for the group’s Top 15 single) with the words ‘Come Home Soon’ stamped on them are highly popular among relatives of American servicemen.

The rubber band bracelet is a very useful and inexpensive tool for crowd control: it is used as a cheap identifying device in restricted access events attended by large numbers of people, such as music concerts. The rubber band bracelets are also issued by hospitals to their patients as identifying devices with some basic medical information stamped on them.

So what makes these rubber band bracelets so popular? Sociologists say people have always used amulets in times of trouble. Now we are just using them in a more positive way. Yes, rubber band bracelets are more than simple loops of rubber; they represent the human urge to fight and survive great odds.

About the Author

Shannan Barrett analyzes what makes most people sport rubber band bracelets and comes up with some interesting findings on what makes them so popular. Know more about rubber band bracelets at http://www.a1-awareness-bracelets.com/rubber-band-bracelet.html.

Written By: Shannan Barrett