New York, NY (CNS) - The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert has presented a literally big check of $171,525 to the Yellow Ribbon Fund on his show.

The political humorist had promised to “raise wrist injury awareness” after breaking his own last summer. Colbert has raised the money for the charity by selling the red bracelets, which was termed as Wrist Strong Bracelet.

The fund is a real organization that helps American servicemen and their families who are injured during active service.

Colbert has been wearing his red bracelet since August last year while declaring war on wrist violence. He had accidentally injured the left joint after an onstage tumble weeks earlier. He had been wearing a cast at that time.

“The only thing worse than the pain has been the agony,” Colbert says, “Hollywood has been glamorizing wrist violence for years, and I am fighting back with the most powerful tool known to man - the silicone bracelet! It is go time.

“Just to put it on requires a wrist - that’s one level of awareness. “Every time you look down, it will remind you that you have a wrist. And if you ever forget what the area connecting the hands to the arm is called, you can just look down and it says “wrist” right there on the bracelet.”

He had sold the bracelets through colbertnation.com. He had been busy recruiting his celebrity friends to join the Wrist Strong Express.

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