Why were orange wristbands in fashion at the Oscars?
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Q: What was the meaning behind those orange bracelets I saw several people wearing at the recent Academy Awards?
Archive for March, 2008
Reese Witherspoon backs bracelet sales for women fund
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Sales of a bracelet will go towards a U.N. fund to combat violence against women under a plan announced on Tuesday by the United Nations, the Avon cosmetics company and movie star Reese Witherspoon.
Avon Products Inc., the world’s biggest direct seller of cosmetics, has pledged to match the first $500,000 in sales of the bracelet to benefit the fund aimed at ending a problem activists say affects one woman in three worldwide.