(NBC) - A breast cancer awareness bracelet has landed a student at New York’s South Glens Falls High School in hot water.

“It wasn’t really a distraction,” Nicholas Morgan insisted.

Nick’s mom says he’s not a troublemaker, but this week trouble found him, thanks to the bracelet on his right wrist.

It says “I love boobies.”

The sale of the rubber bands benefits a not-for-profit that raises breast cancer awareness among teens. Nick’s mom, Barbara Gifford, bought it at a store in the mall after he asked for it for his birthday.

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ONE hundred wristbands bearing messages of support for troops in Afghanistan were distributed within hours of arriving at The Northern Echo offices yesterday.

There has been an overwhelming demand for the wristbands since the launch of The Northern Echo campaign to support 3 Rifles’ Swift and Bold Wristband appeal, which raises money for the battalion’s injured soldiers and the families of soldiers killed in action.

The newspaper’s offices in Darlington and Bishop Auckland sold out of wristbands within hours of the launch, and dozens more people have reserved wristbands from future deliveries.

Fifty more wristbands were delivered to each office yesterday. Anyone who was not notified of their arrival, will be contacted as soon as another batch arrives.

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WATERLOO - Ensuring impoverished African villagers have easy access to clean water may seem like an impossible task for a group of Iowa high school kids.But Columbus High School students are walking Saturday to raise funds and help make that possible for three communities in north central Kenya. The Walk for Water will be held at Hawkeye Community College beginning at 9:30 a.m. The public is invited to donate to the cause or collect pledges and join students in the five-kilometer (or 3.1 mile) walk around the college’s interior courtyard.

Columbus’ service club organized the event after the school was among 30 chosen for the fund-raising effort benefiting Kenyan and Ugandan water projects by Canadian nonprofit Impossible 2 Possible. Senior Grace Moore, the club’s president, said they decided on the event because “the women and children would have to walk to get their water.” Campus minister Mary Pedersen added, “The average is at least three miles to get their water.”

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HURRICANE - It pays for Hurricane High School students to wear their 24-7 Club wristbands and to carry their membership cards.

About once a month Principal Dick Campbell announces early dismissal from class, either at lunchtime or the end of the day, for those wearing the wristband.

“They like that. There’s a flurry of signups whenever he does that,” club sponsor Heather Reed said.

Since Campbell proposed the club in the fall of 2008 and biology teacher Reed volunteered to sponsor the anti-drug abuse organization, more than 200 students have joined.

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Royal Marines in Devon have been banned from wearing Help for Heroes wristbands while they are in uniform.
The marines who cannot wear the bands are from the Commando Logistic Regiment, based at RMB Chivenor.
The Ministry of Defence said the decision was taken by the Regimental Sergeant Major and approved “higher up the chain of command”. (more…)