Bracelets in the News

[caption id="attachment_1384" align="alignleft" width="405"] With Principal Kate Callahan, Dondero School third-graders show off their new wristbands, which read “Be A Buddy Not A Bully” after a school assembly on bullying Wednesday.[/caption] PORTSMOUTH — When city elementary school children find themselves in an encounter with a bully, all they'll need to do is look to their wrists for inspiration. Students from Little Harbour, Dondero, New Franklin and St. Patrick elementary schools all wore wristbands bearing the words "Be a Buddy, Not a Bully" on Wednesday as school and city officials, along with representatives of Port City Nissan, visited the schools. Port City Nissan underwrote the cost for the wristbands and general manager Jennifer Fecteau and employee Kayla Leslie attended anti-bullying Continue reading →

Hamburg High School is always searching for ways to provide support for good causes. The Future Business Leaders of America have decided on their annual charity to support. Through the month of December, the club will be selling bracelets in order to raise money for the Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. The rubber bracelets are blue and white tie-dyed and read “Arkansas Children’s Hospital.” They can be purchased for $1 from any FBLA member; however, extra donations are accepted and encouraged. With the purchase of a bracelet, one will receive a white sticker featuring the hospital’s logo that is blue in color. The bracelets are available to buy in the schools as well as the community. The club has plans to sell 150 bracelets and is eager to achieve this goal. Club member Tiffany Marabanian stated, “The bracelets are for a good cause, and I believe that people will buy many bracelets.” Continue reading →

CHILDREN at Trenance Learning Academy in Newquay donned wristbands which they made to mark Anti-Bullying Week on Friday. All week the children have made different bands based on their year group topics and have learnt about bullying. Continue reading →

Students at Auten Road Intermediate School hope to spot their bright blue "Proud to be from NJ" wristbands on wrists everywhere soon—several school clubs are selling the wristbands to raise money for several non-profits and groups working with victims of Hurricane Sandy. The project is one of a number of similar efforts underway in Hillsborough schools to help Hurricane victims —and struggling families everywhere— rebuild their lives. Money raised from the $3 wristbands will benefit the Red Cross, Hillsborough Food Pantry, the Hillsborough Township Public Schools Philanthropic Fund, and Continue reading →

Lizzi Marriott “had a personality that could light up the room,” Westborough High School junior Katie Heffernan says. A new Westborough High Student Council fundraiser has people wearing reminders of Lizzi Marriott’s personality, on their wrists. The proceeds from “The Lizzi Light” bracelets are going toward a Lizzi Marriott scholarship fund being run by the family. The students began selling the bracelets for $2 the Monday before Thanksgiving, and sold them during the Thanksgiving football game, Continue reading →