Handband press releases

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Telstra is letting customers post messages of love to the gigantic LED billboard on their Bourke Street store in Melbourne. Each message stays on screen for about 15 seconds.

MORE than 1800 wristbands made by a Mosman resident to raise money for the family of a Queensland flood hero have been sold. The story of teen Jordan Rice, who gave his life to save his little brother Blake, so touched the heart of Landy Randall that she decided to raise money for the Rice family. She created a black...

A MOSMAN couple has managed to make maths fun by inventing silicone wristbands with the times tables. Michael and Landy Randall own Handband, a company that makes and sells customised silicone wristbands. They started the company in 2005 and have created several different versions of the wristbands, including the Mediband, which provides the bearer’s medical information such as allergies or blood type in case of emergencies, customised promotional bands and silicone digital watches. The idea for the times table band came up late last year. The bands, particularly the colourful ones that glow in the dark, had proved popular with children and the couple tried to devise ways to also make it educational. “We were just talking about ideas and said ‘oh, we could probably fit the multiplication times table (on the bands)’,” Ms Randall said. The pack comes with 12 bands with one times table on each, and the idea is to give the child one band to learn at a time. Continue reading →

Having an allergy or medical condition can seem like an inconvenience and a burden. Luckily, Mediband can help to make living with a medical condition or allergy that little bit easier. Andy Baker from Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire suffers from Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorder (Type 1), more commonly known as MEN1. He found out about Mediband after his wife read a ‘useful websites’ page in Easy Living. Continue reading →

Having a child with a chronic condition is frightening enough so thankfully Medibands can give you the peace of mind that when your child is not with you, their medical alerts are highly visible to the professionals when seconds count. My daughter is a severe asthmatic and my youngest son is allergic to stinging insects so I have always been terrified that if something happened while they were at home school co-op no one would know how to treat them in the event of an attack. Medibands has medical bracelets for numerous conditions including Asthma, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Food Allergies and more. What makes these bracelets so special for your child is that they are fashionable and if they are like my kids then your child will actually want to wear it. Continue reading →