The Handband Blog
SOUTHINGTON — Students all over the Southington school district — no matter their age or gender — can now be seen making a similar fashion statement and, more importantly, a statement that they suppor…
Pink cleats, pink gloves and pink bracelets. Everything is pink to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Guilford, even on the football field. Chris Campolieta, a defensive back on the Quaker foo…
With high hopes for making change happen, a group of Grade 6 girls from Waverly Park School have been working hard to make and sell bracelets to raise money for breast cancer research. "We knew we wan…
When 11-year-old Cameron Neal faced his second brain surgery in two years, his cash-strapped family did what more and more people are doing to pay for catastrophic illnesses: private fundraising. “If…
Friends of a teenager who died after being hit by a cricket ball at a school have begun a fund-raising scheme. Five students at Avonbourne College, Bournemouth (formerly Portchester School), are selli…
Underneath the plastic wristband that details all the plays and formations and signals, MarQueis Gray wears another rubber bracelet during every game and practice. It's orange with black letters, and…
HUNDREDS of people from Hartlepool and east Durham beat the rain and a Metro rail strike to enjoy a sell-out gig. Just over 55,000 fans flocked to the Stadium of Light in Sunderland to enjoy a vibrant…
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France - With World War II-era military planes darting overhead and Normandy's Utah Beach visible in the distance, a bronze statue emerged from beneath a camouflage parachute, in…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Gophers football team will recognize national epilepsy month by adding some purple to their maroon and gold. The university announced Thursday that Minnesota players will wear p…
A SCHOOL has banned children from wearing wristbands in memory of a classmate who died of cancer. Friends of Jordan Cobby, 14, had the bracelets made and sold them to raise money for cancer victims af…
DeeDee Trotter was on an airplane in 2006 when she overheard a passenger seated behind her discussing the steroids scandal. Federal investigators in the Balco case, named for a lab that produced suppl…
A HOST of famous faces including a world-famous rapper and an international sportsman are proudly wearing wristbands in memory of a Redditch boy. Musician Professor Green and cricketer Ian Bell are am…