The Handband Blog
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - With head coach Chuck Pagano being treated for leukemia, the Colts are making a push this week to raise money for research of the disease. At noon Thursday, the fountain at the I…
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…
There are still two weeks left for young readers taking part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge to finish the six-book challenge. When they do, they can collect their certificates and medals. The…
A GROUP of Brighton students who created a wristband campaign to raise money for their sick school friend are thrilled by the generous response. Friends of year 12 Brighton Grammar School student Conn…
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…
Olympics bosses told a torchbearer whose soldier son almost died in Iraq that she could not wear any branding for the charity Help for Heroes. Jessica Cheesman will carry the flame past Rochester’s be…
CHICAGO – It’s an old sports cliché: taking it one game at a time, one play at a time. It’s also a goal and the mindset the Illinois football team has adopted this year – one that every player is remi…
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…
DES MOINES — The top dogs in Iowa’s Republican Party pulled red bands over their wrists and announced a party “unity plan” at the Iowa State Fair Thursday. The three-pronged “Iowa Strong” campaign is…
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…
What it is: Area police officers will be sporting a new accessory: a dark blue wristband with the initials W.I.N., as part of a safety awareness campaign. More details: The bracelet is one element of…