Wristbands gearing up for hospital fundraising goal

Saturday, August 27, 2005
Fundraising success? Sometimes it’s all in the wrist action.
News Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan will begin selling new maize and blue tie-dye wristbands this weekend, hoping to build on the success of a blue version that generated more than $400,000 in sales to help fund a new children and women’s hospital.

The new wristbands will go on sale at U-M’s Football Fan Day, today from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Michigan Stadium. They will also be on sale at U-M’s home opener Sept. 3 against Northern Illinois.

Kathryn Gissiner, 13, an eighth-grader at Ann Arbor’s Tappan Middle School, said she’s excited at the prospect of new wristbands.

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