Tampa Bay Supports the Next Tiger Woods

Harris Armstrong could be the next Tiger Woods. Harris is 12 years old and has already broken 70 twice. Golf legends such as Tiger Woods and Charles Howell III are already admiring his talent.

Wristbands Support the Troops

A charity campaign which was set up by a teacher and a group of his pupils is being given support from all over the world. Stamford’s Richard Brewster set up the Supporting Our Troops charity with pupils at Stamford School and fellow colleague Falklands veteran Marc Jackson, because of the school’s strong links with the armed forces.

Secrets to Promoting Your Charity

The word ‘philanthropy’ acquired a new meaning when the celebrated cyclist Lance Armstrong created the famous yellow silicon rubber bracelets with the words “Live Strong” written on it. These initial wristbands were manufactured in collaboration with Nike and the proceeds from their sell were meant to go to the nonprofit charitable Lance Armstrong Foundation. The bracelets vanished from the shelves in record time and that gave birth to a new trend opened up a new chapter in the history of philanthropy. So far it was a word essentially associated with rich and famous, but with the ‘LiveStrong’ bands priced at $1 a piece; common people came to believe they also can do much to support a noble cause.

Driver Remembered with Wristbands

A tribune banner for Eric Medlen, the 2005 Northwest Nationals Funny Car champion who died in March from injuries suffered in a testing accident earlier that week, was available all weekend for racing fans to sign.

Autism Fundraising Effort Uses Silicone Wristbands

By Laura Pace, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When Cindy Waeltermann got the diagnosis for her son, who was almost 3, “All I heard was ‘autism,’ and I think my ears started ringing. I heard nothing after that.”

Her younger son later received the diagnosis as well.

T.O. Wears One

As former NFL coach Bum Phillips observed his son Wade preside over Dallas Cowboys practice, he was asked if he ever had a problem dealing with a player in his nearly 35 years in coaching.

“Not that I can remember,” Phillips said, hesitating just a bit under his trademark Cowboy hat. “Not twice anyhow.”

Wristbands Promote Sober Graduation

Sheriff’s deputies will conduct extra patrols next week and check parties for underage drinking to combat high school graduation-time traffic fatalities.”What we’ve done and continue to do is saturate the streets and make it as safe as we can. I do believe we save lives,” said David Vierra, superintendent of the Antelope Valley Union High School District.

Using Bracelets to Reward Reading

Sleeping in, visiting the beach and reading at your leisure rather than studying textbooks are among the pleasures of summer, which arrives in 27 days.

But young readers don’t have to wait that long to join the Washington County Free Library’s free summer reading clubs, which have a road-trip theme this year.

Bracelets As Batons. Pass The Awareness Please.

The crazy part isn’t that I’m sleeping on the ground in a meadow behind a cheese factory 30 miles north of San Francisco.

No, the crazy part is it’s some of the best sleep I’ve ever had. At least in the top 10 naps of all time. And that’s a tough list to crack.

A Bracelet, Just For Walking To School?

Children, parents and staff from Kynoch Elementary School in East Marysville ran, hopped and skipped – some even walked – to school at the debut “Walk to School” event at the school Wednesday morning.