Awareness Bracelets for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Where Are They?!
I have one for Scoliosis, now I want one for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Problem is, I can’t seem to find any purple and blue silicone awareness bracelets for RA. Though it is my goal to order custom blue and purple bands for RA, I went hunting and found some alternatives for the time being. I will add to this as I find more:
1. International Autoimmune Arthritis Movement: “The only official silicone Awareness Bracelet that represents the fight to bring understanding to Autoimmune Arthritis diseases…” $1.50 each and 100% of proceeds go directly to the foundation. You can order them directly from their website here: http://www.iaamovement.org/
2. Arthritis Foundation “Kids Get Arthritis Too” awareness bracelets—
“Sold in packs of 5 or packs of 50 for fundraising. Sixty-five cents per band / $3.75 per 5 pack benefits the Arthritis Foundation when purchased at the Individual Supporter prices.” You can order them
here.
3. Let’s Move Together— Arthritis Foundation—
Let’s Move Together is an organization run by the Arthritis Foundation to empower and encourage arthritis sufferers to stay active and participate in Arthritis Walks to raise money for a cure. Like the bracelet listed above, the bracelets are $.065/band or $3.75/five bands and proceeds benefit the Arthritis Foundation. You can order them
here.
4. A product of
Rest Ministries and Hope Keepers— white stands for Invisible Illness awareness. You can order this band
here.
5. National Scoliosis Foundation- Scoli Band“The Scoli~Band is[…]designed to show unity among scoliosis patients, health care providers, and supporters worldwide…” Scoli-Bands are $3.00 each and can be purchased here: http://www.scoliosis.org/store/scoliband.php
6. Band Together For Lupus —Cure4Lupus.org. These bands are 2.99 and the site has 25 different awareness bracelets for Lupus! You can purchase them here by phone or online.
Invisible Disabilities Association Awareness Bracelet: Invisible No More. These glow in the dark silicone bracelets support IDA and ringing our invisible illnesses to light. Literally. (My inner five year old is excited about the glow in the dark obviously) Bracelets can be ordered in a 2-pack, 5-pack or 25-pack. Ordering and pricing information can found here.
Whether you suffer from a chronic/invisible disease or are a friend/family member of someone who does— buy a bracelet, wear a t-shirt, buy a bumper sticker— something to spread knowledge. Autoimmune arthritis is so widely misunderstood, chronic illness and invisible illness is widely misunderstood. Little things like wearing a bracelet bring us a step closer to banishing the misconceptions. Show your support.
