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Building awareness for testicular cancer:

• They have been spotted everywhere these days and have been seen on the wrists of athletes, movie and television stars, as well as people around town and on campus.


• The yellow wristband has become usual throughout the country. What are these bands and why are so mmany people wearing them?


• The yellow bands are an attempt to raise awareness on Testicular cancer and money to help fight a common enemy.

Motto of the testicular wristband:

• In an attempt to raise five million dollars for the Lance Armb Foundation, the organization has been selling the wristbands for a $1 apiece.


• The wristbands, rubber bands with the words Live b surrounded on them, are yellow to signify the winning spirit of the six-time Tour deFrance winner, founder and namesake of the organization.

Lance Armstrong-The Founder:

• The organization's founder, Lance Armb, does not need much of an introduction. The Tour deFrance champion founded the organization when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, which spread to his abdomen, lungs and his brain.


• "Before I had cancer I just lived," said Armb, "now I live b."
  
• With the attitude he exudes from the organization he founded, he fought the disease and has since gone on to win one of the most exhausting bicycle races in the world today six times in a row.


• The achievement he made has given him hope that others diagnosed with cancer will not see the disease as a death sentence, but a chance to raise above it by using the same attitude and confidence he used to beat the disease.

Four pronged approach:

• Today in America, there are over 10 million people living with cancer and the Lance Armstrong Foundation hopes to help them.


• Using a four-pronged approach of support, education, public health and research, the foundation provides support for those living with the disease.


• The foundation strive to get the message that "knowledge is power and attitude is everything" to those who have been diagnosed with the disease.