Category: LiveStrong Program
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On-line Store Relaunched by Lance Armstrong Foundation, LiveStrong Wristbands Available Again
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGet your LiveStrong wristbands now at www.laf-store.org. Maria Norton pointed out that the Lance Armstrong Foundation On-Line Store is back on-line at a new URL: http://www.laf-store.org/. She placed an order for several 10-packs of LiveStrong yellow wristbands, and so did I. Orders placed through the LAF On-Line Store are expected to…
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Best Source of LiveStrong Wristbands Closed for the Week of September 13
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor the past few weeks, I’ve recommended that people interested in getting new LiveStrong yellow wristbands purchase a 10-pack directly from the Lance Armstrong Foundation On-Line Store, rather than resort to baying an unconscionable premium for one wristband on Ebay. Over the weekend, I wanted to order 20 or 30 wristbands…
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Help Me Ride the Final Stage of the 2004 Tour of Hope
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn October 9, I’m going to join the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope by participating in the Washington DC fundraising bike ride and I would appreciate your support. One hundred percent of the funds raised during the Tour of Hope ride will benefit cancer research through the Lance Armstrong Foundation. To learn…
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Money from the LiveStrong Campaign Funds Adult Cancer Survivorship Center in Boston
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday’s Boston Globe had an article called You Survived Cancer. Now What? that focused on the difficulties that Shari Dicker and other survivors of adult-onset cancer face as a result of having the good fortune of being a long term cancer survivor. The article talks about the Lance Armstrong Foundation Adult…
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Readers Successfully Buying 10-Packs of LiveStrong Yellow Wristbands Directly from the Lance Armstrong Foundation
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently, two Operation Gadget readers commented that they have received LiveStrong yellow wristbands directly from the Lance Armstrong Foundation by placing an order for 10 wristbands and waiting for delivery. I will repeat their comments here so that more readers can see them: Just because the bands are backordered doesn’t mean you…
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eBayers Hoarding LiveStrong Yellow Wristbands
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier today The Wall Street Journal reported that eBay is hosting the auction of hundreds of individual LiveStrong yellow wristbands because they do not have a rule against profiting on the resale of them. [ Paid subscription required to access the article. ] I visited eBay today and saw that eBayers are…
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Suggestions for Finding a LiveStrong Yellow Wristband Outside the United States
Reading Time: 2 minutesLiveStrong Yellow Wristbands can be ordered from the Discovery Channel On-Line Store by customers in Canada and the United Kingdom. In other countries, buy from the Lance Armstrong Foundation On-Line Store. Over the last few days, thousands of visitors have come to Operation Gadget from Google and other major search engines, looking…
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Nike and LAF Sell LiveStrong Wrist Bands at End of Each Tour de France Stage, Some European Media is Still Critical
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are stories in major European publications that are not making it into the English language sites that provide Tour de France news. A good example of this is the article that appeared in Le Monde a few days ago about the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s efforts to raise funds at the Tour…
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Meeting Other LiveStrong Yellow Wristband Wearers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night, I stopped in to Cranbury Pizza to pick up dinner. While I was paying, a young woman that worked there shouted, “Hey he’s got one of those wristbands too!” I looked up and saw that she had been talking to a co-worker who wears a LiveStrong yellow wristband, and…