Cancer Awareness Bracelets
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STILL AVAILABLE! $20.00 Click to Enlarge
Over 5,000 of the bracelets have already been sold for $20 each. The bracelets originally were handmade by volunteer members of the Black Canyon Classics Car Club and a few other friends who are cancer survivors. These pretty bracelets are made of twelve colored beads, each color representing a different type of cancer; thirteen silver beads; silver spacers; and, a silver “cancer ribbon” The Club presented a check to the San Juan Healthcare Foundation as part of the 11th Annual Colorful Colorado Car, Truck & Rod Show on July 15, 2006 in the amount of $29,000 from the sale of the bracelets! A few months later, the club wrote another check to the San Juan Healthcare Foundation in the amount of $11,000 which included $9,500 from bracelet sales and $1,500 net proceeds from the 11th Annual Colorful Colorado Car, Truck & Rod Show.
Jan & Frank Kinion will continue to make and sell the bracelets and donate the net proceeds to the San Juan Cancer Center as long as the bracelets continue to sell. Instead of donating the cash directly to the Cancer Center, the funds are used to buy items that make a visit to the center more comfortable for the patients. So far, the funds raised have paid for an oak puzzle table with a rotating top, 2 wall mounted TV's with built-in VCR and DVD players so patients can watch a movie while receiving a treatment, chairs, monitoring equipment and several other items. If you haven’t purchased a Cancer Awareness Bracelet yet, you can do so now by ordering one from Jan Kinion (970-249-6051). |
