Fighter Bands Raise Money and Awareness for Head Injury Charity
http://www.massmma.com (the official News, Search and Community site to East Coast Martial Arts) is raising awareness and money for the Head Injury Rehabilitation Center at the Spaulding Hospital in Boston. Supporting such as cause is, on the surface very fitting, but the irony here is that there has never been a serious head injury in a sanctioned Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event in New England, though the possibility of such a life altering event occurring to one of our athletes still exists.
(PRWEB) May 7, 2005 -- The Fighter Band (http://www.massmma.com) the official News, Search and
Community site to East Coast Martial Arts is raising awareness and money for the
Head Injury Rehabilitation Center at the Spaulding Hospital in Boston.
Supporting such as cause is, on the surface very fitting, but the irony here is
that there has never been a serious head injury in a sanctioned Mixed Martial
Arts (MMA) event in New England, though the possibility of such a life altering
event occurring to one of our athletes still exists.
We have created
black wrist bands similar to the yellow Livestrong bands that raised awareness
for the Lance Armstrong foundation. The wrist bands are de-embossed with the
word FIGHTER recognizing the fact that the patients at Spaulding and their
families are the true definition of fighters. Each wrist band is accompanied by
a card for your wallet reminding you how important your donation really is. See
an example of the card here:
http://www.massmma.com/spaulding_card.jpg
Facts about
Head Injuries:
2 Million occur each year
3,000 hospitalizations each
year
56,000 deaths each year
34% of all injury related deaths
Who
does it affect?
75% male
15-24 year olds
4 Year Support Cost
$200,000
Lifetime support cost: $4 Million
All of the proceeds will go
to the Spaulding Hospital when the first 1,000 wrist bands have sold. MASS MMA
will be at Judgment Night in Taunton, MA on May 14 and the East Coast Fighting
Alliance at the Roxy event in Boston, MA on June 4 with black FIGHTER bracelets
for sale. These bracelets are available for a donation of $3.00 each or 4 bands
for $10.00.
Please support the cause. There are only 1,000 available and
we hope to raise awareness for the cause and give something back to Spaulding.
If you belong to an organization who would like to contribute more and buy a
larger number of wristbands please contact us directly to coordinate efforts.
Checks can be made payable Directly to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Paypal
is accepted on the site and cash is acceptable at the event.
To learn
more or to donate, please visit http://www.massmma.com/fighter_band.html
Thanks for
reading MASS MMA and for your future donation to the Spaulding
Hospital.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prweb237394.htm