More Precious Than Gold

Gold Childhood Cancer Ribbons

September is the month. Gold is the colour. These are the ribbons

 
Gold is the international colour for childhood cancer.
It was chosen because gold is precious — and so are our children.
 
A pack of 100 means a whole class, a whole staff room or a whole walk can wear the same ribbon on the same day. No cutting. No folding. No leftover pins on the table. R253. Heat-cut, folded and pinned.
Open the pack and hand them out.
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Why gold

The gold ribbon stands for every child and teenager facing cancer, not one diagnosis. Parents chose gold in the 1990s because gold is rare, lasting and treasured. That is the point of wearing it: children are more precious than gold.
 
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Buildings go gold. Teams go gold. Schools go gold. The ribbon is how a stranger in a corridor understands what the day is for.
You are not buying a decoration. You are putting the right symbol in 100 people’s hands.

Why a pack of 100

One ribbon on one jacket is easy to miss. A hundred ribbons at the gate, on the field, at reception or in assembly is visible.
That is when a parent asks what the gold is for. That is when a child sees they are not the only one who knows this fight. That is when a workplace stops treating September as “just another month.”
 
These ribbons are made to be given away in a hurry:
  • heat-cut, so the edges don’t fray
  • folded into the classic awareness shape
  • pinned and ready to wear
You do the event. We do the fiddly part.
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Who will wear them?

For schools

Give every learner and teacher a gold ribbon on the same morning. That is all a Gold Out day needs to look like a Gold Out day.Put a pack at the office. Hand them out at assembly. Pin one on the principal, the coaches, the grade captains. When the photos go out, the gold should be obvious.

For workplaces and clinics

Leave a bowl of gold ribbons at reception. Ask staff to wear one for the week. Patients and visitors will ask. That question is the whole point.A clinic that treats children already knows this month. A gold ribbon on every lanyard says the rest of the building knows it too.

For walks, matches and community events

Registration desk. Pack of 100. Everyone who walks through gets one. You do not need a speech first. Pin the ribbon on, then tell them: gold is for childhood cancer. Children are more precious than gold.

Every gold ribbon is small. A hundred of them together are not.

Buy the pack. Hand them out. Let September look like what it is: a month for children who should be thinking about homework and sport, not scans and side effects. Gold childhood cancer ribbons — pack of 100 — R253.

More information about the gold ribbon

The gold ribbon has been the international symbol for childhood cancer since 1997, chosen by parents because gold is rare, valuable, and treasured — just like children.
Unlike most cancer ribbons, it stands for every type of cancer that affects kids and teens, not one diagnosis. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month –
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