St. Louis siblings hop on wristband craze to create pro-life bands

Published: 2005-01-13

ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- Cyclist Lance Armstrong did it. So did the St. Louis Cardinals. Now the pro-life community in the St. Louis Archdiocese is jumping in on the benefit wristband craze. Several months ago, Jeff Geerling, a seminarian at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, and his sister, Maria Geerling, were looking for a way to visibly spread the pro-life message. In the past, the two had created T-shirts and bumper stickers in limited quantities. Inspired by the popularity of other wristbands, including the Lance Armstrong Foundation's "Live Strong" bands and the St. Louis Cardinals' bands for its "Cardinals Care" charity, the Geerlings chose to promote the pro-life message with a royal blue band bearing the word "PROLIFE" and made of waterproof rubber that stretches. The bands are being sold for $1 each, with proceeds benefiting the local pro-life movement in a variety of ways, said Maria Geerling, a graduate of Incarnate Word Academy and a teacher's assistant at Evangelical Children's Home.

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