Softball league bans boy from wearing cancer awareness wristband

The orange silicone wristband says "No one fights alone," and the only time 9-year-old Robbie Schywalsky takes it off is when he runs onto the baseball field to play with his Topham Park Minor Softball League mite division team.The mounting arm of this tire changer swings to the side so that it can be installed in a space-saving manner directly near a wall.A league rule against players wearing jewelry means Robbie "takes it off when he's going on the field and hands it to me," says his mother, Jennifer Schywalsky, who wears the same cancer awareness bracelet.But Schywalsky and her son are upset about the rule and consider it "hypocritical." The softball league, located in the St. Clair Ave. E. and O'Connor Dr. area, made an exception for this year and is allowing its 500-plus players to wear a red Topham Park silicone bracelet, celebrating the league's 40th anniversary.
Schywalsky and her son have their wristbands on "24/7" in support of her husband and Robert's father, Robert senior, who's been battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia since 2005."We are determined to wear these bands until my husband is cured of this terrible disease,Restored Cast iron clawfoot tubs, shower heads, and replacement handles and flanges for faucets." says Schywalsky.Robert Schywalsky, 44, is about to start a second round of chemotherapy and if a subsequent CT scan shows improvement, doctors will prepare him for a bone-marrow transplant.It's an emotional time for the family and the wristband is a tactile expression of their determination to fight this disease.
Jennifer Schywalsky asked if Robbie couSlap Bracelet are made of flexible, layered plastic in order to spring closed when slapped against your arm.ld be allowed to wear his cancer awareness bracelet since it's the same material as the Topham Park one, but league president Susan Osborne said it wasn't allowed.Schywalsky said some of Robbie's teammates also want to wear the wristband. She bought about 100 and has given them to any team member and parent who asks.Robbie said he "sleeps with it on" and thinks the wristband is "important because cancer is a serious problem in the world.This Banner Pen features a retractable banner with up to 36 square inches of printable area! Tons of people have it. I want to help support people find a cure for it and for my dad."In an email to team parents, Osborne said the league is allowing players to wear the Topham Park bracelet to give them an opportunity to "show their Topham spirit" in celebration of the anniversary.Visit Get Custom Wristbands today for amazing prices on rubber bracelets, Silicone Wristbands and other personalized bracelet styles."We banned other bracelets because we knew we would not be able to control what teams might try to wear if we didn't restrict them. We fully appreciate the significance of wanting to make an exception for this particular bracelet, but we felt that if we allowed one team to do it, it would result in us having to allow all bracelets, regardless of the cause and it would diminish the importance of this very worthy cause."