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Glow Sticks Usages
1. Light
Up Events and Parties
Popular glow products such as glow
sticks, glow necklaces and glow bracelets come in a variety of
colors. They have been party favors for
decades. People
love wearing and playing with them at birthday parties, weddings,
carnivals, concerts, summer festivals, New Year’s Eve
celebrations and all kind of night events.
2. Night Life
Nightclubs have cool neon lights to
stimulate party atmosphere. The neon glow from glow products goes
perfect with club neon
lights. At
dancing parties, DJs like to pass glow necklaces and glow
bracelets to the crowds in the dancing pool and this will spice up
the party instantly. People
would wear them as jewelries or wave them
along with the music. Nightclubs
and bars also use glow cups to promote special drinks or just
spice up special events.
3. Glow Products for Decoration
Because glow sticks come in a wide selection of colors, designs, shapes and
styles, people can use their imagination to use glow
products for decoration at special events or parties.
For example, colorful glow products are used at prom
decorations; mini glow sticks are
used to light up house entrance to
add to the atmosphere for special family parties;
glowing bracelets are inserted inside
balloons to make glow in the dark balloons at weddings;
and multiple color glow necklaces and bracelets are arranged
in glass vases to make glowing vases! The list is endless.
4. Halloween Favors
Glow sticks are a Halloween staple.
The ghost-like glowing light emitted from glow sticks
is perfect for the Halloween atmosphere. Not only that, instead of the
tradition of giving out candies to neighborhood kids, which
have negative health effect, glow sticks are given out not
only because children love playing with them, they also make
the trick-or-treaters visible to passing vehicles and provide
the safety needed. And
for Halloween left over glow sticks, families can use them as
emergency lighting. However, all glow sticks products are not
recommended for children under 3 because they contain small
parts including but not limited to: connectors for glow sticks,
glow bracelets and glow necklaces, mini glow sticks, other
small product accessories, etc. Adult supervision is
recommended for children under 5.
5. Outdoor Activities Made Safer and More Fun
- Golfing at night: by using glow sticks to mark fairways
and tee areas and light up players, golf carts and flags,
people can enjoy golfing after dark;
- Camping: not only do glow sticks provide necessary
safety for camping, glow necklaces and bracelets can add a
lot of fun to campsite activities;
- Scuba Diving: light-weighted yet emitting a powerful
light, glow sticks allow divers to focus on exploring the
sea rather than being distracted by carrying heavy
lighting equipment. With bright light for 12 hours’
long, glow sticks are a great tool for marking and helping
with underwater direction;
- Twilight Activities: whether jogging, bilking or walking
your dog, wearing glow sticks will make you and your pet
much more visible to people, bikes and vehicles around
you, providing needed safety.
6. Night Fishing
Glow sticks are widely used both in
sports fishery and commercial fishing. They help attract fish by making baits look brighter
and larger. They
stimulate neutral and negative mood fish to bite. Fishing glow sticks can also be used to monitor
rod
tips. In addition, glow sticks are used in squid fishery
and to mark lobster or crab traps. For personal safety for night fishing,
wear a bright green
glow stick to make yourself visible. Glow sticks can also be used to mark your fishing
equipment and make them easy to locate.
7. American Cancer Society Relay For Life Events
Relay For Life is American Cancer
Society’s signature fundraising event to fight against
cancer. Each relay is made of teams of participants including
cancer survivors, volunteers and attendees, who take turns
running or walking around a local track all night long. The
purpose is to raise money for research, cancer education and
patient service programs. In the past few years, glow products
such as glow sticks and glow necklaces have been used
extensively at relay events. Although candlelight has been
used as luminaries in the past, glow sticks have become an
effective alternative not only because they are much easier
to handle than candlelight during uncooperative weather
conditions, but also they don’t possess the potential risk
of causing fires. Glow necklaces and bracelets have been sold
to attendees and serve as a great
fundraising tool.
8. Fundraising Tool
In recent
years, glow products have been used by many organizations and
companies as an excellent fundraising tool due to their wide
popularity, low cost and high markup. The most popular glow
products for fundraising are glow necklaces, glow bracelets,
glow sticks and glow novelties. Organizations such as schools,
libraries, churches, children's museums, American Cancer
Society, United Way, etc are active fundraisers using glow
products.
9. Emergency and Safety
Keep a few glow sticks in the car, around house and
office will help get through emergency situations such as
roadside emergency at night, blackouts and gas leak. Glow
sticks are non-toxic, non-flammable, waterproof and windproof
and they emit no heat, flame or sparks. Compared with
flashlights, glow sticks don’t run the risk of loosing or
using up battery power and compared with gas lanterns, glow sticks are much safer to use in
emergency situations.
10. Custom Imprint for Marketing
Distributing custom glow sticks - glow
sticks custom imprinted with business name, logo, or product
brand has become a new marketing tool in recent years.
Compared with traditional marketing channels such as
newspapers, trade journals, radios or TV, custom glow sticks
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