Ribbon Meanings

Pink Ribbon: Breast Cancer, Birth Parents & Nursing Mothers

Lime Green Ribbon: Lyme Disease, Lymphoma, Muscular Dystrophy & non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Peach Ribbon: Uterine Cancer & Endometrial Cancer

Red Ribbon: AIDS/HIV, Heart Disease, Stroke, Substance Abuse, MADD, DARE, Epidermolysis Bellosa, & Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.

Teal Ribbon: Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Uterine Cancer, Sexual Assault, Polycycstic Ovarian Syndrome & Tsunami Victims

Green Ribbon: Childhood Depression, Missing Children, Environment, Kidney Cancer & disease, Tissue/Organ Donation, Leukemia, Safe Driving, Bi-Polar Disorder, Bone, Glaucoma, Growth & rebuilding, Literacy, Mental Health, Cerebral Palsy, Neurofibromatosis, Spinal Cord Injury and research, Stem Cell donor and Research, Tourette’s Syndrome & Mitochondrial Disease

Grey Ribbon: Allergies, Aphasia, Asthma, Brain Cancer, Brain Tumors, Diabetes & Mental illness

Pink & Blue Ribbon: Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Baby Safe Haven, Birth defects, Male Breast Cancer, Infant Loss, Infertility, Miscarriage, Premature Birth, Stillbirth & SIDS

USA Flag Ribbon: National Support, Fireworks Safety, Flag, World Trade Center Victims & Heroes

Puzzle Ribbon: Autism & Asperger Syndrome

Violet Ribbon: Hodgkin's Disease & Testicular Cancer

Orange Ribbon: Cultural Diversity, Hunger, Leukemia, Lupus, Melanoma, Motorcycle Safety, Racial Tolerance, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome & Self Injury

White Ribbon: Adoptee, Adoption, Anti-Pornography, Blindness, Bone Cancer, Child exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse, Community Support, Congenital Cataracts, Elderly Affairs, hernia, Holocaust Remembrance, Hope & Support, Molestation Survivor, On-line Sexual Predator Awareness & Internet Safety, Osteoporosis, peace, Postpartum Depression, Retinoblastoma, Right to Life, Scoliosis, Stalking, Student Sexual Abuse, Teen Pregnancy & Victim’s of Terrorism

Gold Ribbon: Childhood Cancer & COPD

Black Ribbon: Accidents, Amish Support, Anti-Terrorism, Gang Prevention, Gun Control, Melanoma, Mourning, Narcolepsy, POW/MIA, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders & Trauma

Brown Ribbon: Anti-Tobacco, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Familia Polyposis & Tobacco Awareness

Burgundy Ribbon: Adhesions, Brain Aneurysm, headaches, Disabled Adults, Hospice Care, Meningitis, Sickle Cell Anemia, Thrombophilia, & Multiple Myeloma

Purple Ribbon: Domestic Violence, Epilepsy, Pancreatic Cancer, ADD, Alzheimer’s, Animal Abuse, Crohn’s Disease, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, ADHD, Homelessness & Thyroid Cancer

Lavender Ribbon: Cancer (unspecified), Caregiver Appreciation, Epilepsy, Foster Care, Gynecological Cancer, Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis, Infantile Spasms & Rett Syndrome

Pearl Ribbon: Emphysema, Lung Cancer, Lung Disease, Mesothelioma, Multiple Sclerosis & Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

Silver Ribbon: Brain Disabilities, Brain Disorders, Campaign for the Brain, Disabled Children, Dyslexia, Elderly Abuse, Encephalitis, Niemann-Pick, Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia, Sciatic Pain, VACTERL & Young Onset Parkinson's Association (YOPA)

Blue Ribbon: Drunk Driving, Children’s Healthy Weight, Child Abuse, Foster Care Awareness, Crohn’s Disease, Lymphoma, Prevent School Violence, Osteogenesis Imperfecta (IO), Victims of Hurricane Katrina, Dystonia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Alopecia, Education, Epstein-Barr Virus, Save the Music, Teens against Smoking, Color Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Anti-Tobacco & Anti-Second hand Smoke.

Navy Blue Ribbon: Alopecia, ARDS, Arthritis, Child Abuse, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Colitis, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Crime Victim’s Rights, Crohn’s Disease, Drowning, Education, Epstein-Barr Virus, Erb’s Palsy, Free Speech, Guillain Barre Syndrome, Huntington’s Disease, Hurricane Katrina, Death of Police Officer on Duty, Rectal Cancer, Restless Legs Syndrome, Teens against smoking,  Victim’s Rights, Water accidents, Water Quality & Water Safety.

Light Blue Ribbon: Addisons Disease, Behcets Disease, Chronic Illness, Cushing Syndrome, DiGeorge Sequence, Graves Disease. Hyperaldosteronism, Klinefelter's Syndrome, Lymphedema, Men's Health, Pro Choice, Prostate Cancer, Scleroderma, Shprintzen Syndrome, Spay or Neuter Pets, Thyroid Disease, Trisomy 18 and Velo-Cardio Facial Syndrome

Yellow Ribbon: Adenosarcoma, Adoptive Parents, Amber Alert, Bladder Cancer, Canadian Cancer Society, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Complementary / Alternative Medicine, Endometriosis, Equality, Ewings Sarcoma, Gulf War, Hydrocephalus, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, Missing Children, Myxoid Liposarcoma, Obesity, POW/MIA, Remembrance, Sarcoma, Spina Bifida, Suicide & Troop or Military Support

Cream Ribbon: Paralysis, Spinal Cord Injuries, Spinal Disorders and Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Light Green Ribbon: Celiac Disease, Chronic pelvic Pain, Human Papilloma Virus and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Black & White Ribbon: Anti-Racism, Carcinoid Cancer, Diversity, Transitions and Vaccine Awareness.

Orchid & Orange Ribbon: Eczema & Psoriasis.

Blue & Yellow Ribbon: Designated Drivers and Down Syndrome.

Blue & Purple Ribbon: Pediatric Stroke & Rheumatoid Arthritis

Blue & Red Ribbon: Congenital Heart Defects and Disease (alternate red), Hypo plastic left heart snydrome, Noonan's Syndrome, Pulmonary Fibrosis and SADS.

Red & White Ribbon: Aplastic Anemia, DVT, Head and Neck Cancer, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Oral Cancer and Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Teal & Purple Ribbon: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

Purple & Yellow Ribbon: Autoimmune Hepatits, Chemical Injury and the relationship between Lupus and Endometriosis.

Red & Yellow Ribbon: Hepatitis C, HIV/HCV Co-Infection.

Teal & White Ribbon: Cervical Cancer

Rainbow Ribbon: Gay Pride, Same Sex Marriage.

Black & Pink Ribbon: Loss of a Sister, Loss of a female child, mourning a sister, mourning a daughter.

Black & Blue Ribbon: Loss of a Brother, Loss of a male child, mourning a brother, mourning a son.

Periwinkle Ribbon: Acid Reflux, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Eating Disorders, Eosinophilic Disorders, Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease(GERD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome(IBS), Pulmonary Hypertension, Small Intestine Cancer & Stomach Cancer

Lou Gehrig's Ribbon - White with Navy Pin Stripe - Specifically done for Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Juvenile Diabetes Ribbon - Grey ribbon with Red heart

Thyroid Cancer Ribbon - Pink, Purple & Teal