KELOWNA, British Columbia, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Administrators at a middle school in Kelowna, British Columbia, banned breast-cancer-awareness wristbands reading "I [heart] boobies!" as inappropriate.
"In a lot of cases with younger students the interest is not in the raising awareness around eradicating breast cancer, in actual fact it's more of a novelty item and it has caused distraction. It has also been offensive in some environments," School District 23 Superintendent Hugh Gloster told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. of the action to ban the bracelets at Springvalley Middle School in Kelowna.
The bright-green bracelets are part of Keep A Breast Canada's awareness campaign for youth.
"Most of us are mature enough to handle it," ninth-grade student Jamie Crowley told the CBC.
