Back to Care Back to Care

By Ashleigh Morley

I feel like it's such a joy and an honor when you walk into a patient's room and they're like, 'oh, you look like me.'

BAND-AID® Brand is making a $100,000 donation to CARE, global humanitarian leader and creator of the original CARE Package®, and asking you to send CARE Packages to support frontline heroes and deliver other lifesaving aid around the world. Visit CarePackage.org/band-aidbrand and join BAND-AID® Brand in sending CARE Packages to those who need them most.

o say caregiving is just a calling or a profession doesn’t do it justice. Caregiving is a labor of love — in every sense of the phrase. It encapsulates the way a new mother brings life into this world and nourishes her child just as aptly as it describes how a nurse observes a patient’s vital signs or a teacher checks in on a student as they adjust to virtual learning. We are all, every single one of us, destined to be caregivers. That’s why we’re going Back To Care this fall. Just because this season of return looks different from any other doesn’t mean we should abandon the way we give care to others. As our lives evolve and adjust to this new normal, so too does the way we provide care. As our sponsor BAND-AID® Brand commemorates 100 Years of Care, we are lifting up the stories of the most important caregivers in our lives and thanking them for their invaluable service — providing care on the front lines both inside and outside of the home. BAND-AID® Brand has been trusted by caregivers around the globe for “100 Years of Making It Better, Together” which is true now more than ever.

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1920

The idea for BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages was born and in 1921 the adhesive bandages make their first appearance on the market.

1942

Millions of BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages go overseas as part of the war effort.

1957

Clear strip bandages are introduced.

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- DR. JESSICA SHEPHERD -

I found I could provide a voice that was evidence-based while still appealing to women in a different way than being in the office.

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1963

Adhesive bandages go into space with mercury astronauts.

A History of Healing & Innovation: 100 Years of Care

BAND-AID® Brand Antibiotic Adhesive Bandages, the first ever adhesive bandage with antibiotic ointment right on the pad.

1997

Revolutionary new liquid bandage promoting fast healing on contact.

2002

BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages continues its legacy of innovating superior bandages for faster healing.

FUTURE

The first BAND-AID® (RED) campaign launched to help fight HIV/AIDS. The purchase of one box of BAND-AID® (RED) bandages equals one day of lifesaving medication in sub-Saharan Africa.

2019