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The gift that keeps on giving: custom bracelet programs help communities share encouragement this Christmas and beyond

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Branch To Hope, a faith-based movement centered on the Fruit of the Spirit, is seeking retail, wholesale and ministry partners worldwide for its Pass It On Hope Bracelet™. The organization is also offering churches, schools, nonprofits and businesses custom programs built around the bracelet.

The bracelet is sold as a two-bracelet Starter Pair: one to wear and one to give when someone reflects the Fruit of the Spirit. Each bracelet carries nine colors representing love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, from Galatians 5:22-23. Recipients can scan a QR code and enter the giver’s Hope Code to share their moment on a public Hope Map showing approximate locations only.

For organizations, that handoff can become a shared campaign.…