When getting ready to turn in our "Operation Christmas Child" shoe boxes...they tell you to place rubber bands around them. ...Finding rubber bands that will stretch to fit a plastic shoe box (overfilled as most are) and not break following a day or so of being ''stretched'' can be difficult. These ARE the answer. We ran across them and the price was reasonable so they were purchased for this particular 'job'. They are doing a great job after a couple of weeks of being stretched a lot! The bright colors is a plus!