Denver-based SoRewarding has borrowed a page from LiveStrong, breast cancer awareness, and other cancer causes by using symbolic wristbands to support its message.
But SoRewarding’s red wristbands aren’t meant to keep. Instead, the wearer passes on the “kindness band” to someone “caught” committing a random act of kindness.
The company, a social network for philanthropy, has created the wristband movement with the intention of having people give their wristbands to others to promote people to pay it forward.
The wristbands can then be tracked using an ID code on www.sorewarding.com by every individual who has worn the band. This feature allows each person to see what acts of kindness the band has been involved in, and where it has traveled.
“In our testing phase, one ‘lucky’ wristband traveled from Denver to Kansas City to Mexico – all in the span of 10 days,” said John Morgan, SoRewarding’s director of operations.
This movement was designed to help people easily spread a symbol of kindness through small gestures of helpfulness. It could be as simple as paying for someone’s coffee in the line behind you before they reach the drive-through window, or by helping a stranger carry groceries to the car.
Doing something unexpectedly nice for someone and passing on your wristband is all it takes to keep the bracelet traveling and kindness spreading.
You can purchase a wristband at by going to https://www.sorewarding.com/band/order, and designate a local nonprofit, which will get a donation of 50 cents from each band sold. You need to create a profile, then the link will give you the option of ordering a wristband ($3 each or $2.50 each for a nonprofit).
“SoRewarding is all about connection,” said Kerstan Saylor, event coordinator. “We want people to feel like they are linked to a widespread community of people who care and share ideals of kindness and generosity.”
Book of Mormon coming back
The nutty and naughty Broadway hit musical “The Book of Mormon” returns to Denver Oct. 22 through Nov. 24 at the Buell Theatre, but season subscribers to Denver Center Attractions will get first crack at tickets, beginning at 10 a.m. April 8. A public sale date is to be determined.
When the show launched a nationwide tour with its first stop in Denver last year, tickets sold out faster than you can say “Joseph Smith.”
When the run started, ticket hopefuls were invited to enter a lottery at the Buell box office before each performance, which I suspect will be the same situation the second time around.
“The Book of Mormon” features script, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone are Colorado natives and the award-winning creators of the animated series “South Park.”
Beginning April 8, Denver Center Attractions subscribers can purchase up to four tickets for every one subscription package. To purchase a subscription, go to www.denvercenter.org/bwaysubs.
Taco time
Other parts of town may be able to brag about having an uber popular Pinche Taqueria in their ‘hood, but we Capitol Hill dwellers are the only Denver denizens who can boast having Moontower Tacos, a new joint at 609 Grant St., which opened last week.
This taco temple serves up 20 types of tacos served breakfast through dinner. The “distinctly American” take on the taco is Austin, Texas-inspired by paying homage to the restaurant founder and CU grad Brent Thrash’s hometown.
Here are excerpts of the story from the website: “When Brent Thrash was accepted to CU Boulder it was a simple choice, he was leaving Austin, Texas, and headed to college nestled in a mountainous paradise.
“He loved Colorado and all that it offered, but always recognized an absence of the unique tacos and breakfast tacos from back home. After much deliberation he chose to study finance and real estate, and graduated during the peak of the financial crisis.”
After a stint in his uncle’s restaurant, he went into real estate where he made enough money to embark on a seven-month journey that would cover all seven continents.
“While wandering through the world, he fell in love with delicious street foods and flavors and right then he decided he wanted to offer his own delicious foods to all, in the form of his favorite food … tacos.”
“The name Moontower comes from this humble abode (pictured above) where Thrash and eight friends lived during their junior year at CU.” The movie “Dazed and Confused” was the influence for the name of the house. When Thrash opened Moontower Tacos, he adopted the name to honor his college “happy days.”
Check out the menu and hours at www.moontowertacos.com Call ahead for takeout orders (I will!) at 303-832-1107.
Cocktails, conversation and a cure
Shake things up in your life at the fourth annual Cocktails for a Cure event on March 7 to benefit the University of Colorado Cancer Center Fund. (photo courtesy of University of Colorado Cancer Center Fund)
Gather a gaggle of gals and step out for an evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres from 6 to 9 p.m. March 7 at The McNichols Building, 144 W. Colfax, during the University of Colorado Cancer Center Fund’s fourth annual Cocktails for a Cure.
The fundraising event celebrates women while supporting the continued research and treatment of women’s cancers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
Cocktails for a Cure will feature handcrafted signature libations from Denver’s notable mixologists, nibbles and a silent and live auction.
Event honorary chairs are Sharon Magness Blake, Brook Griese, Arlene Hirschfeld and Kathy Odle Kortz. Event co-chairs are (New York-bound) Kelly Ford and Kasia Iwaniczko MacLeod.
The women-only event is $150 per person. Tickets: www.cucancercenterfund.org, click on “events”.
Eavesdropping on a male skier to a female skier on the Grouse Mountain lift at Beaver Creek: “Does that friend of yours also ski?”
“No, the only ice she likes is on her finger or around her neck.”
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