With Valentine’s Day approaching, a pizza chain with two metro Denver locations wants to spread its tomato sauce – and some love.
Beginning Jan. 29, Dallas-based Boston’s the Gourmet Pizza will sell heart-shaped pizzas to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network, a nonprofit organization that raises money for children’s hospitals throughout North America. Restaurants in Highlands Ranch and Parker will donate their charitable proceeds from the pizzas to Children’s Hospital in Denver.
The chain will also sell $1 paper hearts, enabling patrons to write Valentine’s messages on the hearts and display them in the restaurants. For more information about the campaign, visit www.bostonsgourmet.com.
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Cellphone leads list of items left behind in hotel rooms
Next time you’re checking out of a hotel, take a minute to survey your belongings – especially your cellphone and charger. Travelodge lists them as the most common items left behind in its hotel rooms.
Other more exotic items that made the hotel chain’s 2006 left-behind list: an Australian racing-team bike worth $37,000, a spy’s dossier, a dog, false teeth, Porsche and Aston Martin keys, a hollowed-out Bible containing about $490, a 6-foot-long snakeskin, a diamond ring and Elton John’s eyeglasses.
More luggage mishandled by airlines; security a factor
About one U.S. airplane passenger in every 150 had a mishandled bag last year, up 11 percent from 2005, and there’s no sign that things will improve any time soon. Passenger loads grow, and thanks to security limits on liquids, more are checking their luggage.
When bags go missing, passengers are rarely satisfied with airline settlements, some of which are limited to an emergency bathroom-amenity kit and $25 a day for three or four days.
Wall Street Journal reporter Scott McCartney suggests the following ways to protect against painful losses:
Cancer patients describe flexibility of employers
One in five cancer patients say they missed a scheduled treatment because of a work-related conflict, according to a survey done by Amgen Oncology in collaboration with the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and the Wellness Community. Of those who skipped treatments, 50 percent say they missed or postponed three or more times.
Since about 40 percent of all Americans who are diagnosed with cancer are working-age adults, that’s a telling figure. In an effort to raise awareness about the effects of cancer on people’s careers, the survey sponsors have mounted a campaign called Breakaway from Cancer.
Other highlights of their findings:
“These findings tell us that receiving necessary support from an employer may be as simple as asking for it,” said Cynthia Schwalm, vice president and general manager of Amgen Oncology. “We sincerely urge anyone dealing with cancer to do just that.”
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