Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (1888PressRelease)
May 11, 2009 - String-Ring — The Kindness Reminder Ring, is a sterling silver ring designed with 4 holes to be threaded with interchangeable colored strings and used as reminders to simply be kind. This puts a fresh twist on the old custom of tying a string around your finger in order to remember something.
Initially, the replaceable colored strings represented different acts of kindness. For example:
Red or Pink is the color of love and reminds us to be kind to one another.
Blue represents tranquility, and should remind us to be patient with others.
Purple stands for empathy and should remind us to be tolerant of the differences between us.
Silver stands for wisdom and understanding and should remind us to forgive.
Gold is the color of wealth and should remind us to give…not just money but our attention, time, knowledge, or even a smile!
Green reminds us to respect our environment and all other living things.
Orange represents energy and enthusiasm and reminds us to laugh. Especially at ourselves!
“The response I’ve received has been inspiring,” says Tina Mansfield, the creator of the ring. “I’ve had many orders from cancer survivors or customers with loved ones facing the disease who use a particular color (i.e., pink for breast cancer, teal for ovarian cancer, purple for Alzheimer’s disease) in order to represent their commitment towards finding a cure. One cancer survivor wrote to me saying she loved the yellow reminder string. Yellow is the color of optimism and reminds her that she will get through and win her battle with this devastating illness.”
Mansfield stated, “The idea of a Kindness Reminder Ring came to me in response to the rude and often violent behavior in our society, especially our schools. I wanted to create something to remind people of the importance of compassionate and kind behavior in order to make our communities better places to live. Whether the ring is warn as a kindness reminder or to symbolize a particular cause, as long as it stands for something positive I’m thrilled.”
String-Ring recently added a Kindness Community Blog where bloggers can post stories of kindness they’ve experienced, ways to be kind tips, or thoughts and ideas about how they might use String-Ring to remember kindness. At the end of each month, a ring is given away to one of the bloggers as an incentive to post a kindness story.
The rings are affordably priced at 24.95 each. If you’d like more information about this topic, please email Tina Mansfield at info ( @ ) string-ring dot com or log on to http://string-ring.com/
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