When Bruce Kane, executive chef in senior dining for Morrison Healthcare Food Services, had to say goodbye to an account where he had worked with children, he gave each of the children wristbands to remember him buy. Kane talks about the bands and why, three years later, he's still handing them out.
As a Regional Director for Morrison Healthcare Food Services, Bruce Kane worked with an account in the Appalachian Mountains that provided shelter, food and education to children from rough backgrounds. After a role change to corporate executive chef in senior dining, Kane was forced to say goodbye to the children he had become so fond of. As a parting gift, he gave each child a purple wristband with the words “compassionate, caring and courageous” printed on them. Now, three years later, Kane is still passing out the bands.
“There were a lot of kids at the school, so I needed to have something that I could give to every kid and could afford. I came across this purple band. I started thinking that there were other applications for this band. I continue to use the bands when I’m out in the field and I see one of our associates, or even someone not on our payroll like a nurse, exhibiting one of those behaviors toward a guest; I give them a band. This is just my way of recognizing those characteristics of behavior that are printed on the band. It’s not so much about the band, but about the message of the words on the band. It’s about recognizing that this is the mindset we should be in when we serve these people.”