Jewelry supports non-profits, generous gems

Why do we donate? We began this company with the intention of using our jewelry to help others. Jewelry is something that can tell a story, become an heirloom, a history lesson. It is our hope that many of our pieces will be passed from generation to generation and stories about what they mean will be told to others. We hope they will become hands-on history lessons. That one day a grandmother will explain to her great-granddaughter what a pink ribbon represents, or how our freedoms have been challenged, but our red, white and blue colors have remained strong.

Awareness and education are steps in the battle against may issues and illnesses. We are using our jewelry to generate awareness and funds. We have donated the profits from many of our jewelry lines to various non-profits and will continue to do so. From the American Cancer Society to the USA War Victims Fund, we are trying to help. There are many, many organizations that need help.

We encourage others to do what they can to help in their own communities and abroad. Whether it is by volunteering time, talents, supplies or funds every little bit of help one can provide to those in need is appreciated.

Why do we donate?

We originally split the funds raised from the sale of the America's Pride line between The United Way of America, New York City and the USA War Victims Fund. The United Way is a large non-profit organization that addresses many different areas of need. The USA War Victims Fund was established to help September 11th victims and their familes. 100% of contributions made to the USA War Victims Fund go to the charitable activities of the Fund.

We have also chosen to make additional donations to those that have "fallen through the cracks." Such as the family of a man called to active duty in October, 2001. His family was struggling financially to make ends meet. We chose to help them through our local United Way office and encourage Americans across the country to think of those that have been indirectly hurt by 9/11/01 and the current war in Iraq.

United Way of Ottawa County

CONTACT
Chris Galvin
ADDRESS
127 West Perry Street
Suite 105
Port Clinton, Ohio 43452
PHONE
419.734.6645
EMAIL
cgalvin@uwgtol.org

Contact Information:
Below is the contact information for United Way and the USA War Victims Fund. In the the year immeidiately following the Attack on America, Generous Gems made donations through its local United Way office. We are located in Ottawa County, Ohio and therefore donated to our local United Way Office and mail donations to the USA War Victims Fund in Florida. For questions contact us directly at sales@generousgems.com.

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The USA War Victims Fund

CONTACT
Don L. Mooers
ADDRESS
USA War Victims Fund, Inc
6639 Southpoint Pkwy 101
Jacksonville, FL 32216
PHONE
904.281.1990
EMAIL
donmooers@coldwellbanker.com

Y-Me.org
Very informative.
Great links and info.
A portion of the profits from sales of this line go to support their efforsts.

Other ways to help those that need it

Carol M. Baldwin Cancer Research Fund
The money raised by this fund supports research efforts against breast cancer. A portion of the profits from sales of this line go to support their efforsts.

Our Newest Line "be" Generates Funds
for Breast Cancer Research and Awareness.
Sales from some of our other ribbon lines (this line) support the organizations below.

We are NOT endorsed by or affiliated with any of the non-profits we support. We have chosen to support their efforts because they are issues or causes we feel strongly about. If you know of other organizations that need help, or have a cause you feel strongly about, please suggest it to us, we are always trying to help!
Sincrely,
Beth and Lynette
Generous Gems

The "be teal" line is our newest line. We've created it to support those organizations fighting ovarian cancer. We have not yet determined which organizations to support. We have contacted several organizations for more information about what they do to support the battle against ovarian cancer through research and awareness education.

As of today we have not yet recieved any information packages. If you have ANY organizations to recommend, please contact us (sales@generousgems.com).

We are also making a links/info page. If you have any recommendations, please let us know.