June 9, 2005
A New Way to Donate Jewels
When the Jewels for Charity Collection Tour came to Coral Gables, Fla., jewelry shoppers purchased $30,000 in vintage gems in the span of a few hours -- and all that money went to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. On other days, jewelry purchases on the same scale benefited Children's Hospital Los Angeles; the Henry Mancini Institute, a music charity in Culver City, Calif.; and Santa Barbara County's United Way.
Selling jewels to benefit charity was the idea of Michael Kazanjian,
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