Caliber Collection (formerly Jewelry for a Cause)[1] is an online company that was founded by Jessica Pollack Mindich, an American jewelry designer, in December 2008.[2]
History
editIn 2008, Mindich launched Jewelry for a Cause, with the idea of making and selling jewelry to raise money for both foreign and domestic causes.[3]
Gun buyback
editNewark
editOn the weekend of April 27, 2013, the Newark Police Department in New Jersey[4] and Jewelry for a Cause hosted a gun buyback. Police recovered 210 weapons, including eight assault rifles[citation needed]. The weekend event was fully funded by Mindich's company by providing $60,000, from the sales of the Caliber Collection bracelets, in total to the cause.[5]
San Francisco
editCaptain Michael Perry, of the Pittsburg Police Department in California, shipped Mindich disabled guns from the department's buyback program in 2013[6] to create the Caliber San Francisco jewelry line. A privately funded buyback[7] had collected 291 weapons, including assault rifles[citation needed], handguns, shotguns and rifles.[8] "San Francisco" is stamped on the inside of the bracelet to represent the Bay area as a whole. A portion of the sales goes towards future gun buybacks in Pittsburg, California.[6]
References
edit- ^ "The Top 4 Jewelry Companies That Give Back". The Huffington Post. 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ "Lawyer mixes jewelry, charity". GreenwichTime. 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- ^ Tina Susman (2013-01-17). "Caliber Collection: Newark mayor plugs jewelry made from guns - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "Newark Police Hosting Gun Buyback". Newark, NJ Patch. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ James Queally (2013-04-30). "Newark recovers more than 200 guns during buyback event". NJ.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ a b "Caliber Collection". www.diablomag.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ AHAlife. "Limited Edition Coal Bangle". AHAlife. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ "Police buy back hundreds of guns in Fremont, Pittsburg". www.mercurynews.com. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-24.