Cancer Awareness Line and How it Started
Today I was talking with a cancer survivor who took a look at our site and asked: “I like the bracelets, but what is the connection to you? Why do you have the cancer awareness line?”
I found the question really interesting because I don’t think I ever explained how my line has grown and grown over the years and where it got its roots. A lot of times in our lives we are faced with adversity and feel like we need to do something. At the time I started my business, my mother had just gotten a clean bill of health as a breast cancer survivor for 1 year. I made my first bracelet, a breast cancer awareness bracelet, in her honor out of rose quartz and donated a portion of the proceeds to the fight against cancer and cancer research. After another friend saw my breast cancer awareness bracelet, she asked if I could make her a cancer awareness bracelet that represented some of the more known cancers with silver beads and crystal as she knew so many people affected with all kinds of cancers. That was the first bracelet made with Swarovski crystal and sterling silver that was on our site. The awareness line continued to grow slowly over the years as people requested different types of cancer awareness bracelets. After I made their requested cancer awareness bracelet, I added it to the line as I was certain others would be interested in it as well. Each one of these bracelets was made for a reason and has a story behind it and selling this line of bracelets has allowed me the pleasure to met many people whose lives have been touched with cancer and their stories.
As in the start of this line with a single bracelet, we still donate $5 of every bracelet sold to the fight against cancer and will continue to do so so we can raise cancer awareness…BEAD BY BEAD!
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