Ah, the holidays! A time of good cheer and feasting. A time to enjoy our family, friends and the bounty with which we are blessed. Indeed, “a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable time...when men and women seem of one consent to open up their hearts freely,” as Scrooge’s nephew observes in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, when he comes to invite the old miser to a festive Christmas dinner. The jewelry industry offers abundant opportunities to combine the enjoyment of feasting and friends with the charitable impulses of the heart. Its fund-raiser dinners, with receipts going for good works, usually focus on a guest of honor from the industry. You’ve probably seen these annual events mentioned in the trade press or received written invitations or phone solicitations to participate. But, you may not know much about them, what they do or whom to contact. The following artic