Silver: Kelim Jewelry Design Donates 50% of Wholesale Profits to Charity & More
Guiding LightRockville, Md.–based designer Lori Gadola of Kelim Jewelry Design has spent years vacationing in Thailand with her family. Early on, she fell in love with Thai culture, but over the course of her visits, she grew increasingly dismayed by the country’s thriving sex tourism industry.So when Gadola met Alezandra Russell, the founder of the Thai nonprofit Urban Light Youth Center, which raises money and awareness for victims of human trafficking, the force behind the 15-year-old jewelry firm decided to help the cause. Kelim’s new Be the Light collection, which debuted at JCK Las Vegas in June, includes five matte-finished sterling SKUs featuring a star motif—the organization’s logo—and the tagline “Be the Light.”Prices start at $56 retail. Kelim is donating 50 percent of wholesale profits to ULYC as well as providing gratis promotions, and would love to see ret
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