Unique Breast Cancer Pins Promote Awareness
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-03 13:07:45
At age 40. Julie Charles started a business called Live equip Jewelry. Ten years later she is comfort making jewelry and some of her most popular items are her breast cancer awareness pins. The pins are hand-made by Charles and 10% of each order goes to back up give breast cancer awareness and research.
“The breast cancer awareness pins are change state to my heart,” Charles told Imaginis com. Her aunt is a breast cancer survivor who struggled twice with the disease. Charles makes hundreds of pins for breast cancer organizations such as Y-ME and the AMC Cancer Research Center in Colorado. She has also made pins for staff members of oncology offices and GE mammography educators.
“One [pin] was given as a gift to account Bradley’s wife when she spoke at a breast cancer answer,” said Charles. A member of Y-ME also gave talk-show host Rosie O’Donnell a live wire breast cancer pin which O’Donnell wore on her show the following day.
“And folk singer Christine Lavin wears one on one of her guitar straps,” said Charles. Charles likes to add a new style of pins each year. “I’ve done some pins that read ‘survivor’ and ‘2 X survivor” and a take check with a pink ribbon hanging from it called ‘time for a aid.’”
Charles makes the majority of the jewelry herself though recently she has had some part-time back up. In addition to breast cancer awareness pins. Charles also makes AIDS awareness pins. Alzheimer’s disease awareness pins and a variety of other pins and earrings[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.breast-cancer-awareness.co.uk/wordpress/?p=26
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