Caliber Collection (formerly Jewelry for a Cause) is an online company that was founded by Jessica Pollack Mindich, an American jewelry designer, in December 2008.
History
In 2008, Mindich launched Jewelry for a Cause, with the idea of making and selling jewelry to raise money for both foreign and domestic causes.
Gun buyback
Newark
On the weekend of April 27, 2013, the Newark Police Department in New Jersey and Jewelry for a Cause hosted a gun buyback. Police recovered 210 weapons, including eight assault rifles. 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.
San Francisco
Captain Michael Perry, of the Pittsburg Police Department in California, shipped Mindich disabled guns from the department's buyback program in 2013 to create the Caliber San Francisco jewelry line. A privately funded buyback had collected 291 weapons, including assault rifles, handguns, shotguns and rifles. "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.
References
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