Celebrating the Human Spirit Radio Spot

Segment 21: Doing Well by Doing Good through Jewelry!

Years ago, in an artist's co-op in New England, I bought a unique pin with a tiny intricate design of a house with a tree and a tiny car. I was told the artist had been homeless for two years. That she taught herself jewelry design and sold these pins to get herself back on her feet.

Today, Lucinda Yates from Portland, Maine has done more than get herself back on her feet. She's created a company and a line of affordable, high quality jewelry that benefits social causes and has turned over $16.5 million dollars to non profits.

What a story! While selling her pins through boutiques, Lucinda kept thinking how to ease the problem of homelessness - how to give back to the community. She created a piece in the form of a house. And in 1989 the House Pin became the start of a company with a conscience. Giving 50% of the income back to a sponsoring organization, the House Pin has helped thousands of organizations raise millions of dollars. The House Pin has grown into Book pins, little people pins, women pins, pet pins.all designed to support the appropriate fund-raising efforts.

What a triumph of spirit, ingenuity, and integrity proving you can do well by doing good! This is Eileen McDargh for WRMN 1410 celebrating Designs by Lucinda.

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