HJA is featured as a "Good Neighbor" in our local editorial, Midweek. Thank you to all the participants that made these contributions possible! We look forward to being a part of many more charitable community events.
If you are a member of HJA and would like to participate in these charitable events or gain more information, please contact us at (808) 536-4255 or email at admin@hawaiijewelersassociation.com.
HJA Members Tom Wheeler & Denny Wong unite for a good cause
Honolulu, Hawai'i - Make-A-Wish Hawaii recently formed a new partnership with Hawaii Jewelers Association! On Tuesday, March 17th, 2015, HJA members, Opal Fields and award winning designer, Denny Wong donated a darling piece of jewelry to Wish Kid Kayla from Tennessee! We are so grateful to have amazing partnerships like this. These #missionmoments of #joy are treasured memories for our Wish Kids. PC: Rayen Watanabe
Jewelers for Children comes to Hawaii with HJA member, Hawaii Estate & Jewelry Buyers
Local affiliate Hawaii Jewelers Association brings new support to Make-A-Wish Hawaii, sends Wish Kid on dream trip to England.
HONOLULU, HAWAI’I (March 13, 2015) – The Hawaii Jewelers Association(HJA) has partnered with Make-A-Wish Hawaii after selecting the local nonprofit as their charity of choice, involving the association’s statewide members with the Make-A-Wish mission.
The HJA, under the new leadership of co-executive directors Sophia Makaimoku-Young and Bernard Nunies, is an affiliate of Jewelers for Children, an international organization dedicated to uniting charitable giving efforts of the jewelry industry to children in need. Make-A-Wish has benefitted from this organization on a national and international level, but now the effort has moved in locally to further support wish kids in Hawaii.
“We are excited to renew our relationship with Make-A-Wish Hawaii in support of our industry-focused charity, Jewelers for Children. Aside from financial contributions, it is our goal to have a more active role in our community through unique efforts in supporting local Wish children,” Nunies said.
On Friday, the HJA launched this local partnership by hosting a celebratory send-off for Honolulu Wish Kid Gabrielle, 16, battling cancer. HJA Member Hawaii Estate & Jewelry Buyers presented Gabrielle with a donated pair of platinum earrings featuring .50ct diamonds from The Diamond Guy, sending her off in style before her Saturday departure to England – a long-awaited wish trip after plans to travel sooner were postponed from a collapsed lung requiring surgery.
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Congratulations Big Island Jewelers won a 2015 Lei Niho Palaoa Award for Best Jeweler
Congratulations HJA member Maui Divers!
Maui Divers Jewelry Wins Seven International Jewelry Design awards in the 2015 JCK Jewelers Choice Awards Contest
To view more winning pieces, visit http://www.jckonline.com/jck-jewelers-choice
Way to go Lehua's Jewelry on the Big Island for winning the 2014 BEST JEWELRY award from North Hawaii News!
Hawaii Jewelers Association supporting Make-A-Wish Hawaii Jingle Rock Run
held December 21, 2014
Board Members Andrew Taylor and Mark Carson along with Executive Directors Sophia Makaimoku-Young and Bernard Nunies
Hawaii Jewelers Association members participated in Jingle Rock Run event supporting Make-A-Wish Hawaii foundation.
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