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Friendship Bracelets For The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada

Make sure you are wearing this season’s must have style accessory, the Links of London friendship bracelet for The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada.

Links of London, is proud to have created a unique hand-woven lanyard bracelet to raise funds for The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. The bracelet, which will be in stores from November 5th through December 2008.

These unique sterling silver hand-woven bands with black and white silk are our take on the friendship bracelets we loved as children. They look great stacked together in multiples or worn singularly to coordinate with your favorite fashion items.

The Sterling Silver bracelets retail at C$225 with 10% of each sale going direct to The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. Links of London hopes to raise in excess of $10,000 for the charity, which grants wishes for children coping a with high-risk, life threatening illness. The bracelets are available from all Links of London stores nationwide and on our website, www.linksoflondon.ca

Links of London celebrity friendship bracelet fans include Catherine-Zeta Jones, Kristi Brinkley, Elle Macpherson, and Uma Thurman to name a few.

Creative Director, Links of London says: ‘Links of London is thrilled to be supporting The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. Having four children myself I feel passionate about this project. The design inspiration for the lanyard bracelet has come from the friendship bracelets made by my own children, which I treasure dearly. These bracelets are emblems of the love, support and understanding we share. I have tried to reflect these emotions in the Links of London friendship bracelet design.’

Chris Kotsopoulos, National Executive Director of The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada is excited about the new partnership with Links of London: “The friendship bracelet and all that it symbolizes is a great fit for The Children’s Wish Foundation. We are also very pleased to know that the bracelets will be sold through Holt Renfrew, an existing Platinum Partner of the Foundation.”

Footnote: The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada is a registered charity Registration number 12403 8878 RR0001.