Dune Jewelry Participates in 3-Day Online Sales Event Celebrating #GIVINGTUESDAY

BOSTON, Dec. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- For the 5th year in a row and to celebrate #GivingTuesday, Dune Jewelry is proud to announce they raised $7,000 from their 3-day online sales event for Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Joslin is the world's largest diabetes research and clinical care organization in the country and their mission is to prevent, treat and cure diabetes. Their vision is a world free of diabetes and its complications.

"Raising funds for Joslin is a lifelong dream of mine," says Holly Daniels Christensen, Founder & CEO of Dune Jewelry. "As a child I spent a lot of time at Joslin visiting my father who passed away at the age of 36 from complications with Type 1 Diabetes. I am honored to have the opportunity to contribute towards Joslin's mission, and I'd like to dedicate Dune's contribution in memory of my father David Daniels."

Dune Jewelry, the Original Beach Sand Jewelry Company® creates Experiential Jewelry® using sand and other natural elements from thousands of locations worldwide. Each piece is crafted with sand or natural elements from your favorite vacation destination, childhood beach house, honeymoon locale, golf course, hiking trail; even flowers from your wedding bouquet! Essentially Dune takes tangible pieces of a moment or memory and incorporates them into artisan-crafted fine jewelry that will last a lifetime. The customization and personalization are sentimental and unique and opportunities for your own one-of-a-kind design are limitless.

Dune Jewelry catalogs over 3,500 sands and natural elements in their Sandbanktm from locations around the world, spanning all seven continents. They custom make each and every design in their Boston, Massachusetts studio. Dune Jewelry's Sandbanktm consists of beaches, ballparks, golf courses, hiking trails, dried flowers, power stones and more! It keeps growing almost daily, thanks to customers sending in sand and elements for their very own custom designs. The Sand Artists only need a tiny bit of sand for many of their designs. A tablespoon is enough for any of Dune's creations.

Joslin Diabetes Center is dedicated to ensuring that people with diabetes live long, healthy lives and offers real hope and progress toward diabetes prevention and a cure. Joslin is an independent, nonprofit institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

About Dune Jewelry

Founded in 2010 by kitchen table entrepreneur, Holly Daniels Christensen, Dune Jewelry, is the Original Beach Sand Jewelry Company®. Dune captures your most cherished travel memories and experiences by creating fine Experiential Jewelry® with sand and natural elements from around the world. Dune Jewelry catalogs over 3,500 sands and natural elements in their Sandbanktm spanning all seven continents and you have the option to send your own memory. Their Sandbanktm consists of beaches, ballparks, golf courses, hiking trails, dried flowers, power stones and more. It keeps growing almost daily, thanks to customers sending sand and elements for their very own custom pieces. All of Dune Jewelry's patented designs are exclusive and Handmade with Love & Sandy Hands in the USA®, in their Boston, Massachusetts studio. Dune Jewelry has created a unique line of collectible jewelry and is the perfect time capsule for all of your travel adventures.

Dune Jewelry has grown from a one-person business to a staff of 28 in a 3100 sq. foot loft space in Massachusetts. Inc. magazine revealed that Dune Jewelry is No. 2590 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. In 2016 Dune won Small Business of the Year, Woman Owned and is changing the perception of what truly makes jewelry valuable; memories! Dune Jewelry has a thriving e-commerce website, ships to 800+ retail partners worldwide, offers a lifetime warranty on all designs & donates a portion of all sales to coastal preservation organizations. For more information on Dune Jewelry, please visit: http://www.dunejewelry.com

About Joslin Diabetes Center

Joslin Diabetes Center, based in Boston, Massachusetts, undertakes diabetes research, clinical care, education and health and wellness programs on a global scale. Joslin is dedicated to ensuring that people with diabetes live long, healthy lives and offers real progress in preventing and curing diabetes. Joslin is an independent, nonprofit institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School, and is recognized worldwide for driving innovative solutions in diabetes prevention, research, education, and care.

Our mission is to prevent, treat and cure diabetes. Our vision is a world free of diabetes and its complications. For more information, visit http://www.joslin.org.

About Joslin Research

Joslin Research comprises the most comprehensive and productive effort in diabetes research under one roof anywhere in the world. With 300-plus faculty-level investigators, Joslin researchers focus on unraveling the biological, biochemical and genetic processes that underlie the development of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and related complications.

Joslin research is highly innovative and imaginative, employing the newest tools in genetics, genomics and proteomics to identify abnormalities that may play a role in the development of diabetes and its complications. Joslin Clinic patients, and others with diabetes, have the option of participating in clinical trials at Joslin to help translate basic research into treatment innovations.

Joslin has one of the largest diabetes training programs in the world, educating 150 M.D. and Ph.D. researchers each year, many of whom go on to head diabetes initiatives at leading institutions all over the globe. For more information, visit http://www.joslinresearch.org.

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