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Anne Dale – Leading Women in Business

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A Louisiana jeweler gemologist with over twenty-three years experience as a jewelry wholesaler and educator. As former director of Gem-A USA (the U.S. arm of the Gemological Assn of Great Britain) Anne travel the world helping set up educational course on the study of gemstones. Anne Dale opened her retail jewelry store on the North-shore of New Orleans in May of 1999.

Anne, a resident on the North-Shore was shocked by the devastation of New Orleans and by the “losses suffered by so many” during Hurricane Katrina. Anne personally faced the challenge of recovery and rebuilding after Katrina with no electric power, water or phone service for weeks but still felt blessed compared to many.

When power returned, Anne witnessed first responders and police officers that stayed in the city helping people to safety. She watched as they risked everything, even their own lives to help save others. Anne felt she had to do something to recognize the nobility, the strength and honesty of the first responders, while also trying to help rebuild the city she loved.

Anne created a piece of jewelry dedicated to the rebuilding of New Orleans. Anne created The “I Love New Orleans Badge”a silver badge that can be worn as a pin or as a pendant. Over 20,000 of the pins have been sold with a percent of the proceeds going into a relief fund.

Anne is also a member of St. Joseph’s Abbey and donates her time for their Penny’s for Bread Program and is also a member of The American Business Women’s Association.

Congratulations, Anne…and Thank You

Anne Dale – Leading Women in Business

Radio 101.9 WLMG MAGIC

Anne is also a member of St. Joseph’s Abbey and donates her time for their Penny’s for Bread Program and is also a member of The American Business Women’s Association.

Congratulations, Anne…and Thank You

New Orleans Anne Dale’s Jewelry Goes Gold

A Katrina relief badge, jewelry goes gold, will shortly become widely available, as jeweler Anne Dale has agreed to put a her New Orleans Jewelry creation into large-scale production.

Jeweler Anne Dale created the badge in response to the devastation she witnessed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and has already sold them on a small-scale.

Now she will be manufacturing the badges in silver and both white and yellow gold from early October, reports JCK magazine.

Ms Dale lives in Mandeville, close to New Orleans, and wanted to design something to support New Orleans and the victims of the hurricane.

Her badge is designed for use as a lapel pin and can also be worn on a chain. It incorporates a crest that represents the Mississippi River and is engraved with “I know what it means” and sports a heart to symbolise love, under which New Orleans is written. Within the heart is a fleur-de-Lis recalling Louisiana’s French heritage.

The Katrina relief badges have already proved popular, with actor Dan Aykroyd placing an order for 500 and Ms Dale has even sent one to President Bush.

Proceeds form the sale of the badges will be channelled into the Anne Dale’s Relief Fund and relief projects in Ms Dale’s community.

Source – World Gold Council

New Orleans Jewelry styles fly off store shelves

New Orleans Jewelry Designer (New Orleans, Louisiana) Ten days after Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast, Anne Dale and her family sat in her Covington home with no power, no running water and a battery-operated TV, rigged with a coat hanger as an antenna.

For the first time since the storm hit, Dale saw what the rest of the world had been seeing for 10 days.

“When I saw those images come on TV, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” said Dale, who owns Anne-Dale Jeweller in Mandeville. “When I saw the police officers speaking, the idea came to me to give recognition to first responders.”

She created a Hurricane Katrina “badge,” a sterling-silver pendant with the slogan, “I know what it means to love New Orleans.”

“Everyone has a Katrina hero,” Dale said. “No matter what walk of life you’re from — rich or poor. A badge represents something about a person, their courage, nobility, honor.”

Dale already has sold 3,000 badges to people in Louisiana and as far away as Australia, Finland and California with proceeds benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Dale even tapped into the celebrity market.

“Dan Akroyd bought 500 to give to the New York City police and firefighters who came down to help,” said Dale. “He happened to be in town and the Harahan police chief called me and said, ‘If I give Dan Akroyd my badge, will you give me another one?’ I said yes, of course. And then Dan Akroyd called back and said he wanted to order 500 of them. So I met him in front of a bowling alley in Harahan. He came incognito but he was very nice, serious and businesslike but nice.”

Akroyd took the badges to New York where he gave them to New York police officers and other first responders who helped New Orleans after Katrina.

Dale is far from the only retailer taking advantage of Louisiana pride.

Earthsavers in Mandeville is selling “Save NOLA” T-shirts complete with a fleur de lis symbol.

The Mignon Faget jewelry store is selling sterling silver and 14-karat gold fleur de lis pendants, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, brooches and rings.

On the South Shore, retailers are selling T-shirts, jewelry and other clothing.

Metro Three, a Magazine Street store specializing in men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, is selling T-shirts with the logos “Make levees not war,” “New Orleans: Still proud to call it home,” “New Orleans is for lovin’ ” and “Go with the contraflow.”

T-shirts and sweatshirts with the “Defend New Orleans” logo also are selling at Turncoats Clothing Exchange on Magazine Street in New Orleans, and Vicki Adjmi, owner of Jean Therapy, is selling “Save NOLA” T-shirts at her Lakeside Shopping Center location.

Source – CityBusiness

Mandeville Jeweler Helps After Storm

Today marks the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating tour through New Orleans, and the city is still in a state of recovery.

Retailer Anne Dale of Anne-Dale Mandeville Jewelry store just across Lake Pontchartrain from the city of New Orleans, is one local who has taken an active role in aiding hurricane victims.

To date, sales of her New Orleans jewelry from “The Anne Dale Collection,” specially created to support those affected by Hurricane Katrina, total more than $170,000.

The collection includes badges, pendants, rings and earrings that read “I Know What It Means to Love New Orleans,” “Pray for the Gulf Coast” and “Return to New Orleans.”

A portion of net proceeds from the sales of the collection has been donated to Catholic Charities, Light House for the Blind, Friends of the Frontline and Volunteers of America, as well as a number of churches and schools in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Prices for pieces of Mandeville Jewelry store Anne Dale Collection range from $29.95 for a sterling silver badge to $399.95 for a 14-karat gold badge.

To make a purchase of Mandeville Jewelry or to find out more about Anne-Dale Jeweler’s beneficiary charities, visit annedale.com.

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Anne Dale – Leading Women in Business

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Anne Dale – Leading Women in Business

New Orleans Jewelry Goes Gold

New Orleans Anne Dale’s Jewelry Goes Gold

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New Orleans Jewelry styles fly off store shelves

Mandeville Jeweler Helps Victims

Mandeville Jeweler Helps After Storm