At Stoned Originals, we recognize that many women and children are in need of transitional shelters to help them escape from abusive relationships. These shelters provide a safe and caring environment for all, regardless of ethnicity and age. They represent the optimism of a new tomorrow. For these reasons and more we applaud and support their efforts.

A percentage of online jewelry sales from 8 North American cities is donated to the women's organizations listed below in each of those cities.

Toronto: The Redwood
Montreal: Auberge Madeleine
Calgary: Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter
Vancouver: St. Elizabeth Home

New York: Sanctuary for Families
Chicago: Chicago Abused Women Coalition
Atlanta: Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV)
Los Angeles: 1736 Family Crisis Centre

Celebrate the Power of Women 2009 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT Our ladies-only event in support of The Redwood - a safe haven for women and children, has come and gone. What a great evening it was! In addition to Stoned Originals Jewelry, attendees were also able to shop for gorgeous accessories from Stuff Limited as well as luxurious Bio-Swiss Organic skin care products from The Spa Boutique. Heartfelt thanks to both companies for helping to make this party truly special. The evening was filled with positive energy and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves! Of course, every great party needs a little wine and some great nibbles and for that we thank the wonderful people at Euro Vintage Wine & Spirits and Santa Alicia Vineyards for donating the wine for the evening. We’d also like to thank Dan and his staff at the Empire Lounge at 50 Cumberland St. in Yorkville for allowing us to hold the event there again this year....the food was fab and the service, excellent, as usual! Special thanks go out to our contributors for their donations....Dolce Publishing, Mirvish Productions, Extreme Fitness, Rawley Resort & Marina, P&G Beauty, Civello, Umbra and Anarres Natural Health. Fun moments from the evening were captured on film by our photographer extraordinaire....Leonard Oyama, thank you Leonard. Every great party needs a little glamour and excitement too and for that we thank our friends at Citytv for their unwavering support! Not only did Dina Pugliese mention our event on Breakfast Television (thanks Dina!) the party was also covered on the 11pm news that night. Attendees were also delighted to see Anne Mroczkowski, Tracy Moore, Cynthia Mulligan, Laura DiBattista and others from Citytv who dropped in to shop and support The Redwood....thanks ladies! Thanks to Katie Starke, Miss Teen Canada-World and Tish Iceton from CHFI, for dropping in! Thanks to our volunteers for their time and enthusiasm...we couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks to our customers and friends, who blogged, twittered, etc to help spread the word about the event. And last but not least, if you made it out to the party, we’d like to thank you for being a part of this very special evening! Your support was so greatly appreciated; we hope you had fun! If by some chance you regret not having picked up a certain item at the party, most of the jewelry can already be purchased online; the rest of the pieces will be available for your shopping pleasure very soon, so stop by often.... To see photos from the 2009 event click here

_______________________________________________ Proud Contributors: Eurovintage Wines & Spirits / Santa Alicia Vineyards / Dolce Publishing Special Thanks to: Mirvish Productions / Extreme Fitness / / Rawley Resort & Marina P&G Beauty / Civello / Umbra / Anarres Natural Health

Thanks to all who have attended any of our Celebrate the Power of Women events in support of The Redwood.

Held at various locations including The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, and Toronto’s Rosewater Supper Club and The Empire Restaurant & Lounge, the events have been a smashing success - everything we could have hoped for....a warm atmosphere of women mixing and mingling in an informal and relaxed environment. Friends reconnecting. New friendships being born. Women Empowering Women.

Of course there are always hundreds of Stoned Originals jewelry items to try on and choose from, but we now offer other accessories too...all the more fun to get out and shop for a good cause!

We’ve had lots of recognizable faces at our events, including...

Rebecca Staab - TV’s Desperate Housewives, The Mentalist,
      Guiding Light, CSI
Lisa LaFlamme - CTV News
Anne Mroczkowski,  Laura DiBattista,  Pam Seatle, Kris Reyes,
      Tara Weber & Cynthia Mulligan - Citytv News
Dina Pugliese & Jennifer Valentyne - Citytv’s Breakfast Television
Tracy Moore - Citytv’s Cityline
Katie Starke - Miss Teen Canada-World
Lucy Zilio - OMNI Television
Vanessa Lengies - TV’s Hawthorne
Tish Iceton - CHFI Radio
Catherine McDonald - Global TV News
Carolyn Weaver - Book TV, Fineprint
Kerry Mitchell - Chatelaine Magazine
Orietta Minatel, Bianca Birch & Tammy Palmer - Flare Magazine

link to photos from past events...

TV coverage of 3rd annual event      CLIP 1      CLIP 2      CLIP 3

TV coverage of 2nd Event

TV footage from 1st event

PAST SPONSORS AND CONTRIBUTORS:
Rosewater Supper Club
GMP Private Client
Dermalogica
Greaves Tours LLC
INAR Events
National Ballet
Fashion Magazine
P&G Beauty
Mirvish Productions
Umbra
Tammy Palmer Fashion Stylist
Crabtree & Evelyn
Oil of Olay
Evian
Business Printing Inc.
Delineation
Royal DeMaria Wines
Hammam Spa
Bryan Porterfield Photography Kuda Furniture & Homewares
Lai Toh Heen Restaurant
Vaffi Hair and Esthetics Salon
Caryl Baker Visage
Eurovintage Wines
Empire Restaurant &Lounge
The Spa Boutique
Stuff Limited
Dolce Publishing
Extreme Fitness
Rawley Resort &Marina
Civello
Anarres Natural Health
Leonard Oyama

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Stoned Originals teamed up with one of our favourite clothing boutiques in the Toronto area, Freda’s for a special night of fashion and shopping.

Thanks to everyone who came out on that rainy night for a little wine, hors d’oeuvres, a great fashion show, and some shopping. A portion of the evening’s sales went to the local women’s shelter we support, The Redwood.

Terri Michael - Stoned Originals was thrilled to partner with radio stations Q92 in Montreal and Country 105 in Calgary in our quest to raise awareness and/or funds for two women’s shelters in these cities….the Auberge Madeleine shelter in Montreal and the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter. Each station received $3450 worth of Stoned Originals jewelry and each found a creative way for listeners to win the jewelry in the week leading up to Mother’s Day and help their city’s respective shelters at the same time. Many thanks to all involved!

Terri Michael - Stoned Originals is proud to have donated jewelry to the following organizations in their efforts to raise funds...The United Way, the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, Fashion Cares, Habitat for Humanity Toronto, Chicago Abused Women Coalition, Toronto Police Amateur Athletic Association, Jam Production’s Curvy Catwalk fundraiser for Sheena’s Place, the Winter Palace Ball in support of Ruskoka Camp, The Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, Sanctuary for Families - New York women’s shelter, Cara’s Hope, the Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere (F.A.M.E.) and many others.