JUNE SIMMS: Erin Blank took her campers to a minor league baseball game for their graduation performance. The temperature was near thirty-seven degrees Celsius. But the crowd enjoyed the show, and so did the mascots.
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BOB DOUGHTY: Eleven-year-old Madison Blandford recently invited about forty of her friends and neighbors to a party. It was a chance to see -- and buy -- beaded jewelry made by women in Uganda.
MADISON BLANDFORD: "My grandma got me a bracelet, and that's when I got interested."
So Madison started to learn about how the jewelry pieces are created. The colorful beads on necklaces, earrings and bracelets are made of paper.
MADISON BLANDFORD: "It takes thirty seconds for each bead to be made, but the whole process takes two weeks."
Madison wanted to share the story with her friends. Her mother, Sharon Blandford, thought it was a great idea.
SHARON BLANDFORD: "I really felt like this was something that she could learn and grow with, and she could also lead her friends into wanting to do something that's really important and special."
The Blandfords visited the Bead for Life website and signed up to host a jewelry party.
JUNE SIMMS: Bead for Life started in two thousand four. Founder Torkin Wakefield and her daughter, Devin Hibbard, and a friend had visited Uganda and met a bead maker.
TORKIN WAKEFIELD: "She told us that she loves making beads, but that she had no market for her beads. So we started thinking, 'Why does she think there is no market?' We love these beads and our friends like these beads. Surely, we could find a market."
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