Make A Difference

Community Spirit

We owe every ounce of success to our local communities. That's why we are continually giving back to our friends and neighbours in need. The organizations we support vary as our goal is simply to relieve hardship and suffering for those less fortunate. To that end, Spence is proud to have donated $910,205 in cash and jewellery to various local charities thus far in 2007-2012. Here is a sample of those donations:

  • Imagine 1 Day, Ethiopia ($13,920)
  • Sarah McLachlan School of Music, Vancouver ($10,000)
  • Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation , Edmonton ($32,540)
  • Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary ($26,410)
  • Free the Children, Ontario ($180,585)
  • Darling Home for Children, Toronto ($4,840)
  • Canucks Place, Vancouver ($54,900)
  • Prem Sewa School, India ($15,000)
  • The Timothy Center Girls’ School, Uganda ($25,000)
  • The Salvation Army, Haiti Relief ($5,000)
  • Vancouver College ($3,310)
  • Wizard Academy ($145,000)
  • Vancouver Symphony ($60,920)
  • Vancouver Aquarium ($41,780)
  • Texas Children's Hospital ($6,400)
  • Family Services Of North Shore in Vancouver ($25,000)
  • United Way of Vancouver ($78,000)
  • Children's Wish Foundation in Ontario ($92,500)
  • BC Cancer Foundation' Westside Cycling Classic ($10,000)
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ($4500)
  • Street Angels ($3,000)
  • Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Alzheimer's Society of Canada
  • BC Guide Dog Services

Our dedication to helping others is genuine. Diamonds are precious, indeed. But it is people who make our lives worth living.

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Global Conscious

Spence diamonds are not conflict diamonds. That’s the personal guarantee of our owner, Sean Jones. We purchase only from legitimate sources that comply with the United Nations’ resolutions created to address this problem.

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But that doesn’t change the fact that countless families in diamond-producing countries are in dire need of help. We are excited to have had the opportunity to donate $66,200 to the reconstruction of the BumpeHigh School in Sierre Leone, West Africa. We did this through the Kposowa Foundation, an organization dedicated to the rebuilding the infrastructure and buildings of the school, along with the creation of hundreds of jobs in the process.

Which means when you buy a Spence diamond, you are contributing to the livelihood of the people who need it most. But there are see some other reasons to buy your diamond from us? Diamonds are intended to represent love, not war. But it’s not about diamonds. It’s about people behind the diamonds. Did you know…

  • Five million people have access to healthcare thanks to diamond revenues.
  • Ten million people are directly or indirectly supported by the diamond industry.
  • Diamond revenues enable every child in Botswana to receive free education up to age 13.
  • Diamond revenues are instrumental in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
  • World leaders like Nelson Mandela have publicly cited the importance of diamonds to the lives of African people.

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