Jewelry Store Plans Food Drive with Prizes

The owners of Little Treasury Jewelers in Gambrills have kicked off a food drive at the store to benefit the Anne Arundel County Food Bank – and donors might also receive something.

Anyone can bring canned food to the store in return for “Bling Bling Bucks.” These certificates are part of a contest in which eight prizes with a total value of $7,400 – from a diamond pendant to a Kindle Fire and a 55-inch TV – will be offered.

The owners say prizes will be awarded to the top eight participants who save up the most BB Buck Certificates.

For each canned vegetable donated the participant will receive 200 Bling Bling Bucks; for each canned fish or meat product donated they will receive 400 Bling Bling Bucks, which are good for these prizes:

· 1st Place - Diamond Flower Pendant w/chain .57 tcw

· 2nd Place - Princess Cut Diamond Stud Earrings .75 tcw 1,5900

· 3rd Place - Orange Sapphire Diamond Ring .30 tcw 1,495

· 4th Place - Samsung 55” LED Smart TV 1,100

· 5th Place - Ladies Glam Rock Watch 945

· 6th Place - i Pad Mini Tablet 299

· 7th Place - Kindle Fire HD 199

· 8th Place - Ladies Peach Colored Pearl Strand 99

The prizes will be awarded at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4.

All canned food will be donated to the Anne Arundel County Food Bank.

Store owners Steve and Linda Hammalian say the food drive is a “fun way to gather food for needy families and a rewarding way to thank those who participate, by giving out prizes.”

Some of the other ways to gain Bling Bling Bucks are by redeeming the store’s newspaper ads which run in The Capital, Bowie Blade, the Maryland Gazette, Bay Weekly, and Baltimore Sun and by returning weekly postcards mailed out to each participant.

No purchase is necessary to participate and all the prizes are on display in the store.