CD Peacock, Chicago’s first business and jeweler, is hoping to improve the lives of children in Chicago’s foster care by joining forces with Foster Love (formerly Together We Rise), a nonprofit organization devoted to improving children’s lives in the foster care system.
CD Peacock has donated 50 bicycles and 130 custom duffle bags to Chicago foster care centers.
During their annual chain-wide charity event CD Peacock allocated a portion of sales to purchase kits to build bicycles and assemble duffle bags filled with childhood staples through Foster Love’s Build-a-Bike and Sweet Cases® initiatives. When over a hundred boxes arrived at CD Peacock’s Oakbrook location, the Peacock employees formed teams both on and off the sales floor and spent the day assembling bicycles and decorating and filling the Sweet Cases®.
The next day, their labor of love was delivered to local foster children who were all too ready to receive them.
“We are proud to support the initiatives of Foster Love as it continues our commitment to direct participation in our community. Children in the foster care system deserve to feel loved and supported and we are honored to play a small part in providing them with things that bring childhood joy,” says Chelsea Holtzman Lawrence, CD Peacock vice president of marketing and communications.