Gems for Gems is committed to ending the cycle of domestic abuse by focusing on the economic recovery and empowerment of survivors.

Our Scholarship Program, HOPE’S CRADLE, Ambassador Program and more, are solution focused and provide high, transformational impact to survivors of abuse.

EDUCATION:

It is our belief that education is the key to unlocking not only the ability to gain a career, but also that enables the growth within each woman needed to take a leadership role in their family.

HOPE'S CRADLE:

Hope’s Cradle is a collaborative initiative to support mothers in need and save infants from an unsafe abandonment. Gems for Gems is working with Fire Departments across the province and beyond to ensure a safe place to surrender babies is available to all in need.

The reasons which lead women to this difficult choice vary but most are in extremely desperate situations and feel there are no alternatives.

We are asking for your help for as many women and children as possible. This is a global epidemic which needs men and women to act now.

Please join us and become part of this movement by supporting our impact today.

They are waiting for our help… lets show them they aren’t alone.

Please take a look at some of our media links below to learn more!

Hope's Cradle:

Hope’s Cradle being installed at Strathmore Fire Station, a first of its kind in Canada | CTV News

Hope’s Cradle in southern Alberta to provide safe alternative to baby abandonment | Globalnews.ca

Hope’s Cradle offers life-saving option for Albertans in desperate situations | Watch News Videos Online (globalnews.ca)

https://www.iheartradio.ca/hope-s-cradle-being-installed-at-strathmore-fire-station-a-first-of-its-kind-in-canada-1.16620697

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/strathmore-fire-station-hopes-cradle-baby-surrender-1.6274271

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/mobile/ribbon-cutting-ceremony-hosted-for-hope-s-cradle-in-strathmore-1.5713197

https://strathmorenow.com/articles/watch-hopes-cradle-ribbon-cutting-ceremony

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/hope-s-cradle-being-installed-at-strathmore-fire-station-a-first-of-its-kind-in-canada-1.5693038

https://www.iheartradio.ca/purecountry/sudbury/news-trending/hope-s-cradle-being-installed-at-strathmore-fire-station-a-first-of-its-kind-in-canada-1.16620697

https://www.iheartradio.ca/purecountry/sudbury/news-trending/hope-s-cradle-being-installed-at-strathmore-fire-station-a-first-of-its-kind-in-canada-1.16620697

https://flipboard.com/article/ribbon-cutting-ceremony-hosted-for-hope-s-cradle-in-strathmore/f-09b6269f40%2Fctvnews.ca

General:

https://www.theacecollective.com/editorials/interviews/womenoface-meet-jordan-guildford

https://wavve.link/Womens.Exclusive

https://saraconnell.mykajabi.com/women-starting-movements-jordan-guildford

https://globalnews.ca/news/7410338/avenue-magazine-calgary-top-40-under-40-2020/

https://hillbergandberk.com/blogs/sparkle-stories/when-pain-becomes-power-jordan-buildford-on-domestic-abuse-and-the-gems-for-gems-mission

Our first jewelry drive video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-s3-4fYtI

Our Zero to Hero video (now called THRIVE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AouCCGsqWJ8

Academy Awards Gifting Suite in LA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tbwUzr_L_Y&list=PL71nNlSEu86EPdODh5NFBbmx04cG1JHG2&index=13

Toronto Film Festival Gifting Suite 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNF6Y8rrqaY&list=PL71nNlSEu86EPdODh5NFBbmx04cG1JHG2&index=18

Shelia McCarthy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyM9qWFWEWk&list=PL71nNlSEu86EPdODh5NFBbmx04cG1JHG2&index=19

Olivia Stuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rduCZTYUd7I&list=PL71nNlSEu86EPdODh5NFBbmx04cG1JHG2&index=20

Overview from ambassadors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsB5AqgVPF8&list=PL71nNlSEu86EPdODh5NFBbmx04cG1JHG2&index=17

Jordan on the celebrity events and their response:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNF6Y8rrqaY&list=PL71nNlSEu86EPdODh5NFBbmx04cG1JHG2&index=18

Media Links:

https://calgaryguardian.com/gems-for-gems/

Global News

https://globalnews.ca/video/5291817/gems-for-gems-zero-to-hero/

https://globalnews.ca/video/6149675/gems-for-gems-scholarship-program-looks-to-help-domestic-violence-survivors

https://globalnews.ca/news/4601192/murdered-domestic-abuse-calgary-woman-nadia-el-dib/

https://globalnews.ca/tag/jordan-guildford/

https://globalnews.ca/video/4478959/calgary-organization-names-scholarship-after-domestic-abuse-victim

CTV

https://www.gemsforgems.com/news/gems-for-gems-goes-to-the-oscars/

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/fitness-class-aims-to-raise-money-to-combat-domestic-violence-in-calgary-1.4096318

Other media

https://www.gemsforgems.com/news/okotoks-musician-sending-message-of-self-love-through-music/

https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2018/08/30/scholarship-launched-in-memory-of-domestic-homicide-victim-nadia-el-dib.html

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/domestic-abuse-charity-names-scholarship-after-slain-calgary-woman/

https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/parker-gems-for-gems-scholarship-to-benefit-abused-women/

https://www.ucalgary.ca/student-services/leadership/leadership-development/conference/profiles/jordan

https://twitter.com/globalcalgary/status/1043892595787583490