When jewelry designer Stacey Papp learned that some of her closest friends from the fashion world were among those killed and injured in the horrific June 12 Orlando massacre, she immediately wanted to help their families. Her longtime friend, Javier Jorge-Reyes, was murdered that night. Another longtime friend, Leonel Melendez, is in a coma fighting for his life. Says Papp, who owns the Orlando-based Bay Hill Jewelers: "I kept calling their best friend, saying, 'What can I do?'" As a jewelry designer and a philanthropist who started the Bridges of Light Foundation in 2004 to help at-risk children and foster kids,...
- 6/27/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
When jewelry designer Stacey Papp learned that some of her closest friends from the fashion world were among those killed and injured in the horrific June 12 Orlando massacre, she immediately wanted to help their families. Her longtime friend, Javier Jorge-Reyes, was murdered that night. Another longtime friend, Leonel Melendez, is in a coma fighting for his life. Says Papp, who owns the Orlando-based Bay Hill Jewelers: "I kept calling their best friend, saying, 'What can I do?'" As a jewelry designer and a philanthropist who started the Bridges of Light Foundation in 2004 to help at-risk children and foster kids,...
- 6/27/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
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