Waterville, Maine, couple make jewelry, promote environmental causes.

Publication: Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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COPYRIGHT 2005 Kennebec Journal

Byline: Amy Calder

Aug. 12--WATERVILLE -- For Steve and Tina Swift, enjoying a profession and protecting Mother Earth are more important than making money.

The couple own Swift Arrow, a wholesale jewelry manufacturer and distributor that focuses on making and selling quality pieces while educating the public about people who promote environmental and political causes.

For the past two years, the Swifts have donated sterling silver necklaces to all graduates of the Seeds of Peace international camp in Otisfield. The camp seeks to empower young people from regions of conflict with leadership skills required to promote reconciliation and co-existence.

For a month in the summer, hundreds of teen-agers from places such as Israel, Palestine and...

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