Beginning Oct. 1—at the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month—Trollbeads will release two silver Strength, Courage, and Wisdom ring sets packaged with either a Pink Prism Bead or a Rose Ribbon as way of honoring the struggle of breast cancer patients, activists, and survivors, and to raise money for research.

Trollbeads will donate approximately 10 percent of sales to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation for every gift set sold.

The Trollbeads Strength, Courage, and Wisdom Ring with Pink Prism Bead retails for $225, and a donation of $22 will be made. The Pink Prism bead, designed by Lise Aagaard, was released in 2005 and retired in 2007, but is now available again for a limited time for a good cause through this promotion.

The Trollbeads Strength, Courage, and Wisdom Ring with Rose Ribbon Bead, released in 2006, retails for $99 (a donation of $10 will be made. The Rose Ribbon bead, with delicate translucent lilac rose swirls, is an iconic symbol of the fight against breast cancer. 

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation was founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder as an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding innovative clinical and translational cancer research. Currently, more than 90 cents of every dollar donated is directed to breast cancer research and awareness programs.

The Pink Prism beadretails for $225, $22 of which will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

JCK