Mr. Philippe Galtie (left), head of Cartier Korea, and Ms Song Yoon-a (center), a South Korean actress, pose for the camera with IVI Director-General, Dr. John Clemens, as the jewelry company is welcomed as an IVI Giving Club member at IVI on May 7, 2007.  

Cartier Korea, the local branch of the renowned French jeweler, has agreed to support IVI’s global efforts to make life-saving vaccines available to the world’s poorest children by becoming an IVI Giving Club.

The company pledged to donate to IVI this year all the proceeds from sales of 100 of its new limited edition bracelet, “Love Charity,” during a ceremony held at IVI on May 7 to welcome the company as an IVI Giving Club member.  Starting in June, the bracelet will be sold in its boutique shops across Korea, in part of a “Cartier Love Day” charity campaign staged across the globe by the 160-year-old company.

The IVI Giving Club is a group donation program through which companies or organizations contribute 10 million Won or more or the in-kind equivalent to IVI each year through its own budget and/or through in-house fundraising. The program currently has eight members. 

Mr. Philippe Galtie, head of Cartier Korea, said “Cartier is honored to have the opportunity to join the important mission of IVI to improve and save the lives of the world’s children through vaccines, together with our customers in Korea where IVI is based.”

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