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Cornerstone Creations: Helping Through Wholesale


PAUL AND Linda Cahill got into the business of selling wholesale jewelry for a higher cause than simply enriching their own bank accounts. Rath- er, they started up Cornerstone Creations last year as a way of enriching the lives of those less fortunate, and so far the company has helped them do just that. Both ordained min- isters, Paul and Linda started Cahill Ministries more than 30 years ago, and use Cornerstone Creations as a way of funding their humanitarian efforts in 22


countries around the world, as well as low income communi- ties in the United States. In addition to being a


church, Cahill Ministries has an extensive outreach program, which locally takes the form of a food bank. In the past year, the food bank distrib- uted over six million pounds


of food to nonprofit agencies to give to those in need. The Cahills work with more than 300 nonprofit agencies in this effort. “We have built 129 wells and churches in India, where there’s absolutely no clean wa- ter,” says Linda Cahill. “The people have to go where the buffalo and all the animals go, and they drink from that water, and bathe from it and cook from it. So we provide the funds so that they can build wells. We also build wells in


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