With residents struggling to find and make extra cash, the JCC of Boynton Beach and a local Lake Worth business are getting together from 9 a.m. to noon March 25 to buy some old, unused gold.
Jessica Weingard, owner of JS Jewelry, holds three to four gold and platinum parties a week.
During the parties, the host makes a percentage of the gold and platinum bought, while friends and neighbors bring in their old jewelry to be bought by Weingard.
In this case, the Hochman Jewish Community Center, 8500 Jog Road, is the host and will receive a percentage of the jewelry that is bought.
If there is enough demand, a late afternoon session will also take place.
Weingard is a member of the JCC and a woman’s group, and has been throwing the parties since June.
“People who bring in enough gold and platinum average $300 to $400, with some getting as much as a $1,000,” she said.
Andrea Gralnick, a program director at the JCC, said it is rare that the gold parties ever take place in support of a nonprofit like the JCC.
With expansion on the horizon of the community center, funding is more important than ever.
“There are lots of places we want to expand with in Boynton,” Gralnick said.
She said with the economic situation the gold parties benefit sellers, buyers and the host, the JCC.

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Read more about this story in the April 1 issue of the Boynton Forum.

Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.