It was like a kid in a candy store when Drummond Elementary School fourth grader Alice Shadrick walked into the Plaza Frontenac Kendra Scott store on March 29.

Kids Vision for Life St. Louis (KVFL) is partnering with Kendra Scott for its annual Give Back event in-store and online on April 21 and 22 that will give 20% of all purchases back to KVFL. Shadrick was selected to design a special jewelry set that will be available for purchase during that time at the Plaza Frontenac store.

“This is gonna be hard to do,” Shadrick said when looking through all the choices during her custom design consultation on March 29.

Drummond school counselor Carla Robertson said she was excited to have one of their students selected to be a part of the Give Back day.

“That means when you buy a set, some of the proceeds come back to Kids Vision to continue the awesome service of giving eye exams and providing glasses to kids and especially our Pattonville Pirates.”

KVFL provides comprehensive vision services to elementary and middle school students in the St. Louis area at no cost to families.

“Alice is shopping on behalf of Kids Vision for Life St. Louis and we are a charitable partner with Kendra Scott and they decided that we could pick a child from one of the school districts that we participate with to design their own piece of jewelry to help feature during our Give Back weekend,” executive director of Kids Vision for Life St. Louis J.J. Scarbrough said. “We chose Alice because we've been giving glasses to her since kindergarten, and now she's in the fourth grade so she's been with us for a while, and we feel like she really deserved the opportunity to design her own jewelry in partnership with Kids Vision for Life and Kendra Scott.”

Robertson said KVFL is an extraordinary community partner.

“Not only do they come to our schools to do eye exams, but they come back to our schools and give our kids who need them and who qualify free glasses,” Robertson said. “That means that they can get their glasses that they need to do well in school.”

Assistant store manager Kelli Black said Shadrick chose one of their most popular styles to customize.

“It's called the Elisa pendant and she had to give it a little extra flair,” Black said. “She added the satellite chain which has a little bit of beadwork along the neckline and she chose a beautiful neutral stone. It's almost like a brown pearl, which her birthstone is a pearl so it kind of ties in with her personally.”

Then she had to get some sparkle so they added a little petite earring.

“It's the Emilie drop in the rose gold drusy that will be featured along with her necklace to make a gorgeous neutral set for all seasons.”

When you shop in the store during the event, mention Kids Vision at the checkout and 20% of your purchase will go toward KVFL's mission. For online orders, use the promotion code GIVEBACK - DVZUS between 12 a.m. on April 21 and 11:59 p.m. on April 22.

“They can shop Alice's exact piece or any other jewelry in the store and 20% of their purchase goes towards Kids Vision for Life St. Louis,” Black said. “Come out to support, get Alice's set and support a wonderful organization here in St. Louis that's doing amazing things.”