This year, Anderson Jewelers is celebrating 150 years of creating one-of-a-kind accessories for their customers.  As locations like them are few and far between in central Illinois, they attract customers from a wide reach.  In the same way that ownership of the business has been passed down multiple generations, so too have the jewels customers have bought from them.  Anderson Jewelers has greatly evolved over the years, with changes in location, interior design, and even their digital presence. 

Shanda Courtaway is the manager at Anderson Jewelers.  She says 150 years in business goes hand-in-hand with how the company’s customers pass down their creations to ensuing generations. 

Anderson Jewelers is the only such business with an in-house jeweler in a wide area in central Illinois.  This greatly helps their sales, though Courtaway admits she would prefer that jeweling be more widely practiced. 

The business has updated their website to show some of their offerings.  You can visit it at www.andersonjewelers.com. 

Away from their products, Anderson Jewelers is stepping up to help those in need in the community.  They are partnering with the Taylorville Food Pantry to accept donations of non-perishable food.  This campaign comes amid the reduction of benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the expected increase in need at the food pantry.

Shanda Courtaway appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.