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Alumni Event Featuring Fair Trade Refreshments
May 21, 2014Global Market at the Campus Store
May 21, 2014The Global Market at the Houghton College Campus Store offers Fair Trade products from all over the world, including coffee, tea, chocolate, jewelry, accessories, musical instruments, kids’ toys, bags, kitchen gifts, and much more!
Chocolates
May 21, 2014We have a self serving mini kiosk set up in the school main office with mini chocolates. Teachers, administrative staff, maintenance staff and volunteer parents have access to the mini kiosk.
Tomball UMC
May 20, 2014Church that serves Fair Trade coffee and hosts Fair Trade events for the community.
Shannon Riesenfeld
May 20, 2014Gail Gonzalez
May 19, 2014Free Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream
May 19, 2014We gave free Fair Trade ice cream to students that were not seniors (we are looking for younger members to keep the club going).
Fair Trade Hot Chocolate Giveaway
May 19, 2014We gave away a bunch of Fair Trade hot chocolate on a cold day.
Fair Trade Banana Baked Goods Giveaway
May 19, 2014For our first big, available-to-the-whole-school event, we gave out baked goods made with Fair Trade bananas, sugar, and things of that nature.
Banana Taste Test
May 19, 2014As part of our “Go Bananas” Campaign, we did in class taste tests. While we were in classes educating the students, we devoted a portion of the time to picking some volunteers to taste some different bananas. We had each random student volunteer try two different bananas: one which was Fair Trade and one that […]
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May 18, 2014Shakeel Syed
May 16, 2014Sugar
May 16, 2014Individual packets of Wholesome Sweeteners Fair Trade Organic Sugar have been purchased and are now part of the five post-liturgy fellowship gatherings that take place every Sunday at Our Lady of the Assumption. Certifier is Fair Trade USA, transitioning to FLO
Fair Trade Coffee
May 16, 2014Fair Trade coffee is served routinely at all parish offices, at fellowship hours after five Sunday liturgies and at most major events in the parish. For two years Fair Trade coffee and chocolate was sold in the parish twice a month on Sundays. These sales served as a means to have conversations, educate and motivate […]