Lead for Change Blog
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.
Fair Trade Bake Sale and Give Away
May 21, 2014To celebrate International Fair Trade Day, we hosted a Bake Sale and Give away! Baked goods had a minimum of two Fair Trade ingredients. We set up our table outside the school, at pick up time, so parents and passer byes could stop and check things out. We also raffled some Fair Trade products. It […]
Tomball UMC
May 20, 2014Church that serves Fair Trade coffee and hosts Fair Trade events for the community.
How have you put together successful lectures
May 20, 2014How have you put together successful lectures in your town that get an interesting dialogue between people who are supporters of fair trade, are willing to speak about it the issues and local audiences?
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 […]
achang15
May 18, 2014How do we engage people who are fun/adventure seekers?
May 18, 2014One of the pitfalls of living in a beautiful place is that many people spend much of their off time as weekend warriors, especially in the warmer clearer months. Do any of you have any suggestions on ways to combine their love for say the ocean and getting a group to go with helping our […]
Shakeel 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 […]
Holy Family Environmental Fair
May 16, 2014The Environmental Ministry is hosting the Welcome Center on Sunday, June 8th. An Environmental Fair is being incorporated into the Welcome Center day. Participants will include 3 outside non-profit organizations plus the Environmental Ministry and the Fair Trade Ministry. Fair Trade coffee will be served during the coffee and Continental Breakfast sale.