Fair Trade Shopping Boutique

Our parish is proud to host a Fair Trade Shopping Boutique every year, usually in the month of November. It is held in our Holy Family Center and is open to the public. So, please invite your family and friends to shop and to learn more about this. Supporting fair trade means supporting the artisans and small farmers who produce such wonderful products in economically and environmentally sound ways.


 What is Fair Trade?

The Fair Trade Resource Network provides a succinct explanation of what “fair” means:  “The word ‘fair’ can mean a lot of different things to different people. In alternative trade organizations, ‘Fair Trade’ is about more than just paying a fair wage. It means that trading partnerships are based on reciprocal benefits and mutual respect; that prices paid to producers reflect the work they do; that workers have the right to organize; that national health, safety, and wage laws are enforced; and that products are environmentally sustainable and conserve natural resources.” This reinforces the idea that Fair Trade is about justice.

 

Is this more than simply supporting a charity?

Better than the “haves” giving to the “have-nots” tone that much charity takes on, fair trade transactions offer positions of respect and appreciation to both the producer and the consumer. Most of the time when we make a purchase, we know nothing of the people who made the item. Fair trade purchases often offer us a bit of education about the artisan and a peek into the life of the worker who made the item. The economic act brings producer and consumer closer together.

FAIR TRADE SHOPPING BOUTIQUE 2023

Saturday, November 4th 3p-6p, and Sunday, November 5th 8a-1p

 

OUR FAIR TRADE SHOPPING BOUTIQUE IS ALMOST HERE.  Please join us for the Fair Trade Shopping Boutique.  It is open to the public, so please encourage your friends and family to attend.  Besides handicrafts and clothing, fair trade coffee, tea, and chocolates, perennial favorites, will be available.  As always, supporting fair trade means supporting the artisans and small farmers who produce such wonderful products in economically and environmentally sound ways.   Plan on stopping by after Mass to get started on your Christmas shopping or find a special something for yourself.

The Fair Trade Boutique 2023 will feature the following vendors:

  • Canaan Fair Trade
  • Revy Fair Trade, LLC
  • Holy Land Handicraft Cooperative
  • Inter Religious Task Force
  • Joyce's Boutique and Hair Salon
  • One World Shop
  • Shema Global


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