Save the Dates!

 It’s almost time: November 16 kicks off the Fair Trade Oriental Rug Event and November 19 the Market opens at 9am. More than 2,500 square feet of Fair Trade certified clothing and accessories, coffee, chocolate and other foodstuffs, baskets and boxes, games, holiday items, home décor, jewelry, musical instruments, rugs, stationery and books, tableware, toys, sporting equipment… means something unique for everyone on your holiday list. Fair Trade means living wages for work free from sweatshop, child labor and unsound environmental practices. The Market is not a charity event or even a fundraiser; it’s a fair way to do business. Artisans and farmers from 50 developing countries thrive on the living wages from your choice to shop as a conscious consumer, paying a fair price for their work. What a deal when you consider the average-priced Market item of $20 is the base for transforming lives out of extreme poverty. Shopping, Food and Entertainment fun for the whole family! Do Good. Live Well. Fair Trade!

Spread the Word: Print or email the Fair Trade Market 2011 Flier (8.5x11”) or Poster (11x17”).  Print a few to keep in your car. During your normal routine ask to place one on the community board at work, school, church, grocery stores, coffee shops, gyms… all the places you visit.

FAIR TRADE ORIENTAL RUG EVENT

• Wednesday November 16, 4:30 – 9pm Rug Seminar at 6pm  
• Thursday November 17, 12– 9pm Rug Seminar at 7pm  
• Friday November 18, 12– 9pm
• Final Day of Rug Event: Saturday November 19, 9am – 3pm         

ENTERTAINMENT

• Saturday November 19, 11am Manchester United Methodist Music Makers & Heifer International Friends sing Fair Trade and Heifer Carols
• Sunday November 20, 1pm Doorei performs traditional Korean Drums
• Friday November 25, 1pm Dances of India performs traditional dances of India
• Saturday November 26, 1pm Grupo Atlantico performances Caribbean/Latin dances of Colombia

FAIR TRADE MARKET SHOPPING

Saturday & Sunday, November 19-20, 9 am-3 pm &
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 25-27, 9am-3pm.

Fair Trade Market at Manchester United Methodist Church
129 Woods Mill Rd., Manchester, MO 63011

FTM@manchesterumc.org  636-394-7506

We are updating our site to bring you even more Fair Trade information. Check back for more information on vendors, performers and Fair Trade early next week.