Upcoming Events
- Saturday Aug 2nd to Monday Aug. 4th. Fair Trade at Kempenfest, Centennial
Park. Fair Trade coffee will be served at the MacLaren Oasis, near
the Mini Put, from 10 am till noon.
- Saturday Aug 2nd to Monday Aug. 4th. Fair Trade at Kempenfest, Centennial
Park. Fair Trade coffee will be sold at the Kiwanis Booth throughout
Kempenfest. Kicking Horse is donating the coffee and Fair Trade brochures
will be provided.
- Sept. 19th to 21st. Georgian College Auto Show. The Barrie
Fair Trade Working Group has been invited to participate in this year's auto
show that has a green theme. Annual attendance about 20,000 visitors. Van
Houtte is sponsoring the event with Fair Trade coffee.
If you would like to participate, please contact us
Bob Jowett: 705-792-4430, email: cr_jowett@
rogers.com
Bruce Morton: 705-722-0141, email: bmorton@icpcanada.com
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What's New
- The A&P Bayfield Street store now sells Fair
Trade flowers. Not all of their flowers are Fair Trade but this
is an excellent start.
- Costco has expanded their selection of Fair Trade
Coffee to include Van Houtte as well as Starbucks and Timothy's.
- Sandra Junkin, teacher at St. Joan of Arc Secondary
School received the official designation as "Awesome Teacher"
at a recent school assembly for her work in promoting Fair Trade.
- The City Of Barrie passed a motion to revise
their purchasing policy to encourage the use Fair Trade products
wherever possible. It will also encourage local Faith Groups, Schools
and other organizations to use Fair Trade products.
- Shoppers Drug Marts now provide a variety of
Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate.
- The Downtowner restaurant (previously Webbers)
now displays Fair Trade Organic Coffee on it's menu as one of the
available beverages.
- Petro Canada has now introduced Fair Trade into
a number of their stations. The coffee cups and displays are branded
Java Stop and include both the Fair Trade logo and the Petro Canada
website.
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