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Help Fair Trade Minneapolis June 8 at Lake Harriet Park Market - with Fair Trade art from Haiti

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ORGANIZATION: Fair Trade Minneapolis

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Haiti needs help. Fair Trade Minneapolis brings metal wall art; bracelets, necklaces and earrings made with paper-rolled and ceramic beads; hanging birds, bees, and trees; Haiti Friends dolls, ceramic mugs, greeting cards, and head bands - made by parents paid fairly for their work at Papillon Marketplace in Haiti.

Fair Trade Minneapolis needs volunteers at the Lake Harriet Park Market. We're often just my mother and me, so I'm reaching out to ask for your help.

More information: I've started Fair Trade Minneapolis, a 501c3 nonprofit. We encourage people to choose Fair Trade coffee, tea, chocolate, and gifts - to pay farmers & artisans fairly, protect our environment with the Fair Trade Standards for sustainable agriculture and ensure that cocoa for Fair Trade chocolate has been farmed by adults.

At events, we sell Fair Trade artisan products made in Haiti by parents at Papillon Marketplace https://papillonmarketplace.com. In Haiti, Papillon Marketplace hires parents and pays them fairly for their work - so they'll have money to buy food for themselves and their children.

We need volunteers who can help us greet event goers (and get them to take a 2nd look at our great Haitian art!) at Lake Harriet Park Market at Lake Harriet Park, 4135 West Lake Harriet Pkwy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at our booth for Fair Trade Minneapolis - Sunday, June 8, with set-up from 12:30pm to 2pm, Market from 2pm to 7 pm, and take-down carefully after that!

Thank you for helping us at the Lake Harriet Park Market! We'll be under our white canopy, please find us in our booth.

We'll also bring dozens of kinds of Fair Trade tea, and some Fair Trade chocolate - and give away "your choices" for free when time permits. Be sure to get some yourself! This meets our mission: to encourage people to choose Fair Trade!

3 Shifts

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  • Sun Jun 08, 2025 - 06:00 PM to 09:00 PM CST - Spots available: 3
    I'll be there too - Let's have fun greeting people and taking down our booth at this fantastic event! Thank you for your help!
  • Sun Jun 08, 2025 - 03:15 PM to 06:15 PM CST - Spots available: 2
    I'll be there too - Let's have fun greeting happy people at this fantastic event! Thank you for your help!
  • Sun Jun 08, 2025 - 12:30 PM to 03:30 PM CST - Spots available: 2
    Let's get this party started! We'll set up our canopy booth, with tables, and art, and start the Market at 2pm - thank you for helping!
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About Fair Trade Minneapolis

Location:

4133 Ewing Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410, US

Mission Statement

To encourage people to choose Fair Trade coffee, tea, chocolate, and artisan products so farmers and artisans earn a fair and sustainable living, our environment is protected by the Fair Trade Standards for sustainable agriculture, and cocoa for our chocolate is farmed by adults.

Description

Fair Trade Minneapolis is a 501c3 nonprofit, one of 2,277 Fair Trade Towns on Earth, encouraging people to choose Fair Trade coffee, tea, chocolate, and more! We bring metal wall art,"jewelry" made of ceramic and paper-rolled beads, Haiti Friends dolls, ceramic mugs, greeting cards, and garden stakes - from Papillon Marketplace in Haiti - to events in Minneapolis.

Fair Trade Minneapolis needs help at events in Minneapolis. We're often just my mother and me, so I'm reaching out to ask for your help.

More information: Fair Trade Minneapolis encourages people to choose Fair Trade products - to pay farmers & artisans fairly, protect our environment with the Fair Trade Standards for sustainable agriculture and ensure that cocoa for Fair Trade chocolate has been farmed by adults.

At events, we sell Fair Trade artisan products made in Haiti by parents at Papillon Marketplace https://papillonmarketplace.com. In Haiti, Papillon Marketplace hires parents, pays them fairly for their work, and provides childcare. Our orders for their products help to provide jobs for those parents!

To events, we also bring dozens of kinds of Fair Trade tea, and some Fair Trade chocolate - and give this away for free when time permits, to raise customer preference for Fair Trade tea and chocolate!

CAUSE AREAS

Environment
International
Justice & Legal
Environment, International, Justice & Legal

WHEN

Sun Jun 08, 2025
12:30 PM - 09:00 PM
This opportunity has 3 shifts

WHERE

Lake Harriet Park4135 West Lake Harriet PkwyMinneapolis, MN 55410

(44.9126,-93.3199)
 

SKILLS

  • Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
  • Interactive/Social Media/SEO
  • Sales Marketing
  • Market Research
  • Environmental Science
  • Fundraising

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
  • Must be at least 16
  • 3 hours, thank you!
  • Please bring a smile and a good mood!

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