Help Fair Trade Minneapolis July 26&27 at Loring Park Art Festival - with Fair Trade art from Haiti
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, and head bands - made by parents getting paid fairly for their work at Papillon Marketplace in Haiti - to events in Minneapolis.
Fair Trade Minneapolis needs volunteers at the Loring Park Art Festival in Minneapolis. We're often just my mother and me (see photo - that’s us with a great volunteer!), 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, provides childcare, and pays the parents 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 the Loring Park Art Festival in Loring Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at our booth for Fair Trade Minneapolis - Saturday, August 26 from 9:45 am to 6 pm, and Sunday, August 3, from 9:45 am to 7 pm (with take down after 5 pm).
Thank you for helping us in our booth at the Loring Park Art Festival!
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!
6 Shifts
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Sat Jul 26, 2025
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09:45 AM to 12:45 AM CST
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Spots available: 2
I'll be there too - Let's have fun staffing our booth at this fantastic event! Thank you for your help!
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Sat Jul 26, 2025
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12:30 PM to 03:30 PM CST
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Spots available: 2
I'll be there too - Let's have fun staffing our booth at this fantastic event! Thank you for your help!
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Sat Jul 26, 2025
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03:15 PM to 06:15 PM CST
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Spots available: 2
I'll be there too - Let's have fun staffing our booth at this fantastic event! Thank you for your help!
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Sun Jul 27, 2025
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09:45 AM to 12:45 PM CST
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Spots available: 2
I'll be there too - Let's have fun staffing our booth at this fantastic event! Thank you for your help!
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Sun Jul 27, 2025
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12:30 PM to 03:30 PM CST
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Spots available: 2
I'll be there too - Let's have fun staffing our booth at this fantastic event! Thank you for your help!
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Sun Jul 27, 2025
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03:15 PM to 06:45 PM CST
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Spots available: 3
I'll be there too - We're open until 5pm and then take down our canopy booth. Thank you for your help!
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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
WHEN
Sat Jul 26, 2025 - Sun Jul 27, 2025
09:45 AM - 07:00 PM
This opportunity has 6 shifts
WHERE
Loring Park - city park in Minneapolis1382 Willow St.Minneapolis, MN 55403
(44.96891 ,-93.28276 )
DATE POSTED
June 9, 2025
SKILLS
- Environmental Education
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Sales Marketing
- Sales Coaching & Training
- Customer Acquisition
- 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 (3-1/2 hours for take down on Sunday)
- Please bring a smile and a good mood!