Chocolate is a number one Valentine's gift, but it's heartbreaking for most cocoa producers and their families. Cocoa farms are home to widespread
child labor and even child slavery, especially in West Africa where most cocoa comes from. The SWEETEST STUFF is FAIR TRADE, which gives cocoa farmers the minimum price they need to send their kids to school, pay their workers, and live with dignity. M&M/Mars, the world's biggest chocolate company, has refused to sell Fair Trade Certified chocolate despite a outcry of requests from chocolate lovers of all ages. Share the Love - Fair Trade style!
1. Buy Fair Trade
2. SEND VALENTINE MESSAGES telling M&M/Mars to have a heart and sell Fair Trade Chocolate!
Make hearts or a postcard with a message like
"Child labor breaks my heart. Sell Fair Trade now."
"Be a sweetie (or Have a Heart). Sell Fair Trade!"
"Child labor taints the flavor. Sell Fair Trade!"
MAIL the Valentine messages to:
Paul Michaels, President, M&M/Mars Inc.
6885 Elm St., McLean, VA 22101
Send A Free Fax
CALL M&/Mars 1-800-627-7852
E-MAIL M&M/Mars
2. Give Flyers to your friends to let them know what's going on and get them to take action!
3. Give flyers to M&M/Mars employees. The company has facilites nationwide. look up the facility address and leave flyers on cars or hand out at the beginning/end of the work day.
Albany, GA; Burr Ridge, IL; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, TN; Columbia, SC; Columbus, OH; Elizabethtown, PA; Greenville, TX; Hackettstown, NJ; Henderson, NV; Las Vegas, NV' Mattoon, IL; McLean, VA; Reno, NV; Vernon, CA; Waco, TX
