Welcome to Fair Trade Your Halloween! For 31 days we’ll set out fun ideas and activities (and a contest!) that will have you eating Fair Trade bananas, hosting movie screenings, baking delicious Fair Trade goodies, recycling Halloween costumes, and giving out Fair Trade chocolates to trick-or-treaters.
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October 1
Visit FairTradeHalloween.org [1] and learn how you can celebrate World Fair Trade month and Fair Trade Your Halloween this year. Tell your friends to join you and celebrate Fair Trade this month!
Join Global Exchange for $35/year [2] and we’ll send you a gorgeous customized Global Exchange tote bag from Handmade Expressions women’s cooperative in India, a No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Globalization or International Development and a bag of Equal Exchange chocolates!
October 2
Visit www.tea.coop [3] and watch a video about Potong Cooperative Tea Garden in India. With every viewing, Equal Exchange will donate a tea bush to farmers in India.
Then find out more about Fair Trade chocolate and other products [4], like coffee, vanilla, sugar, and even jewelry and crafts. And find out what stores in your town sell Fair Trade. If you are in San Francisco, Berkeley or the DC area, visit a Global Exchange Fair Trade store [5].
October 3
Find out which stores in your town sell Fair Trade chocolate for Halloween. Equal Exchange offers organic milk and dark chocolate minis [6] that are just the right size for trick-or-treaters. Order by October 8th to get delicious minis delivered to you in time for the holiday.
October 4
Work with your school to make sure the chocolate at your school’s Halloween party is fairly traded. Equal Exchange’s bite-sized chocolate minis [7] are perfect for holiday parties, and come in milk and dark chocolate.
October 5
Host a community screening of the film, The Dark Side of Chocolate [8]. Everything you need is in this toolkit [9].
At the end, collect orders for Fair Trade Halloween kits [10]. Orders placed by October 8th will arrive by October 19th, leaving plenty of time to distribute them before Halloween.
October 6
Plan a Green Halloween bash. Find tons of great ideas for an eco-friendly celebration. [11]
October 7
Stock up for Halloween with Fair Trade goodies Trick-or-Treaters will love.
www.equalexchange.coop/fairtradehalloween [10] and www.globalexchange.org/fairtrade/campaigns/stores [5]
October 8
Instead of using a plastic bag or pillowcase, trick-or-treat with a canvas tote. Equal Exchange offers a tote [12] that will get lots of use after Halloween is over.
October 9
Educate others about Fair Trade chocolate. Global Exchange [13] and Equal Exchange [14] both offer educational tools and curricula.
October 10
Take the Go Bananas Challenge [15] from October 1 - 14 by hosting a Fair Trade banana themed event in your community. This can be as simple as handing out Fair Trade bananas at your local market, or hosting a movie night with friends.
Campaigns all across the country will tally up how many Fair Trade bananas are consumed or how many participants attended their events and enter to win a trip to the Fair Trade Campaigns Conference [16] in Chicago or a free year’s supply of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream! Source Fair Trade bananas at: www.beyondthepeel.com [17]
October 11
Learn about the impact that Fair Trade has on producers around the globe. See the Global Exchange's Fair Trade blog to read about Equal Exchange’s coffee producer in Uganda, Gumutindo [18].
October 12
Learn about the impact that Fair Trade has on producers around the globe. See the Global Exchange's Fair Trade blog to read about Global Exchange’s textile producer in India, Handmade Expressions [19] and skip to Oct 24 [20] and learn how you can support the cooperative.
October 13
Join Green Halloween [21] and participate in National Costume Swap Day [22] to help reduce your carbon footprint on Halloween.
October 14
Serve Fair Trade coffee and tea at your congregation’s coffee hour. Get more information about Fair Trade faith-based partnerships [23].
October 15
Shop Fair Trade [24] for your Halloween party, using locally available Fair Trade goodies, as well as recycled products.
October 16
Halloween is just around the corner! Order Fair Trade chocolates today [6] (orders placed by 1pm EST today will arrive by October 30th) DEADLINE EXTENDED: orders placed by October 17th by end of day will arrive by October 30th. Or stop in the Global Exchange Fair Trade stores [5].
October 17
Planning a fall festival? Fair Trade hot cocoa [25] is a welcome treat on chilly fall days!
October 18
Host a Holiday Delicious Peace Party in your Community! Sign up with the code fairtrade31, and you will receive a 10% discount to screen Delicious Peace Grows In A Ugandan Coffee Bean [26] at your home or at a local venue, serve exceptional Fair Trade coffee and chocolate, and engage your family and friends in a lively discussion about the value of supporting Fair Trade practices. Specialty Studios will also make a donation to Global Exchange.
October 19
Learn about the impact that Fair Trade has on producers around the globe. The Congo Coffee Project was created by Equal Exchange in partnership with the Panzi Foundation to support the medical programs of Panzi Hospital in the D.R. Congo, a country plagued by violence. Read about the project. [27]
October 20
Bake Halloween treats using Fair Trade chocolate with your youth group or Boy or Girl Scout troop. Find delicious Fair Trade recipes. [28]
October 21
Run a Fair Trade catalog fundraiser for your school or group. Sign up by the end of October [29] to receive all your products in time for the holiday season.
October 22
Learn about the traditional Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Check out the Global Exchange's Fair Trade blog to read Make a Dia de los Muertos altar, using Fair Trade materials [30].
October 23
Try this twist on the classic caramel apple: [31] chocolate-covered apples made with Equal Exchange Organic Dark Chocolate Caramel Crunch with Sea Salt bar.
October 24
Join Global Exchange for $35/year [2] and we’ll send you a gorgeous customized Global Exchange tote bag from Handmade Expressions women’s cooperative in India, a No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Globalization or International Development and a bag of Equal Exchange chocolates!
October 25
Decorate your home with papel picados If you are in San Francisco, Berkeley or the DC area, visit a Global Exchange Fair Trade store [5]. Or order online from Casa Bonampak [32] in the traditional Dia de los Muertos colors of pink, orange and purple.
October 26
Shop at Goodwill or your local thrift store for affordable and recycled costumes. Find local Goodwill Stores. [33]
October 27
Show off your pumpkin carving skills. Post a photo of your jack-o-lantern to Global Exchange's Facebook page [34] and win a copy of Fair Trade: A Human Journey [35] by Eric St. Pierre. (donated by Fairtrade International)
October 28
Make frighteningly delicious baked goods with Equal Exchange chocolate and baking cocoa. Try these Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins! [36]
October 29
Handing out Fair Trade chocolate on Halloween? Download and hand out these info-action cards. [37]
October 30
Put Equal Exchange Milk or Dark Chocolate Minis [10] in a festively decorated bowl in your home or workplace for a sweet pick-me-up.
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October 31
Happy Halloween! Hand out Fair Trade chocolate to Trick-or-Treaters, knowing you are helping to support small-scale farmers around the world! Download and hand out these info-action cards. [37]