Earn recognition points AND raise money for your school!
Dear Green School Program Participants,
Reduce your school’s carbon footprint by participating in the Equal Exchange Fair Trade Fundraising & Education Program! Raise valuable funds for important school activities, while at the same time teaching kids about where their food comes from, about sustainable and organic farming practices, and what Fair Trade really means.
Equal Exchange has been a Fair Trade organization for 22 years, building long-term relationships with small-scale organic farmer cooperatives all around the globe. The farmers we work with raise shade-grown, organic crops of coffee, tea, cocoa, nuts and berries, that use less carbon than conventional farms because they rely on the hand-care of farmers more than petroleum based machines and fertilizers. Our farmer partners practice crop diversification that actually sequesters carbon into the soil, acting to cool the planet.
As a part of the program, Equal Exchange offers educational tools that include a dynamic curriculum (grades 4-9) about Fair Trade, cooperative economics, and where our food comes from, as well as a Spanish pen pal program, and in-school assemblies.
To request information please contact Ruthie Oland at 774.776.7384/ fundraiser1@equalexchange.coop, or request a fundraiser packet at www.equalexchange.coop/fundraiser
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