Fair Trade S'mores Happy Hour

Please join the Global Exchange 2008 summer Interns and Staff and Bay Area Fair Trade organizations for a:

FAIR TRADE S’MORES HAPPY HOUR!
Wednesday, August 13 at 6:00 PM
Picnic Tables at Dolores Park in San Francisco

Bring Your Own: Graham crackers, marshmallows, something to roast marshmallows on (ie sticks, wire hangers), Fair Trade chocolate (which you can find near Dolores Park at stores like Global Exchange, Bi-rite, Rainbow, etc)*
Arrive early and get your Fair Trade chocolate free!
Children and acoustic musical instruments welcome!!!
Note: Alcohol prohibited by park

AND it’s your big chance for a moment of fame! This event will be filmed for a You Tube video as part of the outreach for the soon-to-be-released feature film, Battle in Seattle!

WHY FAIR TRADE S’MORES?

Many cocoa farmers live in grinding poverty. Help cocoa farming communities gain access to education, health care and humane working conditions by eating Fair Trade s’mores!

In August 2008, to celebrate cocoa farmers and the September 19 release of the new movie about the movement for fair trade, Battle in Seattle, starring Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Andre Benjamin and many others,

People nationwide will say “We Want More from Our S’mores!” by making s’mores with Fair Trade chocolate!!!

CAN’T ATTEND? PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL S’MORES ACTION ON YOUR OWN!

Join in the delicious action! Help us make hundreds or even thousands of Fair Trade s’mores nationwide, just by choosing Fair Trade chocolate for your barbeque, campfire, or at home!!!

Let your s’mores be counted!!! Let us know that you are participating in the national action by registering your s’mores at www.globalexchange.org/cocoa!

Videotape your s'mores action in all its Fair Trade chocolatey goodness and upload it to Global Exchange's S'mores Action YouTube group at http://www.youtube.com/group/fairtradesmores08

More info: www.globalexchange.org/cocoa and www.battleinseattlemovie.com

*Global Exchange Fair Trade store: 4018 24th Street (near Castro Street); Rainbow Grocery: 1745 Folsom Street (at 13th Street); 3639 18th Street (near Dolores Street)