The Chol Chol Foundation and Emily Joubert proudly present A Fall Trunk Show

¡Hola Bay Area Fair Trade Community!

In honor of Fair Trade month, I am writing to invite you to celebrate Mapuche Fair Trade craft from Southern Chile!

Fall 2010 marks the debut of the Chol-Chol Foundation's products into boutiques across the nation (*new Bay Area stores include Global Exchange SF, Emily Joubert Home & Garden, Spirit Rock Meditation Center of Marin, Prima in Santa Cruz, Leeder of the Pack in Palo Alto, and Fringe of Sacramento).

We are excited to announce that the elegant boutique Emily Joubert Home & Garden of Woodside, California, will be hosting a celebratory Trunk Show Benefit for the Chol-Chol Foundation to launch our our new design and development project, Project Chol Chol!

Enough said, now let's celebrate!

October 9th, 5:00 - 9:00
@ Emily Joubert Home & Garden

We are pleased to invite you to experience Mapuche craft and culture, explore how design can empower commercial justice, and take home hand-made eco fair trade products from the Chol-Chol Foundation!

The evening's activities will include
• Music by Bay Area Chilean folk musician Maria Loreto Ramirez
• A silent auction featuring hand-made, naturally dyed Mapuche art
• Hors d'œuvres and wine from Chile and California
• The exclusive opportunity to pre-order Project Chol Chol's new line of contemporary accessories before they're open to the public in 2011!
All funds raised through donations and sales from this trunk show will help enable the launch of PROJECT CHOL CHOL, our new "Mapuche modern" line of products, the CHOL CHOL FOUNDATION, and our amazing collective of women artisans!
Event website projectcholchol.com
R.S.V.P to hola@cholchol.org
Facebook invite

It would be an honor to have you at this event, and please spread to word to your friends and neighbors!

With love and excitement,

Jasmine Aarons
Design and Development
Fundación Chol Chol
artesania@cholchol.org
http://cholchol.org
indigenousinnovation.com

"Every Party Matters" Fair Trade Month Kick Off Party at Temple Club this Wednesday

October is Fair Trade Month! Kick it off with Fair Trade USA!

Taste, Experience & Celebrate Fair Trade this Wednesday, September 29th at Temple San Francisco

Drink: Cocktails with the new FAIR. Vodka, the first-ever Fair Trade spirit, created from Fair Trade Certified quinoa.

Taste: Sweet and savory appetizers made with Fair Trade Certified™ ingredients.

Celebrate: With fellow Fair Trade fans at the popular Temple San Francisco, one of the Greenest Bars in the United States.

Dance: DJ Corinne Regan and DJ Chris Orr of San Francisco.

Admission: $10 with RSVP/$15 without RSVP

Dress Code: Fair & chic cocktail attire. No sneakers or t-shirts (unless they are Fair Trade Certified).

RSVP online at Event Brite or help spread the word on Faceboook.

Can't make it to the event, but you'd like to help? Every donation matters.



Want to support the expansion of Fair Trade in your community? Every voice matters.



We are also looking for a few last minute volunteers to staff the event. If you are interested please contact Katie Barrow, kbarrow@fairtradeusa.org for more information and FREE ADMISSION.

October is the seventh annual Fair Trade Month. Themed “Every Purchase Matters,” Fair Trade Month unites Fair Trade USA’s diverse corporate, nonprofit and individual stakeholders in more than 100 events, promotions and fund-raising activities across the United States to generate awareness of Fair Trade’s comprehensive approach to social, economic and environmental empowerment and sustainability among farming communities in the developing world.

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First ever FAIR. Cocktail Crawl - The Official Launch Party of FAIR. Spirits in the U.S.

First Ever FAIR. Cocktail Crawl – The Official Launch Party of FAIR. Spirits in the US (San Francisco, CA)

Time: August 31 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Locations: The Burritt Room
Crescent Hotel, 2nd Floor, 417 Stockton Street, CA 94108
San Francisco, CA
(then Cantina, Rickhouse, Gitane...see map below)

Featured Guests Paul Rice, President & CEO of TransFair USA Alexandre Koiransky, Co-Founder of Fair Trade Spirits Company Danny Ronen, West Coast Brand Ambassador Fair Trade Spirits Company

More Info

The Burritt Room will open its doors to host and start the first Fair Trade Cocktail Crawl ever! From The Burritt Room, to Cantina, Rickhouse and Gitane, where guests will have a chance to try exquisite cocktails with a part of the proceeds going to the TransFair USA non-profit organization, who help us support independent farming communities around the world. Come join us at some of the finest establishments in town who are also great believers in the Fair Trade movement. Cheers! Hosted and Organized by FAIR. Spirits

RSVP

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149775175048899&ref=mf

MAP

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=burritt%20room%20crescent%20hotel&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl