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Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale - November 2014

CHRI's Care Baldwin will be Out & About with Arnprior Chrysler, LIVE on Location this Saturday, November 1st for the kick-off of the Ten Thousand Villages' Annual Festival Sale, hosted by the Ottawa Mennonite Church! 

The Sale takes place Fridays and Saturdays in November. Stop in this Saturday between 11:00am and 1:00pm and come say hi to Care!

WHEN: Fridays (3pm-8pm) & Saturdays (10am-4pm) in November (Nov. 1 – 29)

WHERE: Ottawa Mennonite Church (1830 Kilborn Ave) MAP

EXTRA INFO:

Visit the CHRI table and enter the draw for a Fair Trade gift basket.

Come to the sale to get your Christmas shopping done: fairly traded Christmas ornaments, pottery, jewelry and other fair trade goods from Africa, Asia and Latin America. 

SPECIAL EVENTS:

- Foodie Festival Friday – November 7 (6:30pm-7:30pm)
FREE - Food demonstration featuring gingerbread house and cookie decorating tips, recipes and yummy samples. Enjoy some fairly-traded coffee from Equator.

- Fair Trade Fashion Show – November 14 (7:00pm-7:30pm)
FREE – Fair Trade Fashion Show features the latest in fairly-traded clothing and jewellery (teamed up with Adorit Boutique from the Byward Market)

- Christmas Handbell Choir – November 21 (7:00pm-7:30pm)
FREE Concert

- Saturdays – all day, enjoy homemade borscht, desserts, tea and coffee in the tearoom.
 

- MCC Christmas Giving (formerly called Living Gift) will be available each weekend of the Sale. Make a donation towards in someone’s name to a project through the Mennonite Central Committee in the areas of relief, agriculture, environment and education.

For more information:
Call: 613-733-6729
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Visit: www.alternativetrade.com/festival.htm

About Ten Thousand Villages:
Ten Thousand Villages sells fine handcrafted goods and food products from over 35 countries, providing more than 60,000 artisans with a fair income with which they can provide food, healthcare, education and housing for their families. People are at the heart of Ten Thousand Villages. The two stores are operated by Ottawa Alternative Trade Corporation - a not-for-profit organization - and rely on volunteers for many of their retail positions. Your purchase makes a difference.