Friday, September 12, 2008

Reverse Trick-or-Treating!

This Halloween, it is kids who will be giving treats to adults!
The Fair Trade Federation, Global Exchange as well as Inca Kids and other organizations are uniting to:

* END poverty among cocoa farmers
* END forced/abusive child labor in the cocoa industry
* PROMOTE Fair Trade
* PROTECT the environment

A surprise will greet people distributing candy at their door, when kids reverse the Halloween tradition to hand adults a sample of Fair Trade chocolate.

The chocolate will be accompanied by a card informing recipients of poverty and child labor problems in the cocoa industry, affecting mainstream candy enjoyed at Halloween and around the year, and how Fair Trade certified chocolate provides a solution.

Parents of last year's youngest participants raved about how Reverse Trick-or-Treating transformed Halloween into a meaningful event when youthful activists can give back to their neighbors and to cocoa growing communities.

The chocolate and cards are FREE!
Thanks to generous donations of Fair Trade chocolate companies listed below. Recipients charged shipping only.

Request your kit TODAY; last year we ran out fast!

Individuals:
DEADLINE to order -- October 13
Individuals, click here.

Organizations:
DEADLINE to order -- October 1
Classrooms/schools, congregations, youth groups, local social justice organizations, and others organizing a large number of groups of Trick-or-Treaters to participate in Reverse Trick-or-Treating, click here.

Willing to volunteer to be trailed by a print, radio, or television reporter while Reverse Trick-or-Treating? Send an email to the contact in the email you received or fairtrade@globalexchange.org, with RTT media volunteer in the subject line.

If you choose not to request a kit, you can still participate by distributing flyers on Halloween! Click here for more information.

Participating Fair Trade chocolate companies:

* Equal Exchange
* Alter Eco
* Theo Chocolate
* La Siembra

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