As published on the Barrie Examiner website, November 18, 2011.
…
GIFTS THAT GIVE FAIR
The 2011 Gifts That Give Fair will be held next weekend at St. Mary's Church Hall at 65 Amelia St. in Barrie. Representatives from numerous not-for-profit organizations will be there to discuss their work and visitors can purchase gifts from tables featuring fair trade items, arts and crafts, bedkits, cards, clothing, gift certificates, goats, chicks and more.
Visitors can help celebrate the 65th anniversary of Ten Thousand Villages with Hospice Simcoe, and learn about Grandmothers to Grandmothers, Kids for Turtles, Sleeping Children Around the World, Elizabeth Fry Society, Barrie Fair Trade Working Group, DreamyZ, Canadian Food for Children, Chalice, Birthright, Candlelighters Simcoe Parents of Children with Cancer, Bridget Gallagher's Fair Trade Co., One Tribe Wasafiri and Simcoe Sojourners Friends of L'Arche.
The fair runs Saturday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 27 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
For info, contact Becky Johnson at 705-325-4614, or send e-mail to beckerooski@sympatico.ca.
…
