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Fair Trade Trip to Ghana

Fair Trade Trip to Ghana

This is a fantastic educational and inspirational opportunity! Go with our friends at All’s Fair Tours to Ghana, Africa the 1st week of August 2023. Visit a cocoa farm, a slave graveyard, Media’s sister city, New Koforidua, Accra, Cape Coast Castle and...[Read More]
Happy Valentine’s Day 2023!

Happy Valentine’s Day 2023!

View this email in your browser January/February 2023 NewsletterFT Valentine’s Day   FT Event at Media Library   Trip to Ghana   Ice on State Find Fair Trade wine, jewelry, chocolate and flowers Fair Trade Your Valentine’s Day...[Read More]
ICE ON STATE

ICE ON STATE

This past weekend, Media Fair Trade participated in the inaugural Ice On State event! There were many ice sculptures on the sidewalk in front of participating businesses, ice sculpting demos, and live music with a beer tent. The Media Business Authority and Media Arts...[Read More]
Holiday Newsletter December 2022

Holiday Newsletter December 2022

Holiday Newsetter December 2022Shop and Dine at Media FT Businesses   Holiday Gathering   FT Trip to Ghana   Hiring Exec Director Lots of businesses in Media sell local and Fair Trade certified products!Shop and Dine in Media to Support Fair Trade and LocalKeep your...[Read More]
Holiday Newsletter December 2022

October/November 2022 Newsletter

View this email in your browserOctober/November 2022 NewsletterWe Fair Traded Media Library!   MBA Fall Fest Recap   Event Volunteers Needed   Visit Philly FT Coffee RoastersLibrary Director, Sandra Samuel, and MFT President, Ira Josephs,...[Read More]
Summer Wrap up 2022

Summer Wrap up 2022

Newsletter View this email in your browser In this edition:*Summer Solstice Celebration*Media 5 Mile Race goes bananas*MES presentation*Fair Trade Your Office Fred Shamlian demonstrated his sound quartz bowl at TTM’s Summer Solstice celebration. Media Fair Trade...[Read More]

World Chocolate Day Event

Thursday July 7 is World Chocolate Day and our friends at Chocolate Has a Name are hosting a fantastic Zoom event. They will be discussing the politics, philosophy, economics, history, theology, and nutritional and climate impacts of the chocolate we eat. We’ll...[Read More]

Media Fair Trade at the Media Five Miler

Volunteers from the Media Fair Trade Committee volunteered at the sign-up table and as race marshals at the Media Five Mile Race on June 17. We also secured a donation of 5 cases of Fair Trade bananas for the after-race celebration. Big shout out to Martindale’s...[Read More]

Media Fair Trade Committee Annual Awards

Presented at the Media Borough Council meeting on May 19 our 2022 Fair Trade Awardees are: SCHOOL AWARD: Vippy Yee, Rosenberg Director, Center for Ethics and Civic Engagement at PSU Brandywine, for introducing our organization to her students and classes, and helping...[Read More]
April 2022 Newsletter

April 2022 Newsletter

Honoring Our Earth and its people! Thank you for staying tuned.We continue to work hard to spread the word about Fair Trade in our amazing town. Here is what we’ve been up to this month:  We celebrated Earth Day by Fair Trading the Media FreeStore...[Read More]