CONNECT WITH FAIR TRADE THIS OCTOBER!

Join us in celebrating Fair Trade Month by connecting with your community to promote Fair Trade! Fair Trade Month offers a genuine opportunity to bring your community closer together, forge new relationships with consumers and retailers in your area, and create links with farmers in the developing world.

Help spread the word about Fair Trade Month at your local supermarket. Host an event at your school or church. Help kick-off Fair Trade Month nationwide with a coffee giveaway event on October 1st or launch a new campaign in your town! Here's how you can get involved!

Host a Fair Trade Month Kick-Off Event on October 1st!

Handing out free Fair Trade coffee and tea to commuters on the morning rush is an easy and effective way to make the connection on how our morning cup can improve the lives of farmers around the world. It's also a great occasion to kick-off a citywide campaign for Fair Trade or start up a new group at your church or school.

Would you like to help bring a cup of justice to your city's morning commute? We may be able to help with the cost of permits and supplies. For more information and tips on how you can get started click here.

Win a trip to Peru to connect with Fair Trade farmers! Enter our online video contest.

Show us how you connect to Fair Trade through our online video contest. You and a guest could win a trip to Peru to visit Fair Trade farmers. Create an ad for your favorite Fair Trade product, send a thank you video to the farmers, show us how you live a Fair Trade life. Be as creative as you want!

No video camera? No problem - you can still tell us how you connect with Fair Trade through our national sweepstakes and win great prizes. For official rules and details on how to enter click here.

Promote Fair Trade at Your Local Supermarket.

Help your local supermarket connect with Fair Trade through our annual retail competition. Winners in several categories (such as Best Display and Best Promotion) will receive $100 gift certificates for Fair Trade products, and their companies will be recognized on our website, at tradeshows and in our media outreach. The winner for Best Overall Promotion will get a spot on our trip to connect with Fair Trade farmers in Peru. For details on how stores can get involved click here.

Connect with Fair Trade Online.

Help us spread the word about Fair Trade with online buttons, banners and links to our special Fair Trade Month website www.connectwithfairtrade.org. Are you on MySpace, Friendster or Facebook? Post a banner on your page or add us online and help spread the word. For images, artwork and details click here.