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'Fair Trade Sale' to Be Held at St. James Lutheran Church

A Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade Sale will be held Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, 333 E. Oxford St., Coopersburg.

A Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade Sale will be held Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, 333 E. Oxford St., Coopersburg, according to an event created to help promote the sale on Facebook.

Some of the items available for purchase will be scarves, toys, jewelry and baskets, as well as fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate.

A bake sale that will also take place will benefit two African orphanages.

"Fair trade is an organized social movement that aims to help producers in developing countries to make better trading conditions and promote sustainability," according to a Wikipedia definition. "It advocates the payment of a higher price to exporters as well as higher social and environmental standards."

Photo: Fair trade coffee (Patch file photo)


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