October 2014 Newsletter from NYCFTC
NYC Fair Trade Coalition
Special thanks to Amber Harkonen for her post about the Friends of Fresh and Green Academy’s fundraiser.
2. NYCFTC Monthly meeting
October 21st
*333 E 54th Street 10022. Please email us for agenda.
3. Bhoomki Boutique Event
Thu, Oct 23, 2nd Anniversary & Diwali Party Join us for refreshments and cocktails, and enjoy 10% of all items in the store. RSVP at he...@bhoomki.com or on Facebook.
4. Wishwas Diwali Fundraiser
Tuesday, October 28th at 7pm
Hosted by celebrity designer Naeem Khan. We have fashion, dance shows , free open bar & FAIR vodka and cocktails by FAIR.
260 West 36th Street, 10th Floor please use “ Loyal2wishwas” code for $75 tickets.
please read our latest blog post by Amber about the social importance of Wishwas.
http://wishwasmakesithappen.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/why-wishwas-is-my-dream-for-immigrant-women/
5. Halloween Candy
October 31st is Halloween. Be sure to give out fair trade chocolates - try one of our favorites:
Kopali Organics
Madecasse
Divine Chocolates
6. Textile Arts Center Annual Gala
Nov 13th 6pm.
Green Building, Brooklyn
Tickets at Textile Arts Center
6. Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator Opening Party
Tuesday, November 11th, 6-10 pm
Pfizer Building, 630 Flushing Avenue
Celebrate the opening of the 21,000 square feet of amazingness where NYC designers can take their ideas from prototype, to production, to market in a community that values ethical production, reducing our environmental impacts and the creation of local jobs. RSVP Required!
7. SAVE THE DATE
December 10th is NYCFTC holiday party at the WIX Lounge. Please mark the date and email us at fair.tr...@gmail.com to be involved.
8. Got some extra clothes?
Greenmarket Food Textile Collection
@ Tompkins Square Park
Every Sunday, Year Round | 8:00 am to 4:00pm
across from Sustainable NYC
The average New Yorker tosses 46 pounds of clothing and other textiles in the trash each year. All told, NYC residents discard 193,000 tons of textiles every year, at a cost to taxpayers and our environment. But with your help, landfills are going on a diet.
For more information please visit GrowNYC.org
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Nimet & Becky
New York City Fair Trade Coalition