Rome First UMC

Fair Trade Sundays

The third Sunday of each month is a "Fair Trade Sunday."  Our United Methodist Women's group (UMW) sells Fair Trade coffee, tea, hot chocolate mix, chocolate bars, dried cranberries, and almonds.  Goods are sold from 8:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. in the Wilder Center lobby and also from Noon to 12:15pm in the church office reception area.

These sales are partnered with Equal Exchange.  A pioneer and U.S. market leader in Fair Trade since 1986, Equal Exchange is a full service provider of high quality, organic coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa, healthy snacks and bananas to retailers and food service establishments nationwide. Major customers include Whole Foods, Stop & Shop, Hannaford, Ten Thousand Villages, hundreds of consumer food co-ops, natural food stores, restaurants, schools and thousands of places of worship nationwide. 100% of Equal Exchange products are fairly traded, benefiting more than 40 small farmer co-operatives in 23 countries around the world. In keeping with Equal Exchange's commitment to economic democracy the company is structured as a worker co-operative, owned and governed by its 100+ employees. 

Several commonly-ordered items are kept in stock in the Fair Trade Store in the church office, but others must be specially ordered.  In-stock items can be purchased any time the church office is open.  Orders are placed six times a year (February, April, June, August, October, and December).  Click here to download an order form.

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