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Alternative
Fair
Nov 29, 2009
After the Sunday service on Nov 29th, the Outreach Committee will offer its second annual Alternative Christmas Fair. The Outreach Committee says this fair is "not an attempt to get you to spend more at Christmas; rather it is an attempt to have you spend differently - to actually do some good with the purchases you make... Everything you purchase at the Fair for yourself or for Christmas giving will help someone else in addition to yourself."
The organic Equal Exchange products offered - tea, coffee, cocoa, chocolate bars - are delicious and will be sold at considerable savings over prices you will find elsewhere. For example, the web price for the Equal Exchange chocolate bars is $4.25 and our price only $3.00; the web price for the organic caffeinated coffee is $9.00 while our price is $6.00, etc.
This year you will also be able to choose to support the Billerica Pantry, Church World Service, Equal Exchange; products, and Lowell Transitional Housing. The following table lists some of the products you will find at the fair and their prices.
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Conventional - Regular
$5.50 |
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Organic Regular Green Tea $3.25 Earl Grey Sampler |
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Organic Hot Cocoa Mix $5.50 Organic Chocolate Bars $3.00 Very Dark Dark Chocolate with almonds Milk Chocolate with hint of hazelnut |
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EXAMPLES OF AVAILABLE
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE HOLIDAY GIFTS
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| Two Rabbits to help a family increase their income |
$10.00
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| Soccer ball for refugee recreation program | |
| Oral Rehydration Therapy to prevent dehydration of children | |
| Hygiene Kit with basic items to maintain personal health in a disaster situation | |
| Ten Jerry cans to carry water in disasters |
$15.00
- $25.00
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| Beehive for continuing source of income for family | |
| 50 chicks to improve a family's nutrition and income | |
| Two-month supply of staple grain |
$30.00
- $50.00
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| One meter of drilling for shallow well | |
| Birthing kit for new midwife | |
| 200 tree seedlings for reforestation | |
| Wheelbarrow for disaster clean-up | |
| 5 mosquito nets to help protect children from malaria & dengue fever | |
| 10 blankets for displaced persons | |
| Seeds and tools for three families | |
| Literacy class for 2 women trying to change their lives. | |
| Drip irrigation system training & supplies | |
| Emergency food package for family of 5 for a month |
$ 75.00
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| Five School kits | |
| Microcredit loan for woman-run business |
$100.00
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| 5 bio-sand filters for clean, safe water | |
| Training for female health worker |
$125.00
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| Pair of Goats for milk and income | |
| Pair of pigs for farm family |
$140.00
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| Shelter kit for displaced family |
$175.00
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| Draft animal to help carry the load |
$200.00
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| Sewing machine and training for woman to support family |
$250.00
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First
Congregational Church
18 Andover Rd.
Billerica, MA 01821
Phone: 978-663-8433
Interim Pastor: Rev. Katherine Adams