Center for NonViolence in Fresno, Ca.. Coffee, Olive Oil and booksale 9/16

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The Center is a home space for many peace and social justice groups in conservative Fresno. If you are in the area please stop by and visit. :)




Dear Friends of the Center: Several things about our Fair Trade program I want to pass on to you.

First: Equal Exchange (from whom we buy our coffee, chocolate, tea etc.) has a new program. Each month they will feature a particular coffee and sell it to us for $1.00 less, as long as we promise to pass on that savings to our members.

So, I’ve signed up for this and this month’s coffee is French Roast drip. This has been our most popular one and so it will be on sale until we run out of it for $7.50 a 10 oz package. Our usual charge is $8.50. I hope that many of you will come in soon and take advantage of this savings.

Second: I want to tell you also about a new coffee that is being made available soon through Equal Exchange. They are proud to announce a new African coffee blend which will benefit the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In a nation wracked by violence and war, the Panzi Hospital provides life saving treatment to more than 2,000 victims of sexual violence each year, as well as continual care and counseling. This coffee from their East African farmer partners, and its packaging, will highlight the roles that women play as mothers, sisters, daughters and farmers. For every bag of coffee sold, Equal Exchange will donate $1 to the Panzi Foundation.

Third: Fair Trade Organic Olive Oil from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC) is now being offered to us. This is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization that works to increase the economic viability of small scale farming. It helps olive growers compete in the export market, supports women’s economic empowerment, and promotes sustainable growing practices. If you would be interested in buying your olive oil from us, would you please let me know? I’d like to get an idea how many people would be interested. If we buy a case of 12, we could offer it to you for $13.50 a bottle. Retail cost is $15.99.



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I regularly get both this coffee brand and the Olive Oil here in Minneapolis.

The coffee is sold in our local co-op grocery stores and is run by a christian non-profit that is true fair trade. They deal directly with the farmers.

The Olive Oil is the best I have ever had, and it too comes right from the farmers.

The Center for Non Violence is on the corner of McKinley and Van Ness.
Phone: [phone] I think they close at 3pm but are sometimes open in the evening when there are meetings.

The Center is having their Annual Book sale on Oct 8th from 8am to 4pm.

http://centerfornonviolence.org/wp/2011/08/1-our-annual-book-sale-and-2-our-ebayetsycraigslistclovis-yard-sale-project/

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1. a little more info

Dear Friends of the Center: Two things!

(1) Below is the announcement for our Annual Book Sale on Saturday, October 8. We are now sorting donations of books, dvds, cds, and for the first time in a long while vinyl records! People are now looking for them. Make sure they are in good shape though! Please bring donations in early so they can be sorted for the big day!

OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISING BOOK SALE – OCTOBER 8 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M. SW corner of Van Ness and Olive.

We are now accepting books, dvds, cds for our Annual Fundraising Book sale. You can bring them to the Center between 11-3 daily. This is an important fundraiser for us so I’m hoping that not only will we get great donations but that you come and buy at the sale. If necessary buy back the book you’ve donated! (Smile). We have been repeatedly told by shoppers that ours is the best book sale in town! Think Christmas or birthday gifts!

We also will need volunteers on the day and a day or two before for sorting. Call us at 237-3223 for more information Mon-Fri 11 -3.

(2) OUR EBAY/ETSY/CRAIG’S LIST/ CLOVIS YARD SALE PROJECT

During the past months we have been quite successful in selling items donated by our members on eBay/Etsy/Craig’s List/Clovis Yard Sale. I say “we”, but it is really Gioia Frank, our volunteer, who has taken on this quite time consuming job. In the summer months between our Spring Appeal, Book Sale and Fall Appeal our funds naturally go down, but this project has helped pick up some donations we would not normally have had. (Richard Stone’s “Rent Event” has been doing this too – and kudos to Richard for doing this).

So, here is another appeal – as you look for books etc for our Book Sale, take a look at other items. Almost anything will find a buyer somewhere! And if that doesn’t happen we offer it back or “free cycle” it. Gioia has sold jewelery, clothing, pieces of furniture, office items like file cabinets, children’s toys, valuable books, paintings, ice cream makers, garden equipment, dog house!

You can really help out here. If you need something picked up just contact Gioia at: [e-mail]. If you want to look at what we have on sale on eBay, here is the link.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/peacecenter/m.html?_trksid=p4340.12562