Day 40 - We made it!

The last day of Fair Trade month!  Thank you for playing along.  Our final Scavenger Hunt clue is below.  One reminder - today we're open from 10-2 and for these 4 hours we're offering a special 40% off anything in the shop for our loyal followers.  Come in and tell us that you have celebrated "40 Days of Fair Trade" and the discount is yours! 

Clue of the Day:  I come from Latin America and have been described as exquisite, intensely rich, to be savoured and indulged.

Prize:  Win me!

Winner: Jacque Johnson, new friend from the recent Chamber Coffee Clatter, wins Equal Exchange's delicious Drinking Chocolate! 

Day 39

We're almost there - two more chances to win a prize!  

Clue of the Day:  I come from the East and make a great companion for meditation, therapy, massage, &  space clearing. 

Prize:  Tea of your choice!

Winner: Emily Bishop searched long & hard and found the coin under one of our singing bowls from Nepal.  We of course celebrated her discovery with a resonating tone!

Day 38

Just a couple more scavenger hunts left in our 40 Days of Fair Trade

Don't miss out

Clue of the Day:  From bringing the news to bringing self reflection.  A recycled paper mirror from Vietnam

Prize:  A bag of Equal Exchange coffee of your choice

Winner: Kim Zanmiller

Come hunt in the full of fun store

Day 37 already?  We had such a fun trip yesterday and now the store is stocked full of new furniture from Tropical Salvage.  Come in today to play the Scavenger Hunt and be the first to see it all.

Clue of the Day:  I used to grow tall to bring you sweet treats, now I'm all boxed up.  The answer:  A Cocao Box from Tropical Salvage.

Prize:  A bar of Fair Trade Chocolate

Winner: Kathy Thomas

Pdx Fair Trade

Once or twice a year we take a day to network with other Fair Traders in Portland, see what's new on the shelves of Pdx Fair Trade shops, bring home new inventory, and enjoy a meal in the city.  In short we spend the day refreshing our Fair Trade energies, chatting together about the big vision, settle a few of the nitty gritty details of the upcoming season, and have fun!

Today is one of those days and we have a lot planned!  These are the four businesses we'll be meeting up with.  Tropical Salvage (sustainable furniture from Asia), Bambootique and Global Sistergoods (both offering gifts galore from Latin America, Africa, & Asia) are all three Portland based and have inventory at Small Planet.  The fourth, Global Exchange was originally established in San Francisco and does a huge amount of education work on Fair Trade including Reality Travel trips.  They've recently moved their headquarters to Portland and have a shop on Hawthorne.  I encourage you to check out all four websites and follow their blogs.  If you happen to see any merchandise you'd like to find in  Hood River or on our soon to be launched online shop - let us know!

And, by the way, for lunch we're heading to friend Beth at Bambootique's favorite Thai spot  Pok Pok .  The menu looks fabulous!  We'll be sure to give you a full report of our adventures and culinary choices tomorrow!


Karen

Scavenger Hunt held over

No one found the coin yesterday-- don't worry, it's not that well hidden even.  And free chocolate, come on, you can do it!  Come in today and play the Fair Trade hunt with us.

Clue of the Day:  From trash to displaying your treasures.  And the answer is a picture frame from Brazil made out of recycled toothpaste tubes and chip bags. 

Prize:  Chocolate of your choice

Winner: Summer Rector

Day 33

No winner yesterday so our clue rolled over into today & chocolate added to the prize!

Clue of the Day: I love hanging around and spreading prosperity.

The Prize: Fair Trade Almonds from Equal Exchange

Winner:  Won Kim from Parkdale found the coin behind the hanging string of Prosperity Hens from India!  

Day 32

Clue of the Day: I love hanging around and spreading prosperity. 

The Prize: Fair Trade Almonds from Equal Exchange!

Day 31

Scavenger Hunt Clue of the Day:  Songbirds enjoy winter because I grow in the shade of trees.

Prize:  Win me

Winner:  Congratulations Trish Kepple who found the coin under a bag of shade grown coffee

Fair trade Fun Day 30

Scavenger Hunt clue of the day:  From South Africa to Hood River to add fun and organization to your day.  The answer is a messenger bag.

Prize:  Tea of your choice

Winner: Christine Poniewozik from Pendleton

Day 29--

Have some local fun today-- we'll be hitting the pumpkin patch and farm stand for apples and pears.  See you tomorrow for another scavenger hunt.

Day 28

Clue of the Day: I may not be fast but I love to get around spreading goodwill and love. 

Winner:   Mitzy Green found the clue today and won a sweet little three legged Good Luck Pig, a Chanchito from Pomaire, Chile

Day 27

Clue of the Day: Popular, sparkley, colorful -  perfect for a party or to accesorize a costume! 

Answer:   Jangle Bangles from India - back in stock after a long hiatus! 

Price:  Equal Exchange Chocolate

Winner:  Sue Wanner from White Salmon, WA

Day 26

Clue of the Day:  I love to play and snuggle and was made by Burmese Refugees in Thailand. 



Prize:  Bag of Coffee


Answer: Handcrafted Doll


Winner:  Jessica Gerlitz!

Day 25

Clue of the Day: Created in the Lencan tradition - in modern form.  Try me on!


Answer:  Ceramic necklace made in Honduras

Winner:   Julie & Irie Tucker! 

Tarot Card Readings for Radio Tierra

 Don't miss the fun today as we raise money for Radio Tierra -- 25% off all sales will be donated to The Gorge's only low-power FM station and from 4:00-6:00 Anne Key will be in the shop for Tarot Card Readings-- Now that's some Fair Trade Fun.

40 Days of Fair Trade Fun Scavenger hunt

Clue of the Day:  They'll ask if it's ivory, you'll answer that it's plumbing.  Answer: Recycled water pipe bracelets from Namibia

Prize:  Chocolate bar of your choice

Winner:Hana of White Salmon

Day 23 of Fair Trade Fun

Don't miss out on the gift certificate sale-- you have until Sunday to get 25% off future purchases.  Buy a $125 certificate for only $100.  No, you don't have to give it as a gift unless you want to-- gift yourself!

Scavenger Hunt Clue of the Day: One of the Fairest deals going for Palestinians.    Canaan Fair Trade Olive Oil-- Yum!

Prize:  Win me!

Winner: Wendy Gray

Dry Skin? Try Shea Butter

Whenever the climate shifts I find myself reaching for my tin of shea butter a few times a day.  Whether to moisturize my hands, smooth a dab under my eyes when my face feels tight, or rub into the nape of my neck I love it's natural, slightly nutty scent and rich moisturizing properties.

I also love it's story.  Shea butter comes from the seeds of wild shea trees in the wood and fields of the savanna of central and northern Togo, Africa.   Considered one of the world's most sustainable resources, Shea tress grow naturally without the need for irrigation, fertilizer and pesticides.  Efforts to create shea tree plantations have not been successful and shea butter remains a wild product.  Shea butter is harvested and produced by hand.  The lbor intensive process involves walking miles a day to collect nuts, drying and cracking the nuts, extracting the kernals and finally crafting the butter.  Our Shea Butter comes to us from the Agbanga Karite Cooperative, a group of mostly women who control the harvest, production and export of their shea butter to ensure compliance with Fair Trade criteria and organic standards.

Shea Butter has been a mainstay of African skin care for centuries.  As the Agbanga Karite website states, "unrefined shea butter contains an abundance of healing ingredients, including vitamins, minerals, proteins and a unique fatty acid profile, and is a superior active moisturizer. Unlike petroleum based moisturizers, shea butter actually restores the skin's natural elasticity. Shea butter enables your skin to absorb moisture from the air, and as a result, it becomes softer and stays moisturized for longer. In addition, shea butter has natural sunscreen properties and anti-inflammatory agents. Perhaps it is most effective when applied to the skin in its pure state. Regular users of pure, unrefined shea butter notice softer, smoother, healthier skin."

Purchasing Fair Trade Shea Butter supports the preservation of an age old sustainable African resource, provides equitable and steady income for village women in Togo, and is a lovely way to moisturize and heal your skin. 

Karen

Gift Certificate Sale

Now through Sunday, October 18th you can purchase a $125 Gift Certificate for just $100.  That's a 25% savings on your future purchases. 

You get great savings on your holiday fair trade shopping!
We get the cash influx to be fully stocked for the season!

How to buy?  Come in the shop, call us with a credit card, or email us for a paypal invoice. 

Thank you for joining in our creative endeavors to bring Fair Trade to the Gorge and survive and thrive as a socially responsible and sustainable business!

Day 20 of Fair Trade Fun

Scavenger Hunt Clue:  Now I'm a chic handbag, but I started life as a grass.

Prize: Tea of your choice

Winner: Milan DeHart of The Dalles

Day 19

Clue of the Day:  A traditional vessel for a pick me up.

Prize: 20% off of your purchase

Winner: Katie Fraser from Seattle

Day 18

Scavenger Hunt clue of the Day:  A little sweet, a little spice -- just right for a cool fall night.

Answer & Prize - Spicy Hot Cocoa from Equal Exchange

Winner: Lindsey Hagen from Ancourage, AK!

Day 17

Scavenger Hunt Clue of the Day:  I help make meditation comfortable.  Zafu's from Nepal

Prize:  Free bar of chocolate

Winner: Libby Taylor of Hood River

Day 16 of 40 Days of Fair Trade Fun

Back to our scavenger hunt--

Clue of the day: In my first life I was in advertising.

Answer: Messenger and cosmetic bags made from banners in Brazil

Prize of the day:  Free bag of Coffee

Winner: Amber from Hood River

Day 15-- a fair trade for Guatemalan kids

What do gorgeous weaving, a clown, street kids and Oregon City have in common?  The connections made through Fair Trade, compassion and creativity.

The story of the Ruth y Nohemi weaving cooperative is one I love to tell. 

Ruth y Nohemi is a weaving cooperative located in Chontola, near Chichicastenango, Guatemala. In the late 1970s Pastor Diego Chicoj Ramos was appointed as a layman worker in the villages surrounding Chichicastenango. This area experienced some of the worst violence associated with the nation’s civil war, and Diego’s ability to work with the villagers was severely hindered during this time. When he was finally able to visit the villages of Chichicastenango after the war, he found that many women had lost their husbands in a raid on the church of Chontala.

Diego and his wife Juana dedicated themselves to helping the local women rebuild their lives. In 1986, the Ruth y Nohemi project was officially founded as a way for women to organize and market their handicrafts. Now more than 15 widows weave bright lengths of cloth on backstrap looms, and young men, trained as tailors, sew the cloth into finished products such as vests, bags, wallets and briefcases. These craftspeople are determined to ensure the survival of their families, their village and their culture, which they represent with the brightly woven floral designs in their textiles.

We sell bags, scarves, and toys made by this inspiring cooperative.  Typical Fair Trade story, except that these amazing goods come to us by way of a committed group of volunteers in Oregon City who use the proceeds of the sales to support a day school in Guatemala City.  Here is their story.

Just one of the many reasons I love bringing Small Planet Trading to you.  DeLona

Day 14 of 40 days of Fun

Scavenger Hunt

Clue of the Day:  I can help you send out blessings to the universe.  Prize:  Win me!

Answer:  Tibetan Prayer Flags from Nepal

Winner: Angel Green of Hood River

Four Years!!

It's our Anniversary and we're having a store wide sale


Come in Today and Tomorrow and Spin for your Discount-- You are guaranteed at least 14% off and it could be 24%, 34%, 44% or even 54% off!

Scavenger Hunt Clue for Sunday: 

I'm soft, useful and one of a kind

Prize:  Equal Exchange Snack of Your Choice

Winner:  Hope Ryan from Boise, ID

Scavenger Hunt Clue of the Day for Saturday: 

I tell a story of village life. 

Prize:  Box of Tea - your choice

Winner: Madison Hannah discovered the gold coin behind this Zimbabwe Tapestry created by Sarudzai Shonge!!

It's First Friday

We're kicking off the weekend this Friday at 5pm with the guitar tunes of John Mendez!

From 6-8pm Joshua & Priscilla Benavides join us to chat about their
coaching program, upcoming Community Ed. classes and share yummy raw
food goodies!

For twelve years, this local brother and sister team have been studying and teaching cutting-edge nutrition and lifestyle transformation technologies.  As Health Counselors certified by the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, both have worked with psychotherapists, health coaches, massage therapists, and yoga practitioners to balance and vitalize their nutrition and lifestyle and explode their capacity to love and take care of themselves, their bodies, and their lives.

Day 11 of our 40 Days of Fair Trade

Clue of the day: I'm an heirloom and I protect farmers livelihoods.

Prize of the day:  Eighth Wonder Heirloom Rice

Winner: Nicole White

Check out this video on indigenous, sustainable rice cultivation in the Philippines.  The terrace farming photos are amazing!  Certainly gave me a new appreciation for the blessings energy and cultural preservation that goes into the growing and harvesting of this age old rice! ~ Karen

Day 10 of our 40 Days of Fair Trade

No one found the clue yesterday-- so we're doubling the prize for today.  Come in, find today's clue and get 40% off your purchase.  Also, if you correctly guess yesterday's clue, I'll give you chocolate.  

Clue of the day: Healthy, tasty and I protect Rain Forest trees

Prize of the day: 40% off your purchase

Winner: Carolie Howard

Plus today is Common Good Thursday.  Today we are featuring Kiva.  25% off all sales today will be loaned to an entrepreneur somewhere in the world.