Fair Trade

In 2005, the Boston College Neighborhood Center partnered with the Volunteer & Service Learning Center at Boston College to establish the Fair Trade Holiday Sale.  The annual event is a collaborative effort sponsored by the Neighborhood Center, Volunteer & Service Learning Center and BC Dining, and supported by concerned administrators, faculty and students at Boston College, that seeks to spread awareness of and access to fairly traded goods and crafts on our campus. The  Holiday Sale is promoted campus-wide as an alternative to commercial holiday shopping. All profits benefit two school scholarship funds for children in Nicaragua and El Salvador.

Check out the video the Boston College Chronicle created about the Boston College Fair Trade Holiday Sale.

Participating Vendors have included: 
Aruna Designs
Beads 4 Peace
Dean's Beans
Earthfrendz
Equal Exchange
Folk Art Mavens
Heifer International
Maya Skills
Originals from Africa
Project Have Hope
Sustainable Threads
A Thread of Hope
Tibet Arts Gallery
Women's Work

2011-2012 Fair Trade Events

BC Fair Trade Week
February 6-February 10, 2012
On Campus

Check out these great events on campus starting with a Fair Trade Sale
including free coffee, chocolate and Ben & Jerry's ice cream on February 6th
and more events throughout the week! 

7th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Sale
Thursday, December 8, 2011
9:00am-5:30pm
Corcoran Commons - 2nd Floor

Find unique gifts for your loved ones this holiday season
while supporting fair trade artisans!
Fifteen vendors selling beautiful jewelry, crafts, coffee, chocolate & more…
 The Loft @ Addie’s will open at 9am to offer food
from local and sustainable sources!

Fair Trade - From Uganda to BC
Thursday, December 1, 2011
7:00pm
Higgins 310

Learn about Fair Trade and Karen’s work with artisans in
Uganda. Discover what is happening with the FT movement at
BC and the collaborations between BC students,
departments, and BC dining.
Karen Sparacio – Project Have Hope
Helen Wechsler – Director, BC Dining.
Josh Gild ’12— Real Food BC