SFAC Sells Fair Trade Christmas Gifts at Facebook Farmer’s Market

The past few days have been wonderfully busy for us as we’re fulfilling all the Christmas and holiday gifts shoppers are buying on our nonprofit fair trade goods site. We’ve had shoppers from South Carolina up to Maine over to Colorado down to Texas over to Arizona and California and nearly all states in between.

On Sunday, December 13^th, one of the delights of this season was the invitation we received to participate in the Facebook Holiday Boutique at the Facebook Farmer’s Market (takes place in the Facebook parking lot in Menlo Park of the SF Bay Area). Thousands of people poured in under huge enclosed tents for the shopping among 30 vendors. We brought our home goods and baby/kids products and had a rich opportunity to talk about fair trade eco friendly products and our nonprofit mission with many passersby, along with selling many items.

There’s still time to buy from our Holiday Christmas Hanukkah fair trade gift choices and stocking stuffers. A great selection including accessories, purses and bags to jewelry to home décor and kitchenware. Many great items are on sale at our Holiday Bargain Sale Collection.

Enjoy your holiday shopping with us, and be sure to like us on Facebook and recommend us to your friends. Shopping for a Change is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Best Fair Trade Christmas Gifts—SFAC Makes the News

During this busy 2015 Holiday giving season that seems to be going too fast, here at Shopping for a Change we’ve been featured in two more publications (see our last 12/4/15 post)—mentions we wanted to share with our shoppers and supporters. Since we are nonprofit (which gives us the rare ability to provide more earnings to our worldwide artisans and to substantially support their community projects) these media mentions are very valuable with their mass exposure.  

  

Entrepreneur.com Magazine featured SFAC founder/president Stacey Horowitz in a November 30^th article (by Rebekah Iliff) discussion of “conscious consumption.” She writes: People are seeking out ways to make better decisions about what to buy, and do-good brands are becoming household names. From donating product or a portion of sales to establishing fair wages for factory workers, more and more businesses are assigning value to ethical business practices -- and consumers are seeing the value in it too.

Stacey Horowitz was interviewed for the article and she offered: Shoppers are becoming enlightened. There is a strong movement amongst consumers to know that their purchases are giving back to those who produce them and to connect with them on an emotional level. Our customers love the fact that when they shop with us, their purchases are helping to shape and improve the lives of those they touch both domestically and abroad.

Kiwi Magazine (a print magazine with a sub name of Growing families the natural and organic way) includes the SFAC product Reclaimed Teak Cheese Board with Handle in its best gifts for the Holidays section. A picture is below.

Now’s the time to take full advantage of all our HolidayChristmas Hanukkah fair trade gift choices and stocking stuffers. Everything from purses and bags to jewelry to home décor and kitchenware. Many great items are on sale at our Holiday Bargain Sale Selections.

Enjoy your shopping with us, and be sure to like us on Facebook and recommend us to your friends. Shopping for a Change is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.

SFAC Fair Trade Holiday Gifts in the News

Shopping for a Change has been featured over the past week in a number of magazines' holiday sections. These magazines have selected SFAC products to showcase for their readers for Christmas Holiday shopping, and we’re proud to be in them.

Men’s Fitness, a very popular magazine dedicated to men’s performance health and personal training and nutrition, runs a section each year called The Ultimate Gift Guide for Mom. Our fair trade kitchenware item Teak Regtangular Bread and Cheese Board made the cut for being one the best gifts to buy for mom (or for a man in or out of training). Check out the show piece here. 

And Bay Area Parent, a local SF Bay Area magazine popular with new and veteran parents, included some of our infants’ and kids’ items and mentioned our home décor in a piece called Holiday Gifts With a Local Twist.

Both articles appreciated the fact that we are nonprofit, meaning more of your purchase goes to helping the artisans and their communities.

There’s still plenty of time to shop for Holiday Christmas Hanukkah fair trade stocking stuffers and larger gifts. We suggest you visit our FairTrade Accessories Collection with its many great choices, or go to our fabulous Jewelry Collection. And many are on sale at our Holiday Bargain Sale Selections.

Enjoy your shopping with us, and be sure to like us on Facebook and recommend us to your friends. Shopping for a Change is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.