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Fair Trade Poster Contest
October 13, 2007 to May 11, 2008
Media, PA – America’s First Fair Trade Town
The objective of this poster contest is to promote education about Fair Trade. America's First Fair Trade Town Committee and the Media Arts Council (M.A.C.) are sponsoring this wonderful contest. All entries will be displayed at the Coffee Club Café in Media.
Specifications:
Draw, paint, color, silkscreen, Photoshop, or use mixed media to create a poster (maximum dimensions of 11"x17”). The final poster dimensions will be 11"x17", and we may add a border and text to your design.
We are delighted that this will be judged by renowned local painter George H. Rothacker.
Your artistic content should portray at least one of the following themes:
- “Buy Fair, Buy Local”
- “Media, PA: America’s First Fair Trade Town”
- “A Better World through Fair Trade”
Original posters can be either hand-made or computer generated/enhanced. All work will be hung as-is (you could consider dry mounting, cellophaning, or framing your poster). Drop it off at the Coffee Club Café, located at 214 W. State Street in Media, no later than Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11, 2008.
Rules:
- Hand submit posters to the Coffee Club Café; no mailed entries will be accepted.
- All entries must be received before 7 o'clock pm on May 11, 2008.
- With your poster, please include your name, address, and phone number on the back so you can be informed if your poster made it into the contest and/or you have won any prizes.
- Winners’ artwork will be displayed in the Coffee Club Café (the Coffee Club Café is not responsible for misplaced, damaged, or stolen art work).
- Winners’ work may be posted on website.
Entry Fee:
- $10 - age 7 & above
- No entry fee for 6 & under
All entrants receive a gift
If a teacher takes on the Poster Contest as a class project, the entry fee will be waived for the teacher's students. The teacher must submit the entries for the class, and the teacher will receive a Fair Trade gift! There will not be gifts for the teacher's individual students.
Age Groups:
- Tykes: 0 - 6
- Kids: 7 - 12
- Teens: 13 - 18
- Adults: 19 & over
- Professionals: 19 & over
What is Fair Trade?
 Quite simply, Fair Trade is a tool for reducing poverty in developing nations. It is a form of trade that pays producers of coffee, tea, fresh fruits and other products a fair price and provides markets for those goods. It raises the standard of living for over one million Fair Trade farming families throughout the world allowing children to go to school and not work in the fields. A rigorous third party certification by TransFair USA guarantees consumers that stringent criteria are met.
 Fair Trade Certified products are top quality, grown in ways that protect and restore land, and, wherever possible, grown organically. The Fair Trade logo lets consumers know that a product is Fair Trade Certified. Another label to look for is that of the Fair Trade Federation. Its members offer food products and crafts, clothing, housewares, and many other products sourced under fair trade conditions.
For more information on Fair Trade, and what it means to be a Fair Trade Town, go to www.visitmediapa.com/fairtrade.
What is Buy Local?
Buy Local is about supporting local growers/artisans/producers in order to strengthen local economies and to significantly lower costs of transport to consumers and to the environment. While Fair Trade produces goods that we don’t produce locally, Buy Local does the opposite, and hence the two movements are complementary.
Prizes:
Each winner will receive great Fair Trade items, from coffee and chocolate to crafts, soccer balls and more!
The winner in the Professional category will win $100 in addition to Fair Trade items.
Questions???
Contact:
Drew Arata @ Earth & State - 610.566.9270
or
Ira Josephs @ Selene Whole Foods Coop - 610.566.1137
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