A New World Record!!

Largest Fair Trade Coffee Break: over 65,020  Participants

Plus Over 456 Events, and 101 Media Articles for WFTD!

We surpassed Finland’s record of 52,061 in October 2008.

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List of WFTD media placements.

Noteworthy WFTD Events

-          Handmade Expressions recruited their UPS lady, Bonnie, to deliver FT chocolate and Fair Trade information at every stop on Friday, May 8!

-          An attorney distributed FT products and information to over 700 lawyers at an American Bar Association Social Security conference in DC from May 13-15.

-          The first-ever FT shop in Puerto Rico, La Chiwinha, overcame that challenging experience to have 42 participants for the World’s Largest Fair Trade Coffee Break.  And many of them said it was the best coffee they’ve ever had (Larry’s Coffee).

-          Lutheran World Relief exceeded their expectations by helping organize 60 events in 28 different states that reached 4,626 people!!!

-          TransFair USA partnered with the Boston subway to reach 20,000 participants during a workday commute, and another 1813 at TransFair’s event in SF in conjunction with Bike-to-Work Day.

-          Peruvian Producer U.S. Tour, Resonating Change:  Connecting Communities Through Fair Trade, sponsored by Green America and Partners for Just Trade, attracted 1500 participants in 2 weeks of events through CO, WI, MN & IL.

-          Global Gallery, in OH, reports “We also used the event as a fundraiser and believe we were very successful.  We expect this to continue to be our major annual event.”

-          The Ten Thousand Villages store in center city Philadelphia reported 900 participants in their 3-day celebrations.

For photos of these, and many other events, check out http://www.flickr.com/photos/ftrn/

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