First Baptist Church of Birmingham, Michigan
The Global Gifts Shop
A Non Profit Fair Trade Store
Phone: 248-644-0550
November 4 - Dec. 20, 2009
10:00 AM - 3 PM
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**Special Hours for Groups by Appointment**
This year the Global Gifts and Crafts Shop will highlight hand-made items from Bangkok, Thailand. A women's crafts cooperative in a very poor neighborhood of that city make greeting cards and colorful silk flowers. These artisans provide primary income to low income families in that city.
Lifting women and children out of poverty the world over by providing a place to sell quality food and products. Items are made in small workshops where assistance and training are provided to those who would otherwise have nothing.
All proceeds from Global Gifts Shop are returned through the purchase of more merchandise to sell, to the women & children who have created the food and products sold in Global Gifts.
Women and children are given a safe place to learn and develop skills that will empower them to earn a living wage and rise up out of poverty.
JEWELRY
Bracelets~ Necklaces~ Earrings
India~ Indonesia~Peru~Kenya~Nepal~Mexico
FIBERS
Tablecloths~Hand towels~Runners~Napkins~Scarves
India~Cambodia~Bangladesh~Vietnam~Guatemala
POTTERY & VESSELS
Serving Pieces~Teapots~Mugs~Baskets~Decorative Art
Ghana~Kenya~Philippines~Vietnam~Uganda
ACCENT PIECES
Boxes~Candles~Vases~Wall Hangings~ and More!
FOOD
Coffee~Tea~Chocolate~Wild Rice~Soup Mix~Jam~Syrup
Colorado~Minnesota~Ethiopia~Costa Rica~Swaziland
HOLIDAY TRIMMINGS
Ornaments~Candles~ Creches~Votives~Tree Skirts
Bangladesh~Peru~West Bank~Cameroon~Haiti~Sri Lanka
and More!!!
The Shop will open Wednesday, November 4 and open daily, Wednesday through Saturday, from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm in the First Baptist Church of Birmingham.
The shop entrance is on Bates Street, just north of Willits Street or Downtown's Ring Road (between the two Jacobson's Department Stores).
Customers enter and walk down a half-flight of stairs to the Shops.
Free two hour parking is available adjacent to the Shop in the municipal parking lot.
Shop Globally! ~ Shop Locally!
- - - A Mission by Members of this Church - - -
Global Gifts History
Established in 1994 by Jan Jones, wife of past pastor, Stephen Jones and church member Elaine Blocher, this ministry was a personal commitment for Jan, who previously had lived in the Philippines and had seen first hand people who lived with poverty and disease.
An article from the Observer and Eccentric dated November 13, 1997 recorded what Jan had to say. While living in the Philippines, Jan would “Often see the children playing near the Co-op hut (for Christian Cottage Industries) and they would be called in to help with the packing. I really did see it as a family focus and a chance for the children to go to school and have family meals.” The Global Gifts and Craft Shop continues to provide opportunity for at risk people of the world to earn a fair wage.
Open during the Season of Advent, countries involved include not only the USA, but the Philippines, India, Guatemala, Africa, Costa Rica and more.